This remarkable animated timelapse shows a week of ship traffic on the seven seas, as seen from space. The incredible video highlights the vibrant lanes of shipping transport that make our modern civilization possible. The vessel movements were captured using state-of-the-art terrestrial and space-borne AIS technology from FleetMon and its partner Luxspace. The records cover the world’s merchant fleet with some 100,000 cargo ships, tankers, ferries, cruise ships, yachts and tugs. FleetMon provides advanced fleet monitoring services, software APIs, reports and analyses of maritime traffic data. The inset shows live monitoring with the FleetMon Explorer software. For more information on how they do…
Author: Brent Lambert
Brent Lambert
Writer, editor, and founder of FEELguide. I have written over 5,000 articles covering many topics including: travel, design, movies, music, politics, psychology, neuroscience, business, religion and spirituality, philosophy, pop culture, the universe, and so much more. I also work as an illustrator and set designer in the movie industry, and you can see all of my drawings at http://www.unifiedfeel.com.
A breakthrough in understanding human skin cells offers a pathway for new anti-ageing treatments. For the first time, scientists at Newcastle University, UK, have identified that the activity of a key metabolic enzyme found in the batteries of human skin cells declines with age. A study, published online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, has found that the activity of mitochondrial complex II significantly decreases in older skin.
It’s the most ubiquitous letter in the Apple ecosystem, so much so that “i” has become almost invisible in its omnipresence. But what exactly does it mean? In this 1998 keynote speech, Apple founder Steve Jobs explains in his own words the reasoning behind why he chose “i” as Apple’s ultimate prefix letter.
Directed and produced by Bert Haanstra, Glass is the 10-minute short film from the Netherlands which took home the 1959 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film is a study in contrast between the meticulous handmade crystal made in the Royal Leerdam Glass Factory, and the automated glass bottle making machines of the time.
In 1822 a man named Joseph Eccles wrote to the then-retired former President Thomas Jefferson who was 79-years-old at the time (Jefferson was America’s 3rd President from 1801-1809). Eccles wrote to Jefferson: “I’m 33 years old, and I haven’t had much education. I was raised by a guardian, I only went to one year of school when I was 14 years old, learned a little of arithmetic, so I’m writing to you as a fellow Virginian because now I’m a fairly successful businessman, enough to support my family, but I want to know what books I should read to further…
A simple new blood test can now tell women how much time is left on their baby-making biological clock. The Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago explains: “AMH, or anti-mullerian hormone is a substance produced by granulosa cells in ovarian follicles. It is first made in primary follicles that advance from the primordial follicle stage. At these stages follicles are microscopic and can not be seen by ultrasound. AMH production is highest in preantral and small antral stages (less than 4mm diameter) of development.
If you drive 15 minutes south of Santa Barbara you will come to the small seaside town of Carpinteria, California (Google Map) — and it’s here where my newest favorite dream home resides. Designed by Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects, the house was created for a client whose wish list revolved around a residence that would provide a tranquil place for living, art, and retreat. Well, mission accomplished — and then some. The architects write: “The program asked for a master suite, one guest room, a study for two, a more contained den and an informal open living space they could share with…