Setting Mind Staff

Science

The World’s Very First Synthetic Leaf Capable of Photosynthesis Has Been Created

June 28, 2018

With the idea of bringing nature's efficiency into the man-made environment, inventor, engineer and entrepreneur Julian Melchiorri has created a synthetic leaf called Silk Leaf that is capable of absorbing water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen.

Tech

The World’s Smallest House Has Been Made Using Nanotechnology

June 24, 2018

Measuring just 0.015mm high and having a footprint of 0.02mm by 0.01mm, this house is undoubtedly the smallest to be ever constructed. For some perspective, the average diameter of a single human hair is 0.09mm.

Design

A 3D Crossing Has Been Painted in Iceland

June 22, 2018

In a creative twist for road safety, a 3D optical illusion pedestrian crossing has been painted in the town of Ísafjörður, Iceland.

Tech

The Man with a Video Camera Eye

May 15, 2018

Meet Eyeborg. His real name is Rob Spence, and he has a video camera eye.

Tech

The Antikythera Mechanism is a 2000 Year old Greek Analog Computer

May 8, 2018

Estimated to be built in the 200 BCE, the mechanism is able to calculate the accurate positions of the sun, moon, solar system planets, stars, the lunar phase, and even the dates and hours of future solar eclipses.

Get Lost in Infinity with Artist Yayoi Kusama

April 8, 2018

Mesmerizing audiences with kaleidoscopic environments, paintings, sculptures and interactive installations, 89-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has captured the awe of millions around the world, inspiring audiences of all demographics with her art.

Environment

A Biodegradable Construction Material Has Been Made from Desert Sand

April 1, 2018

It has the same compression strength as residential concrete.

Science

A Non-Toxic Graphene Hair Dye Has Been Developed

March 30, 2018

The graphene hair dye is labelled to be much safer then the market alternative and has also exceeded in both quality and performance compared to its counterparts.

Food

Biodegradable and Edible Cutlery Has Been Created

March 24, 2018

While on a flight, Narayana peesapaty, a former researcher at ICRISAT, witnessed a thin cracker called Khakara being used to eat food and was inspired to conceive an alternative to plastic utensils in the form of edible cutlery called Bakeys.

Music

Indie Dream-Pop Musician LELO Releases Single ‘Breathing’

March 6, 2018

Setting Mind interviews LELO, a musician based in Leeds, UK.

Science

Ph.D. Student David Nadlinger Has Taken a Photograph of a Single Atom

March 3, 2018

David Nadlinger, a Ph.D. student at University of Oxford's Department of Physics, has won the overall prize in a national science photography competition, organized by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), for the extraordinary image titled ‘Single Atom in an Ion Trap’.

Tech

The Voynich Manuscript Has Been Decoded with Algorithmic Decipherment

February 27, 2018

Determined by carbon dating to be written in early 14th century in Central Europe, the manuscript’s written context has remained a mystery due to a cipher, a coded pattern of letters.

Music

Interview with Emerging UK Band Far Caspian

February 19, 2018

Setting Mind interviews Far Caspian, a band based in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Design

A Mobile Library is Driving Around Mexico City

January 31, 2018

A Mexico City-based architectural studio called Productora has created a mobile library for Fundación Alumnos47, an organization focused on fostering the exchange of knowledge through contemporary art.

Met Releases 375,000 Images of Works from Its Collection for Download

January 29, 2018

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released 375,000 images of public-domain artworks.

Environment

There Is a Global Seed Bank in an Arctic Vault

January 24, 2018

Wanting to preserve and ensure that seeds will continue to flourish and play an integral role in the future, an organization called Crop Trust has established a seed vault to serve as a backup storage facility for the world’s unique crop genetic material.

Teamlab Has Created an Interactive Vortex Artwork

January 18, 2018

Said to be inspired by the ocean, the installation is always changing and being influenced by forces applied within the environment.

Space

Nasa Has Created a Stunning Visualization Through a Nebula

January 15, 2018

Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have created a beautiful, three-dimensional fly-through view of the Orion Nebula.