The Dreamy World of Stylish Illustrations

Caribbean heat seems to melt the skin of every subject Jamaican illustrator Taj Francis draws. The Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts graduate’s imagination coats models and musicians with marbled paint and all the tropical colors of a dancehall party.

Advanced Robotic Bat Can Fly Like the Real One

Scientists created an autonomous flying robot that mimics the flight characteristics of real bats…

Rescue ‘Fortress’ Protects Albinos From Human Hunters, Tanzania

The women who flee to the centre with their albino children also act as guardians for the other albino children who have been abandoned at the centre in Kabanga Refuge Centre, Tanzania, 2012.

The rescue centres in Tanzania protect albino people from the vicious hunters who sell their body parts to witch doctors.

A Gaudí-Inspired Home on a Cliff Near The Mediterranean Sea

Architecture practice Gil Bartolomé designed a sinuous family home nestled into a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

Featuring a wave-like metallic facade, the enormous structure appears to be inspired by the elaborate architecture of Gaudí.

Children of The Moon

Khyari (10), looks down the hall to check that the front door of the house is closed, so as not to be exposed to sunlight.

Xeroderma Pigmentosum, or XP, is a genetic disorder that affects the ability of skin cells to repair the damage done by ultraviolet (UV) light. This means that UV light can easily cause burns, cancers, and other skin malignancies.

Enchanting Storybook GIFs Animated by ‘Sparrows’

An illustrator who goes by the name Sparrows has been sharing a lovely series of imaginative GIFs that frequently spread like wildfire across Tumblr. Each storybook animation features some form of magical realism where pelicans play scrabble, tattoos bloom from skin, or breakfasts appear to cook themselves.

BioLogic, A Shape-Changing Fabric That Vents When You Sweat

Teams from MIT Media Lab and the Royal College of Art have used bacteria to design a “bio-skin” fabric that peels back in reaction to sweat and humidity

Clothes created from the BioLogic fabric have vents that open in response to sweat

Innovator: Hiroshi Ishii
Age: 60
Title: Professor and associate director of MIT Media Lab, an interdisciplinary research group