Beautiful, extremely detailed transparent sculptures, that look like animals,
human beings, as well as common objects made out of glass by Robert Mickelsen.
Showing posts with label glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glass. Show all posts
18 May 2012
6 April 2012
Illuminated Glass Skeleton
This phenomenal skeleton sculpture, "Embodiment" is created by sculptor Eric Franklin. The glass skeleton you can see down the page is completely hollow and filled up with ionized krypton, which causes it to glow just like a neon light. The item required more than 1, 000 hours of work during a two year period and also consists of 10 individual parts. Each and every part had to be sculpted separately by flameworking borosilicate glass before getting carefully put together into the whole skeleton you see below.
Read more - thisiscolossal, photos - Brad Carlile.
Read more - thisiscolossal, photos - Brad Carlile.
17 December 2009
30 September 2009
Breaking Glass With Sound
Rubbing the rim of a wine glass with a wet finger will cause it to resonate at its resonant frequency. The glass is placed in front of a speaker playing a sine wave, created by the function generator, of this same frequency. When the amplitude is turned up, we can see by shining a strobe light at the glass that this resonant frequency causes it to oscillate. When the glass becomes too stressed, it will shatter, which we see very clearly on high speed video.
A few things to note: The scrolling effect seen in the strobe light footage is caused by interference between the strobe light frequency and the video camera frame rate. Also, the real oscillations of the glass are much faster than they appear in the strobe footage. Setting the frequency of the strobe light can make them appear much slower so that we can see the oscillations in real time without the help of high speed video.
A few things to note: The scrolling effect seen in the strobe light footage is caused by interference between the strobe light frequency and the video camera frame rate. Also, the real oscillations of the glass are much faster than they appear in the strobe footage. Setting the frequency of the strobe light can make them appear much slower so that we can see the oscillations in real time without the help of high speed video.
19 August 2009
Transparent Automated Parking Garage
The main problem of drivers in any big city including Moscow is where to park, especially when you are in the centre and there seems to be no free lots for a few decades more. This parking garage can have 34 and even more autos at a time on a space of a bit more than 100 square meters.
The construction is made of metal frame, every wall there is transparent and looks airy. One of the major advantages of the construction is record-breaking terms of building, the project is usually implemented in 30-35 days or so and the site is ready for launching.
Depending on its height (22-28 meters), the tower can have 6-14 levels or floors and provide space for a great deal of cars – from 22 to 54 big and small vehicles. The towers can be easily coupled with other one of the same type, be attached to apartment houses or administrative buildings as well as deepen into the ground for as many floors as it’s needed.
Before getting into the conduction, you (if you are a driver) take a card. An operator can control the parking both on his computer and the sensor screen. You vehicle is lifted on interchanging moving pallets, which are placed on a lifting and lowering gear, which consists of a rectangular platform with a middle circle turning 360 degrees.
On each of the floors there can be four cars at a time, except for the two lower ones – there can be no more than two autos (the first level is for parking off-road vehicles and minivans.) . And that makes sense as on the first level there are located operator rooms, the automated firefighting system and the switchboard room, which provide safety and other important things.
The autos are placed on four sides, and the time for lifting oк lowering a car takes less than 50 seconds. The platform can lift a car weighing up to 2,700 kilos.
Link
The construction is made of metal frame, every wall there is transparent and looks airy. One of the major advantages of the construction is record-breaking terms of building, the project is usually implemented in 30-35 days or so and the site is ready for launching.
Depending on its height (22-28 meters), the tower can have 6-14 levels or floors and provide space for a great deal of cars – from 22 to 54 big and small vehicles. The towers can be easily coupled with other one of the same type, be attached to apartment houses or administrative buildings as well as deepen into the ground for as many floors as it’s needed.
Before getting into the conduction, you (if you are a driver) take a card. An operator can control the parking both on his computer and the sensor screen. You vehicle is lifted on interchanging moving pallets, which are placed on a lifting and lowering gear, which consists of a rectangular platform with a middle circle turning 360 degrees.
On each of the floors there can be four cars at a time, except for the two lower ones – there can be no more than two autos (the first level is for parking off-road vehicles and minivans.) . And that makes sense as on the first level there are located operator rooms, the automated firefighting system and the switchboard room, which provide safety and other important things.
The autos are placed on four sides, and the time for lifting oк lowering a car takes less than 50 seconds. The platform can lift a car weighing up to 2,700 kilos.
Link
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