Amazing. 34-year-old British artist, Stephen Wiltshire, who was diagnosed with autism at an early age, is currently taking residence at Pratt to do what he does best: draw. But not just draw; the artist is creating a detailed panorama of New York's skyline from memory, after only briefly visiting the city and taking it all in from a helicopter. He has done this around the world, 8 times in total, and says this is his finale. It will be on display at the Pratt Institute" tags Stephen Wiltshire autism panorama draw cities memoryWatch a video here picked by suebe 1 month ago |
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With no reference except his memory of a 45 minute helecoptor ride over the city, autistic savant Stephen Wiltshire was able to make a huge, detailed drawing of the entire city. picked by tigertony 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share science |
Step 1: Draw a dog covering the thing you can't draw. 13 comments edit related share artsA helpful guide by our very own Meowza. picked by jaxomlotus 1 year ago |
The living Camera. 1 comments edit related share plime.comStephen is a savant who can memorize an entire city and redraw it perfectly without ever seeing it again. picked by bonsai1776 3 years ago |
When it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown that bigger is usually better. Now researchers have found that elderly adults who are more physically fit tend to have bigger hippocampi and better spatial memory than those who are less fit. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing a role in memory formation. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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Researchers at Hertfordshire University did not find a link between persistent ecstasy taking and continued memory deterioration, suggesting that one-off use can be enough to cause life-long damage. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
The American artist who created them - Kurt Wenner - is a former Nasa illustrator who began street painting in Rome in 1982, inspired by Renaissance frescos and sculptures. More images here. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
A Houston police artist says she has positively identified the sailor kissing a nurse in a photograph that has become the iconic image of World War II's VJ Day. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
There is a popular belief that goldfish only have a three-second memory span and every lap of their fishbowl is like seeing the world for the first time. But a 15-year-old schoolboy from Adelaide has just debunked that theory. He has conducted a simple experiment, which proves that the humble goldfish is smarter than we think. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 11 comments edit related share science |
Professional comic book artist Joel Micah Harris is running a unique promotion on his website. For the month of July, he is willing to "Zombify" anyone who sends in a photo of themselves to him, absolutely free of charge. There is no catch- Harris himself says "...it's just something fun to do. The people who I've already zombified seem to get a big kick out of it". picked by Bingo 5 months ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
Oxford researchers, together with colleagues in Norway, examined the effect that the three products had on memory and thinking among more than 2,000 people aged between 70 and 74. They found that wine had the most pronounced single effect, while those who regularly consumed all three in modest amounts performed best in a series of brain tests. picked by suebe 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Picking up where the Vacanti mouse left off, Australian performance artist Stelarc went through with his plans to implant a cell-cultivated ear beneath the skin of his forearm earlier this year, and he's now showing off the results for the world to squirm at. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
The way you draw a house says a lot about your personality. You can use this site to draw a house, answer some questions based on your house then find out what your house says about you. picked by Maiden 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
Scientists are reporting an advance toward a new computer memory device that can store thousands of times more data than conventional silicon chips with an estimated lifetime of more than one billion years. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 6 comments edit related share science |
This artist is pretty amazing. I look at the photos and I see the crazy detail he has put into them. Some of them are just beyond words. 1 comments edit related share artsHope you enjoy picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago |
A British artist is to give away 1000 of his works by leaving them around London for anyone to find. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
A legendary Los Angeles graffiti artist has been hospitalized for over two years with muscle atrophy from Lou Gehrig's Disease. Progress has been made on eye tracking technology that would essentially enable him to be able to eventually paint again using only eye movements. picked by bingo 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Cartrain, a graffiti artist similar in style to Banksy has included images of one of Damien Hirst's artworks which sold for £50 million. Mr. Hirst is suing Cartrain, demanding Cartrain pay Hirst the £200 he has earned picked by bernardblack 12 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
An artist has collected thousands of lost hub caps from roadsides across Britain and turned them into spectacular animal sculptures. Official website picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
These are some of my favorite pin-up artist. Art Frahm is great in his detail of drawing movement. Hope you enjoy. 1 comments edit related share artsNSFW - Here Be Nipples picked by willster09 2 years ago |