Vendan boy with his hand built toy vehicle made from scrap, in his

village of Tshamulavu in the Northern transvaal area of South

Africa.

Vendan boy with his hand built toy vehicle made from scrap, in his

village of Tshamulavu in the Northern transvaal area of South

Africa.

Naked nagas and sadhus on the bathing ghat steps leading into the

Ganges River during Kumbah Mela Festival in Hardwar, India.

(1986)

Naked nagas and sadhus on the bathing ghat steps leading into the

Ganges River during Kumbah Mela Festival in Hardwar, India.

(1986)

A cricket suspended in a sugar free, créme de menthe-flavored lollipop from

HotLix candy company, which specializes in novelty candy. Pismo Beach,

California.

A cricket suspended in a sugar free, créme de menthe-flavored lollipop from

HotLix candy company, which specializes in novelty candy. Pismo Beach,

California.

Biospherian Linda Leigh with pest controlling ladybugs for use in the

Biosphere II space colony prototype, Oracle, Arizona. (1988)

Biospherian Linda Leigh with pest controlling ladybugs for use in the

Biosphere II space colony prototype, Oracle, Arizona. (1988)

A DNA study of hereditary diseases and lineage relationships by Dr. William

Hausworth includes this 8,000 year old brain of a prehistoric American.

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

A DNA study of hereditary diseases and lineage relationships by Dr. William

Hausworth includes this 8,000 year old brain of a prehistoric American.

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

The female face robot (second-generation) at the Fumio Hara Laboratory of the Science University of Tokyo has shape-memory electric actuators that move beneath the

robots' silicon skin to change the face into different facial expressions much as muscles do in the human

face. The latest iteration allows the robot's face to mold into six different expressions: happiness, sadness, fear,

disgust, anger, and surprise.

The female face robot (second-generation) at the Fumio Hara Laboratory of the Science University of Tokyo has shape-memory electric actuators that move beneath the

robots' silicon skin to change the face into different facial expressions much as muscles do in the human

face. The latest iteration allows the robot's face to mold into six different expressions: happiness, sadness, fear,

disgust, anger, and surprise.

Each winter millions of North American Monarch butterflies from east of the

Mississippi River travel thousands of miles to a remote mountaintop in Michoacan, Mexico to breed. Site Alpha, near Rosario, Mexico.

Each winter millions of North American Monarch butterflies from east of the

Mississippi River travel thousands of miles to a remote mountaintop in Michoacan, Mexico to breed. Site Alpha, near Rosario, Mexico.

The M2, is funded by a DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) It has a carbon fiber and

aluminum skeleton, steel and aluminum leg "muscles", a nervous system of wires and circuit boards, and a chip for a

brain embedded in its armless torso. MIT Leg Lab, Cambridge, MA. Dan Paluska, the mechanical engineering grad student is seen here in a double exposure that melds

him with his machine.

The M2, is funded by a DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) It has a carbon fiber and

aluminum skeleton, steel and aluminum leg "muscles", a nervous system of wires and circuit boards, and a chip for a

brain embedded in its armless torso. MIT Leg Lab, Cambridge, MA. Dan Paluska, the mechanical engineering grad student is seen here in a double exposure that melds

him with his machine.

Autonomous sensing communication device built onto a watch battery.

University of California at Berkeley. (2000)

Autonomous sensing communication device built onto a watch battery.

University of California at Berkeley. (2000)

Metal posts placed precisely using a robotic system provide a stable anchor for magnetic attachment of this artificial body part at the

Virchow Campus Clinic, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Metal posts placed precisely using a robotic system provide a stable anchor for magnetic attachment of this artificial body part at the

Virchow Campus Clinic, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Dancers in a procession of the yearly wine festival in Logroño, La Rioja

Region, Spain.

Dancers in a procession of the yearly wine festival in Logroño, La Rioja

Region, Spain.

Performance artist Nambla walks around with a crown of burning

candles. Burning Man Festival, Black Rock Desert, Nevada. (1998)

Performance artist Nambla walks around with a crown of burning

candles. Burning Man Festival, Black Rock Desert, Nevada. (1998)

Rich Holloway demonstrates a future application of X-ray vision. Linking ultrasound scanners,

magnetic resonance imaging machines, and x-rays to virtual reality hardware and software may enable doctors to see inside a patient. University of North

Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (1990)

Rich Holloway demonstrates a future application of X-ray vision. Linking ultrasound scanners,

magnetic resonance imaging machines, and x-rays to virtual reality hardware and software may enable doctors to see inside a patient. University of North

Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (1990)