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r/v OGS EXPLORA
For more than three decades, OGS Explora was one of the most recognisable ships of Italian marine research. Acquired by OGS from Prakla-Seismos in 1988, she worked across geophysics, geology, marine biology…
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Coelum Stellatum Christianum: a Christianized Celestial Globe after Cellarius (1660)
A printable celestial globe based on Julius Schiller’s Christianized constellations and the richly illustrated hemispheres published by Andreas Cellarius in the Harmonia Macrocosmica.
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Leonardo’s Anemometer
The model translates one of Leonardo’s compact mechanical observations into a buildable object: simple in appearance, but closely tied to his broader interest in air, motion and flight. As part of his…
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The MATRICKS — Hako-Style Paper Characters Inspired by The Matrix
Build The MATRICKS, a free set of Hako-style paper characters inspired by The Matrix. Download the printable PDF, cut, fold and glue the blocky figures.
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Ignace-Gaston Pardies’ Celestial Globe: a Printable Sky from 1693
A printable 25 cm celestial globe reconstructed from Ignace-Gaston Pardies’ six star charts, first published in 1674 and reissued in 1693 as a gnomonic atlas of the heavens.
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WAP – WARNING! Air Pockets
Build WAP – WARNING! Air Pockets, a free paper automaton where gears and cranks send a tiny airplane through an apparently chaotic flight. Download the complete model.
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Nocturnal Celestial Globe
Petrus Plancius — Pieter Platevoet (1552–1622) — was a Flemish cartographer, astronomer and minister whose maps and globes helped give visible form to the rapidly expanding European knowledge of the southern sky.…
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Peace Dove
Build a small paper automaton around a simple, enduring symbol of peace: a white dove carrying a message. Download the model, print the parts and assemble your own moving paper dove.
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Cassini’s Terrestrial Globe
Build a free paper model of Giovanni Maria Cassini’s 1790 terrestrial globe, based on engraved gores and eighteenth-century cartography. Download the illustrated PDF with instructions in Italian and English.