I admit I don’t even know what this is. I get it, something to do with molecules and stuff that makes up the stuff we see today, but beyond that it’s just a cool toy to me.
But CanvasMol is not just a cool toy made using HTML5 and other open technologies. It’s serious science shit. You get to see the composition of complex molecules, twist them around to see them from all angles, and toggle features. You can view more than one molecule at a time, and then consult what I can only assume is a periodic table. Oh how beautiful that table is. Here’s a tip. If you’ve ever needed a large periodic table as a wallpaper, just zoom in using Safari. The entire thing is in HTML, so it scales beautifully. Thank me later.
Thanks to John Gruber for bringing this one to our attention.