in terms of ecological footprint the ideal house is one that can grow out of the ground by itself. coming close to this ideal are the hedges of the alhambra and generalife in granada (spain).
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animated streetlight
now that most traffic lights use LEDs, why not animate the content? this is a little video of the crosswalks in granada that animated with a dopey green walker instead of the old ‘walk’ sign
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soft wing
following my theory that in the future everything will be soft and glow :rubber manufacturer flexsys is working with the air force on an adaptive compliant wing that replaces mechanical flaps with a rubber actuated mechanically inside the wing. via the new york times
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robo rehab
robots are beginning to be used for a number of rehabilitation applications: teaching people to walk, regain muscle control after a stroke or spinal cord injury. the MIT active joint brace project (pictured) uses a wearable actuated brace to augment restricted movement at the elbow. this video is pretty amazing. they recently founded the company […]
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soft ceiling 2
my friend alexandra ginsberg sent me this link to another sensory experience: a glowing ceiling made of sheep intestines by julia lohmann. isn’t it beautiful? and delicious. a whole new material interpretation of the soft ceiling and the cloud ceiling for sensory rooms.
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petting coop
this little vest allows a chicken to be petted remotely by an operator touching a rubber replica – good concept, but the big idea is allowing allergic people to interact with pets – but they are working on a suit to allow people to hug remotely, not bad… from wired news
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things that think
the fables of leonardo da vinci have always been dear to me, because often their protagonists are inanimate, and the stories are short. leonardo’s fables in english> in italian>
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touch = love ?
psychologist harry harlow did some amazing experiments in the 50s where infant monkeys were allowed to choose between surrogate lactating mothers made of soft or hard materials (pictured) and they inevitably chose the softer cloth mothers, even though both surrogates produced milk. monkeys who could see their real mothers, but not touch them, developed social […]
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