Monthly Archives: June 2009

The cof­fee shop edi­tion. (No inter­net at home.) If you’re bored and have a lot of time and remem­ber play­ing D&D (what ever hap­pened to Eugene Mosier?) and like Tolkien. http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=612 Space Stations — now with more Windows. Home remod­el­ing with wicked tough design con­straints. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/26jun_cupola.htm Today’s inter­view with a design­er. Building space suits. http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Space-Suits-Past-and-Future.html When you … 

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Five on the going some­where theme. Two trans­porta­tion devices. Similar design feel — rad­i­cal­ly dif­fer­ent expe­ri­ences. Black and white and plas­ti­cy and won­der­ful. http://www.bikeexif.com/lazareth-1000-fzr-compressor Black and white and plas­ti­cy and dorky. (It’s real future might be as a basis for bet­ter wheel chairs.) http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/29/i‑real-toyota-updates-futuristic-tricycle Not what we are look­ing for in an elec­tric motor­cy­cle (but Mission One … 

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Friday Video Edition Wicked RC plane fly­ing (some­one needs to give this kid an iPod and some decent tunes.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLbJjqqOqkg More fly­ing — slow motion hum­ming birds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJf-AQhDTz4 Mid 80’s ad cam­paign for Honda’s City. English rock and roll meets tiny car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAYd2AK53P8 Parkour from Brazil. Visually stun­ning film. Watch this full screen is you can. Unless you’re …

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Two on mate­ri­als sci­ence A promis­ing sub­sti­tute for BPA. It’s being mar­ket­ed in baby bot­tles so be sure to watch for the ‘no it’s not safe’ back­lash with­in 2 weeks of release. http://www.core77.com/blog/materials/materials_a_substitute_for_harmful_bpa_coming_to_you_in_a_baby_bottle_13871.asp Sand’s unusu­al flow properites have physi­cists won­der­ing about mat­ter states. Old school B&W sci­ence videos! http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/sandgrains/ Science cre­at­ing art, maybe but light­ning in a … 

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breath tak­ing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/onnder/sets/72157620170399757/ ‑lara- off to play with met­al and ham­mers (and maybe fire)