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FUCK 3D is the first Speed Project by Aram Bartholl of F.A.T.
- Are you annoyed by the people and world around you?
- Do you feel sometimes dizzy walking home in the 3rd dimension?
- But you DO enjoy your 2D – facebook/twitter/browser life much more than the dirty world our there? read more
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On his one-year research in the Pearl River Delta, South of China, Jorge Ayala proposed a digitally fabricated city.
This material exploration index the spatial configuration suggesting levels of engagement among existing tissues, such as topography, spatial orientation, rain flows, extreme flood scenarios, wind, soil condition and residual spaces in situ. With these 3D physical models the urban can be connected to local, regional and global scales and understood in terms of its performative potential. read more
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Vertical axis wind turbines are an intriguing technology that most people still know little about. The turbines we are accustomed to use blades to turn a horizontal axis (which is often housed in the little cupola on the top of the turbine’s tall stem). Vertical axis turbines turn a vertical shaft (picture a barber’s pole) to generate power. Helix Wind, a US maker of some very slick looking vertical axis wind turbines, has struck a deal with a West African telecom company to power cell phone towers with wind. This allows the towers to operate autonomously without transmission lines or diesel generators. Via:treehugger
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The 24-year-old, from Battersea, London, said he wanted to create a decent folding bike after the one he was using collapsed.
“I couldn’t find a folding bicycle I liked,” he added.
“I wanted something that could take a bit of punishment and that you could have fun with.
“So I made one myself.” read more
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