Nano Quadcopter open source tiny drone kit

April 13th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

Designed by Bitcraze, the Crazyflie Nano Quadcopter is an open source development kit to make your own tiny drones.

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Artist Jason Hackenwerth Unveils Massive New Balloon Sculpture at Edinburgh International Science Festival

April 13th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

New York artist Jason Hackenwerth, known for his organic and biological forms made from latex balloons, just unveiled his latest work at the Edinburgh International Science Festival in the Grand Gallery of the National Museum of Scotland.

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Impulsive Furnishing Unit wins Frame Moooi Award 2013

April 13th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Milan 2013: a compact furniture production line designed by Design Academy Eindhoven alumni Thomas Vailly, Itay Ohaly and Christian Fiebig has won this year’s Frame Moooi Award.

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Amazing Kinetic Sculptures by Bob Potts

March 28th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Kinetic sculptor Bob Potts creates beautiful kinetic sculptures that mimic the motions of flight and the oars of boats. Despite their intricacy the pieces are surprisingly minimal, Potts seems to use only the essential components needed to convey each motion without much ornamentation or flourish.

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1:1スケールの自転車

March 28th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

チェーンまで一体化されたパーツから構成されている自転車。フレーム、チェーンなどの部品を切断したり磨き上げたり組み立てたりして、最後に自転車を作ることができる。お好みに合わせて色を塗ることもできて、

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Daniel Rozin’s Robotic “Mirrors”

March 28th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Daniel Rozin’s sculptures pay as much attention to you as you do to them. From a distance their pre-programmed patterns hypnotize like high tech lava lamps, but when you approach, something even more unbelievable happens: the moving parts begin to align and shift to mimic your shape in real time.

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Big Air Package: The Largest Inflated Envelope in History by Christo

March 28th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Big Air Package is the latest project from artist Christo installed at the Gasometer Oberhausen in Germany, a facility that still holds the record as the largest disc-type gas holder in Europe that was converted into an exhibition hall in the 1990s.

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Hello World! Processing

March 20th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

The fascinating new documentary explores the implications and almost infinite possibilities of this kind of creative software and elaborates on how, contrary to popular assumption, “rules and codes do not hinder the chance to create.

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A Visual History of Nobel Prizes and Notable Laureates, 1901-2012

March 20th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Mapping the greatest cultural and scientific advances in modern history with inspiration from John Cage’s music.

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Profile: Haresh Lalvani

March 19th, 2013 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

We are pleased to be able to share the Profile on Dr.Haresh Lalvani of Pratt Institute that was originally posted on core.form-ula Dr.Lalvani has spent the last 30+ years building an incredibly rich body of work that has pushed design to new limits. Dr.

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