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self assembling electronics
In a 1959 lecture called “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” physicist Richard Feynman wondered, “What would happen if we could arrange the atoms one by one the way we want them?”. New frontier in material research is at the nano-scale. Manipulating a wide variety of materials at this ultrasmall molecular level promises to […]
Posted: December 9th, 2007 under materials and technology, trends, vision and scenario, lifestyle, on time and space.
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who’s watching?
So you’re driving in your car one day, minding your own business and making a goofy face while singing to a song on the radio. No doubt you’re thinking, “It’s a good thing no one can see me right now.” A week later an envelope arrives in the mail from your city’s traffic division, with […]
Posted: December 7th, 2007 under general, trends, vision and scenario, lifestyle, video.
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as good as bread (buonocomeilpane)
Using the simplest material as a source of creativity. Not only loafs, baguettes, bagels, rolls, sticks which resemble rings, leaves and flowers but something slightly different as shown at “La main a la pate. Designing bread” in St. Etienne’s design biennal. So the traditional Parisian baguette bends a little to allow a perfect grip, or bread is intended as the perfect sustainable bird-house […]
Posted: December 6th, 2007 under product design, sources, lifestyle.
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