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STEAM & Makerspaces. A Brilliant Device That Completely Reinvents Crutches. How-To: Make an RGB combination door lock (Part 1) Nuerobiology. Neural Network. New Learning. Open Source Ecology. Top 5 Plants that Repel Mosquitoes. 5 Mind Blowing Underwater Cities! Garden. World design rankings 2013. Jan 06, 2014 world design rankings 2013 world design rankings 2013 each december, world design rankings (WDR) releases a list that positions countries according to the number of international juried design competitions and awards they have won over the last twelve-month period. organized by the A’ design award & competition, the aim of the WDR is to provide data and insights to economists and journalists regarding the art, architecture and design industries, and bring to light the annual contributions made to global design culture through advocation. 2013 saw 69 countries evaluated, with puerto rico and iceland among them, debuting for the first time under a new section called ‘design business insights’ that scores countries based on their success in diverse design fields and categories, broken down into three additional tables (strengths, weaknesses and opportunities) for each nation. score points legend:

world design rankings 2013

Blogger's Showcase. This Garden In A Bottle Has Been Thriving Since 1960: Sealed in its own ecosystem and watered just once in 53 years. To look at this flourishing mass of plant life you’d think David Latimer was a green-fingered genius.

This Garden In A Bottle Has Been Thriving Since 1960: Sealed in its own ecosystem and watered just once in 53 years

Truth be told, however, his bottle garden – now almost in its 53rd year – hasn’t taken up much of his time. In fact, on the last occasion he watered it Ted Heath was Prime Minister and Richard Nixon was in the White House. Net-Informations.Com - Free online resource for Microsoft .NET developers. Rainbow Spectrums Mirrored Throughout Palacio de Cristal. Imagine the bright spectrum of colors you would bask in while walking through a cathedral full of rainbows.

Rainbow Spectrums Mirrored Throughout Palacio de Cristal

To Breathe - A Mirror Woman is Kimsooja's 2006 site-specific installation for the Palacio de Cristal in Madrid, Spain. To expand and unite the architectural structure of the space, Kimsooja had the whole floor tiled in mirrors. RSA Animate - Re-Imagining Work.

BuzzFeed. This glass sphere might revolutionize solar power on Earth. German architect André Broessel, of Rawlemon, has looked into his crystal ball and seen the future of renewable energy.

This glass sphere might revolutionize solar power on Earth

In this case it’s a spherical sun-tracking solar energy-generating globe — essentially a giant glass marble on a robotic steel frame. Durasol Awnings - Retractable Awning, "The Pinnacle" Tension structure. Collection:buckminsterfuller. How to Survive in the African Savannah - Survival Guide Tips. Wind Map. An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future.

Wind Map

This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company. Mesh networks chat apps to the rescue. 30 April 2014Last updated at 19:01 ET By Richard Taylor North America Technology Correspondent Richard Taylor explains how Firechat makes use of a mesh network.

Mesh networks chat apps to the rescue

Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader. Climate Change Could Be Reduced by Solar Roads. Currently, humanity is on the brink of environmental disaster due to climate change.

Climate Change Could Be Reduced by Solar Roads

Our future could be a bleak one with rising seas and an atmosphere heating up to extreme temperatures. Or it could be a peaceful place with clean energy and a major reduction of the usage of oil, gas and coal a thing of the past. If one couple in Idaho gets their way, this clean green future could include their very own invention, solar roads. As a child, Scott Brusaw spent many a long afternoon setting up roads for his electric toy cars to run on. He would think about a future where all roads were electric allowing kids like him to drive.

SeeSpace InAiR: The World's 1st Augmented Television by Nam Do, Dale Herigstad, A-M Roussel. We have now surpassed the $150K goal to add streaming to the list of features.

SeeSpace InAiR: The World's 1st Augmented Television by Nam Do, Dale Herigstad, A-M Roussel

And if we reach the $200K level, we will also add an Extra HDMI input and Preset Apps to InAiR. Thanks for the continued support for this project. 11 Ingenious Solar Projects Impacting the Developing World. It's easy to take energy for granted, forgetting that throughout much of the world, a lack of power affects everything from business to education to matters of life and death. Approximately 1.5 billion people still don't have access to electricity worldwide, with an additional 1 billion having only intermittent access. By using the power of the sun — the ultimate natural resource — these issues can be ameliorated, if not solved.

Scientists, social entrepreneurs and even big tech companies are working to make strides with solar power. The gallery above highlights some of the coolest and most innovative solar projects out there today. Paperhouses offers residential architecture in open source. Jan 27, 2014 paperhouses offers residential architecture in open source.

paperhouses offers residential architecture in open source

Underground Cities: The Next Frontier Might Be Underneath Your Feet. In 1931, construction workers added the final nail to the Empire State Building in New York. The Incredible, Fiery Process of Making Copper Wire. 'Li-fi' via LED light bulb data speed breakthrough. 28 October 2013Last updated at 09:10 ET By Matthew Wall Technology reporter, BBC News Micro-LEDs can transmit large amounts of digital data in parallel UK researchers say they have achieved data transmission speeds of 10Gbit/s via "li-fi" - wireless internet connectivity using light.

'Li-fi' via LED light bulb data speed breakthrough

The researchers used a micro-LED light bulb to transmit 3.5Gbit/s via each of the three primary colours - red, green, blue - that make up white light. This means over 10Gbit/s is possible. Li-fi is an emerging technology that could see specialised LED lights bulbs providing low-cost wireless internet connectivity almost everywhere. High speed The research, known as the ultra-parallel visible light communications project, is a joint venture between the universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews, Strathclyde, Oxford, and Cambridge, and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.