Your Aura And How It Affects Others. Have you ever noticed people who simply make you feel good by just being around them? Have you ever observed someone for the first time and knew that there was something off with this person, even though that particular person never said a word to you? Chances are, those “vibes” you picked up off that person were emanating from their aura. As more experiments are conducted within this field, we are finding more and more astonishing results. For example, Russian professor Konstantin Korotkov found that upon death, the human aura will continue to change for approximately 72 hours after the person is pronounced clinically dead.
Korotkov stated, “We are developing the idea that our consciousness is part of the material world and that with our consciousness we can directly influence our world.” You can’t hide your aura Everything you know and see can boil down to energy. For example, I was at a conference a few years ago and noticed the aura of the woman who was taking publicity photos. 2 | 13 Ways Science Could Make You A Better Designer. 5 Ways A Radically New Way To 3-D Print Could Change The World. Earlier this morning, we unveiled what might be the future of 3-D printing.
Hyperform was developed by MIT grads and designers Marcelo Coelho and Skylar Tibbits to print large objects using small desktop printers. Where orthodox 3-D-printing techniques are fundamentally limited by the size of a printer bed, Hyperform prints large objects through a process of computational folding. You might be wondering about some of the project’s practical applications and the possible uses it has for designers and architects. But first, a recap: Hyperform maps the shape of an object and reduces it to one continuous line, then folds it according to a space-filling curve (in the first iteration’s case, a Hilbert Curve). The lines are designed as links, with specified joints and notches that connect to one another. This endless chain is packed into a dense cluster that fills the interior of the 3-D printer enclosure. Simple enough, right? 1. Read more about the chandelier’s design here. 2. 3. 4. 5. “Copenhagen Wheel” Turns Your Boring Old Bike Into an Electric-Hybrid.
If you want to help help the environment, hate biking up hills, or want to help the environment while biking up hills this new technology might make you sit up. The Copenhagen Wheel, which looks like a small red hubcap, takes your back wheel and outfits it with a tiny rechargeable battery-powered motor that gives you a boost when you hit a steep hill or tough terrain.
Motors on the back of bikes have been around forever, what’s really cool about this particular one is that it recharges when its not being used. Any time you are gliding down hill, braking, or peddling leisurely down the road, the battery is being re-energized and will be ready to go by the next time you meet a challenging incline. Originally developed at MIT with funding by the mayor of Copenhagen, one of the most bike-friendly cities on the planet (hence the name), the product is available through Superpedestrian. The product is neat, but its potential to get more people to bike that really makes it promising. Face-less watch concept uses laser hands. The faceless Aurora Watch uses lasers to indicate the time Image Gallery (3 images) The latest in our long list of weird watch designs is the Aurora Watch concept by designer Jihun Yeom. The watch features a faceless design that indicates the time using lasers.
A red laser specifies the minutes, while a blue beam indicates the hour. With the wearer’s hairy arm visible through the watch it means that it’s always a freckle past a hair until the bevel edge around the watch ring is tapped to activate the lasers. Aside from the images there aren’t any real details about how the concept would actually work. It seems more likely the ring would conceal two lasers that would rotate around the ring with the time, rather than having 120 static lasers crammed inside to accommodate all the necessary time variations.
It would also appear the faceless watch would need to have some transparent material to ensure the lasers have something to interact with so they can actually be seen. Via Yanko Design. How To Design For The Sharing Economy. The definition of ownership is changing. We are becoming less interested in owning products and accumulating wealth through long-term purchases. Instead, we crave experiences, seeking out things without much of a financial or time investment, and have a newfound appreciation of bargains and second-hand possessions (a song about thrifting is leading the Billboard charts as I am writing this). We increasingly consume products and services through renting, sharing, and purchasing subscriptions. Being “socially connected” is no longer just about having a lot of people to share your news with; these days, it’s about having a lot of people to share your stuff with--either for free or at a fraction of the market fee.
It’s about collaborative consumption. The new sharing economy presents unlimited opportunities for us as consumers to reinvent our spending habits. Most current designs are geared toward individual users and don’t seem to change much for multi-user experiences. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.