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Water Calligraphy Device by Nicholas Hanna Beijing Design Week 2011: a tricycle modified by Canadian artist Nicholas Hanna mimics the Chinese custom of writing temporary messages on the road with water. A computer strapped to the handlebars of the Water Calligraphy Device allows the rider to type the Chinese characters they wish to spell out. These characters are transmitted electronically to a set of valves, which release water droplets in programmed patterns as the trike moves forward. Two large containers positioned at the back of the device store the water. The project was inspired by water calligraphy practiced in parks around China, where passages of poetry are spelled out on the ground for onlookers. Hanna unveiled the tricycle for Beijing Design Week, which begins on 28 September and finishes on 3 October. Another water-carrying tricycle was designed by Bill Moggridge, whose cycle purifies the liquid instead of releasing it - see the project here. The device is mounted on a flat-bead tricycle (三!")

Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods, still earn less in adulthood than white boys with similar backgrounds, according to a sweeping new study that traced the lives of millions of children. White boys who grow up rich are likely to remain that way. Black boys raised at the top, however, are more likely to become poor than to stay wealthy in their own adult households. Most white boys raised in wealthy families will stay rich or upper middle class as adults, but black boys raised in similarly rich households will not. …and see where they end up as adults: Follow the lives of 140 boys who grew up in rich families … Rich adult Upper-middle-class adult Middle-class adult Lower-middle-class adult Poor adult Adult outcomes reflect household incomes in 2014 and 2015. Even when children grow up next to each other with parents who earn similar incomes, black boys fare worse than white boys in 99 percent of America. Mr. White

Food'Amour Core77 / industrial design magazine + resource / home Markus Reugels - Des mondes miniatures dans une goutte d’eau Vous vous en souvenez peut-être, nous avions consacré une série à la photographie à haute vitesse. Voici maintenant une série qui utilise la photographie à haute vitesse associée à une technique de réfraction afin d’obtenir des rendus véritablement fantastiques ! Dans ce cas précis, il s’agit des travaux de Markus Reugels, photographe allemand dont vous pourrez voir ci-dessous le « studio » créé par ses soins. Ici, l’effet d’optique est obtenu en mettant une photo satellite en fond et comme vous pourrez en juger, l’effet est saisissant ! Avec d’autres motifs Une technique photo qui est similaire à celle génèrant ce type de photo Le studio photo : D’autres photos du même photographe sont à découvrir ici.

ECAI - Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Franponais 24h Transportation We are wondering why it is that car manufacturers are tripping over each other inventing boring and redundant “super modern” and “high design” cars, when the end result is a sea of lookalikes. One can no longer recognize a “premium” make from a lower-end car, certainly not by distinctive and recognizable design features. They are unimaginative, uninspiring and suffer from a serious case of follow-itis. As opposed to being leaders and, in particular, design leaders. We see design tweaks and add-on features advertised as if they were a revolution when in fact, there’s nothing really significantly new or exciting. Our hopes are up a bit with a sighting of the carbon fiber-bodied “Bella Figura” Bugnotti. We are all for going back to the basics, to looking at the best and most beautiful models of the past and resurrecting them. Imagine if we could again drive cars this cool?

Water Light Graffiti par Digitalarti Un prototype que vous avez peut-être déjà vu passer mais qui mérite qu’on s’y arrête « Water Light Graffiti » : un mur de LED réactif à l’eau et à toute autre forme de liquide qui a été développé par Antonin Fourneau, le premier résident du Artlab de Digitalarti, une équipe française travaillant pour promouvoir les arts numériques. Quentin Chevrier, qui travaille en ce moment chez eux et dont une des missions est de faire connaître la boîte et notamment son Artlab, nous raconte : « Ce n’est pas évident au premier coup d’oeil avec la vidéo, mais le fonctionnement est particulièrement intéressant…. Il n’y a pas de capteurs d’eau, de pression ou d’humidité. Une LED s’allume lorsque de l’eau la touche parce qu’elle est entourée de 2 parties métalliques isolés qui amènent l’alimentation électrique à la LED. Cette création combine donc art, élément naturel, technologie, peinture, graffiti… On peut écrire, dessiner, jouer… C’est ludique, c’est interactif, c’est bien trouvé ».

Free GIS Datasets - Categorised List Futiles (mais pas que) Anotaciones sobre una novela, por Arturo Pérez-Reverte · Novelaenconstruccion.com Ghostly Watercolor and Ink Cats Bleeding into the Canvas Serbian artist Endre Penovác renders fluffy felines with stark black watercolors and ink. Penovác heavily dilutes the pigments with water creating small rivers and splotches that perfectly mimic the texture of fur. You can see more of these on his website and over on Miss Moss. disarm-platform/MapPalettes: A set of palettes for maps