Wind Shield: Invisible Air Umbrella Keeps You Dry in the Rain Wind Shield: Invisible Air Umbrella Keeps You Dry in the Rain Article by Urbanist, filed under Conceptual & Futuristic in the Technology category. Umbrellas are already halfway there: compact as possible, they deploy in a quick motion and retract almost as easily. But problems remain: they are wet when you walk indoors, and their intentionally-then structure remains fragile. Thus the Air Umbrella (or perhaps: unbrella) by Je Sung Park & Woo Jung Kwon which forces an artificial wind up through its handle that shoots out the top and deflects incoming raindrops before they can hit your head. Adjustable by design, the power of the air pushed through the system can be varied based on conditions or the desire to extend your protective canopy to a walking companion. The feasibility remains to be seen – one could imagine it would be difficult if even possible to produce the kind of force required, and that batteries might drain too fast for it to be broadly useful.
Bicymple. the bicycle, simplified. Is it possible to evolve from the established bicycle design while adhering to the basic principles of simplicity, functionality, style, and excitement?This is the question that gave birth to the bicymple. By removing the chain, the number of moving parts and overall complexity is significantly reduced. A direct-drive, freewheeling hub joins the crank arm axis with the rear-wheel axis, shortening the wheelbase and minimizing the design. More than just a stylish concept bike, the bicymple is comfortable, easy to ride, and brilliantly simple to maintain. The lightweight design and short wheelbase make for a nimble ride.
Neural Correlates of Lyrical Improvisation: An fMRI Study of Freestyle Rap : Scientific Reports In this study, we used fMRI to investigate the neural correlates of spontaneous lyrical improvisation by comparing spontaneous freestyle rap to conventional rehearsed performance. Our results reveal characteristic patterns of activity associated with this novel form of lyrical improvisation, and may also provide more general insights into the creative process itself. It has been suggested that the creative behaviors could occur in two stages: an improvisatory phase characterized by generation of novel material and a phase in which this material is re-evaluated and revised1. The present study may provide clues to the mechanisms that underlie the initial, improvisatory phase. A second salient feature of improvisation revealed by the GLM contrasts was a marked lateralization of task-related changes in the BOLD signal. The widespread changes identified by the foregoing analysis are suggestive but incomplete.
Slideshow: Top Battery-Powered Bikes Living Well: Features By: Alexandra Andrews Published: January 2, 2013 Electric bicycles are not yet an everyday sight on the streets of London or New York City, but that’s about to change. Last year, more than 25 million electric two-wheelers were sold in China, adding to the 120 million already on the road, and there are indications that electric bikes could soon take off in the West as well. A recent report by Pike Research predicted that e-bike sales in the U.S. will see annual growth rates of approximately 20 percent over the next six years, and high-end car manufacturers like BMW and Audi are already developing e-bike models to meet the growing demand. Other factors, including the rise of bicycle commuting in U.S. and European cities, high gas prices and concerns about global warming, are also likely to boost the e-bike market. Convinced yet? For the Aesthete: Faraday Porteur Price: $3,800 Key features: Clean, beautiful design; hidden battery; lightweight
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Alan Friedman’s Astonishing HD Photographs of the Sun Shot from his Own Backyard Alan Friedman is a fascinating guy. By day he’s a maker of greeting cards and a lover of hats, but in his spare time he’s a self-proclaimed space cowboy who points a telescope skyward from his backyard in downtown Buffalo, directly into the light of the sun. Using special filters attached to his camera Friedman captures some of the most lovely details of the Sun’s roiling surface. The raw images are colorless and often blurry requiring numerous hours of coloring, adjusting and finessing to tease out the finest details, the results of which hardly resemble what I imagine the 5,500 degree (Celsius) surface of Sun might look like. Instead Friedman’s photos appear almost calm and serene, perhaps an entire planet of fluffy clouds or cotton candy. My photographs comprise a solar diary, portraits of a moment in the life of our local star.
THE COREN - URBAN CARBON BIKE || NationalTraveller.com UBC GmbH based in Murr, Germany are presenting the coren, an outstanding urban bike. The frame of the coren is made of very high tensile strength T1000 carbon fibres which are otherwise used almost solely in Formula 1 monocoques. Innovative for the bicycle sector are the avant-‐garde shape, created by UBC designer Christian Zanzotti, and the design of the frame: super-‐slim top and down tubes lend the coren a unique visual lightness. The overall weight shows that this lightness is also a fact: 7,700 grams – more than acceptable for an urban bike. The bicycle is completed with selected parts. Magnifying the Universe Embed this infographic on your site! <iframe width="500" height="323" scrolling="no" src=" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Copyright 2012. <a href=" the Universe</a> by <a href=" Sleuth</a>. The above is an interactive infographic. Introduction: This interactive infographic from Number Sleuth accurately illustrates the scale of over 100 items within the observable universe ranging from galaxies to insects, nebulae and stars to molecules and atoms. While other sites have tried to magnify the universe, no one else has done so with real photographs and 3D renderings. We hope you have a blast magnifying the universe, know that each time you zoom in a depth, you're magnifying the universe 10x ... and every time you zoom out, the bigger objects are 1/10th of their prior size. How To Use: Credits:
fully glow in the dark fixie, Fixies, Fixie Bikes | Pure Fix Cycles What does the bike come standard with? The glow fixies come standard with everything needed to get you riding right out of the box, including pedals, grips, and a front brake Can I customize the bike? Currently, we don’t offer bike customization. Good news is we sell all of our components and parts separately, so you can order any additional extras you desire and customize your ride when everything arrives (with the help of your local bike shop, of course) Does the bike come assembled? The bikes come 90% assembled. What is the bike made of and how heavy is it? Our standard fixies are made of steel and weigh between 21 and 25 pounds, depending on size. What size is right for me? Check out our sizing chart! Does the whole bike glow? We offer three different kinds of glow bikes.
La taille des organismes, une simple formule mathématique? | Science Photo : iStockphoto Une même expression mathématique serait-elle à la base de la taille de tous les organismes vivants? Des chercheurs de l'École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne pensent avoir découvert une loi universelle de distribution de la taille valable pour toutes les créatures, qu'elles appartiennent au règne animal ou au règne végétal. Cette formule pourrait influencer profondément notre manière de comprendre les dynamiques de population de vastes écosystèmes, affirment Andrea Giometto et ses collègues. Ces chercheurs, dont les travaux sont publiés dans les , ont analysé quatorze espèces de micro-organismes aquatiques comprenant des unicellulaires ou multicellulaires, qui sont très éloignées sur le plan évolutif. Le Pr Giometto et son équipe ont constaté que pour chaque espèce étudiée, la taille des micro-organismes se répartit en fonction de la même expression mathématique, où la seule inconnue est la taille moyenne des espèces dans un écosystème donné.
Freedom Bicycle » Lifestyle Freedom community gallery, videos, product reviews Over the past 4 months, Charming Courier Collective has been using Thickslick tires through every weather condition. From smeltering humidity to torrential downpours, we’ve rode them all. If your looking for more stopping power with your tire this is probably the tire for you. I must say, we are really digging the ThickSlicks down here in LA. ReviewsThickSlick on Bikecommuters.comRyder tire on Bikecommuters.comThickslick Elite tire on Road.ccRyder Deluxe tire in Bicycle TimesAon Saddle on Bikecommuters.com Maukome and Kota are full-time couriers who spend their days on Tokyo streets, delivering packages to businesses all over the huge city. Kota: It is cool design. Marukome: we usually ride 20 days one day per 80km. Kota: I skid on a hot day of a little while ago . Marukome: no. Kota: I think smoke is cool. Marukome: oh really? Kota: that’s light. Marukome: yeah light.
Warp Drive May Be More Feasible Than Thought, Scientists Say HOUSTON — A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel — a concept popularized in television's Star Trek — may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say. A warp drive would manipulate space-time itself to move a starship, taking advantage of a loophole in the laws of physics that prevent anything from moving faster than light. A concept for a real-life warp drive was suggested in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre, however subsequent calculations found that such a device would require prohibitive amounts of energy. Now physicists say that adjustments can be made to the proposed warp drive that would enable it to run on significantly less energy, potentially brining the idea back from the realm of science fiction into science. "There is hope," Harold "Sonny" White of NASA's Johnson Space Center said here Friday (Sept. 14) at the 100 Year Starship Symposium, a meeting to discuss the challenges of interstellar spaceflight. Warping space-time Laboratory tests
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