Company Tests Environmentally-Friendly Airless Tires. Bridgestone are developing an airless concept tire that could prove to be a more environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional pneumatic tires in the future. The tire features a band of rubber tread around of web of thermoplastic spokes that radiate from the center aluminum wheel. The spokes are stiff enough to avoid vibration (which wastes energy), yet soft enough to provide a comfortable ride. These airless tires have a lesser impact on the environment and would make vehicles more efficient. They reduce rolling resistance (thus saving fuel), require less maintenance (as there is no need to refill them with air), no worry of punctures, and the materials used are 100% recyclable. Bridgestone. Innovation funnel. March 27th, 2011 • innovation • 23 Comments Every company has some form of innovation funnel. The funnel is wide at the front to capture potential ideas and narrows to the select few that launch.
Projects progress from the idea stage through design and ultimately to market. Amazingly, the average new product success rate is less than 10%. So companies spend a lot of time on this innovation funnel looking for ways to boost their hit rate. Most companies focus on the back end. Yet running a more severe gauntlet doesn’t necessarily lead to better ideas. Funnel focus is better placed on the front end. LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman shared some entrepreneurial observations recently, including this gem on innovation: “Launch early. I think this iterative approach can apply to physical products, not just web products. Rather than try to lower the failure rate, lower the cost of failure. Agan Harahap. Agan Harahap <-- Born 1980; Self-taught photographer and illustrator; Currently working for TRAX, an Indonesian music magazine. t19f - Uploaded by YassineD.
YassineD | TweetPhoto. Untitled. La guerre des fast food aux Etats Unis est… intense… | Le Journa. Go Where?: Sex, Gender, and Toilets. Women's and men's washrooms: we encounter them nearly every time we venture into public space. To many people the separation of the two, and the signs used to distinguish them, may seem innocuous and necessary. Trans people know that this is not the case, and that public battles have been waged over who is allowed to use which washroom. The segregation of public washrooms is one of the most basic ways that the male-female binary is upheld and reinforced. As such, washroom signs are very telling of the way societies construct gender.
I present here for your perusal, a typology and analysis of various washroom signs. The Universal Male One of the ideas that supports patriarchy is the notion that a man can be representative of all humanity, or "mankind", while a woman could only be representative of other women. Washroom signs illustrate this idea by depicting the male figure simply, and the female as some kind of elaboration on the male figure.
Opposite Sexes Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Uh...? 30 Examples of Perfectly Timed Action Photography. We live in a world that is constantly in motion. Some things move very quickly and can seem like a blur, but with photography, we can freeze time and get a better look at the action. Action photography is all about timing – being in the right place at the right time. It’s also important to be knowledgeable about what you’re shooting, so you know the best moment to take the shot. In this article, we’ve rounded up 30 examples of perfectly timed action photography. To see larger versions of the photographs and to learn more about both the photograph and photographer, be sure to click on the images.
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