Trees Infused With Glowing Nanoparticles Could Replace Streetlights
Posted by admin in Concept, Design on 12. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Someday, This Tree Could Be Producing Its Own Light nauright on Flickr Taiwanese researchers have come up with the elegant idea of replacing streetlights with trees, by implanting their leaves with gold nanoparticles. This causes the leaves to give off a red glow, lighting the road for passersby without the need for electric power. This [...]
Augmented Reality Renders Concrete Block Invisible
Posted by admin in Hi-tech on 04. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
The amazing disappearing concrete block Clever augmented reality applications are becoming the natural byproducts of our modern computers–computers that are tiny, have eyes and other location-aware sensors, and are able to place a synthetic layer of information on our view of the world around us. The latest is this "invisible" block of solid concrete dreamed [...]
Nifty Low-Res Design Process Drops Polygons From Lamborghini Countach, Beauty Ensues
Posted by admin in Auto, Concept, Design on 07. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lo-Res Lambo United Nude Lo Res Project This is a Lamborghini Countach. It was created by taking a hyper-accurate 3-D model of an actual Lamborghini (made up of millions of polygons), then gradually decreasing the resolution of the model with 3-D software until the object is lo-resed down to its stealthy essence. United Nude, a [...]
Although It’s Been Said Many Times, Many Ways: The iPad is the Future
Posted by admin in Computers on 06. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
I’ve been using the iPad since Saturday. Here are my thoughts and impressions so far After a weekend using the iPad, I’ve realized I’m not interested in hedging my reaction to it with careful considerations of its lack of a USB port or webcam. It’s not every day, or every year or maybe even every [...]
The Future of…the Hot Dog?
Posted by admin in Concept, Future on 03. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
RKS Redesigned Hot Dog, Rendered RKS According to both common sense and the American Academy of Pediatrics, there are two truths about hot dogs which neither science nor industry can afford to ignore: kids love hot dogs, and hot dogs are the perfect size and shape for a child to choke on. To wit: “If [...]
