Oscar Pistorius is a South African double amputee sprinter attempting to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China. He has been drawing some controversy with some saying that he has an unfair advantage with his prosthetic legs over the other runners.
When I read this story I immediately thought about the work being done by Stelarc. Below is his "Exoskeleton".
Monday, July 23, 2007
Oscar Pistorius and Stelarc
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Malawi Youth Builds Windmill to Power Village
With all the sobering news lately about global warming and war, it’s important to remember all the positive things that are ALSO going on in the world at any given time. Case in point: the story of intrepid Malawi youth William Kamkwamba who, despite having no formal education or training, recently engineered and built a windmill to power his house. It’s certainly the most inspiring story we’ve read this month, and we think you’ll agree… (more)
From inhabitat.
Friday, July 6, 2007
ASCII-Code curtains
"Today our home rely on a network of cables, pipelines and connections. Most of the information we have access to is passing through these "roots." ASCII-Code curtains, by Dutch designer Nienke Sybrandy, visualize the information network in a tree, using the very codes that represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that work with text."
From We Make Money Not Art.
Monday, July 2, 2007
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