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JAPAN & CHINA ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY 2020
The Japanese have made contributions across a number of scientific and technological domains. In particular, the country has played a crucial role in the digital revolution since the 20th century, with many modern revolutionary and widespread technologies in fields such … Continue reading
TUNNEL VISION: Episode 1 – Cleaning up the Thames in Blackfriars, London
Tunnel Vision is a new web series from Tideway that will take a closer-then-ever look at the two dozen construction sites that make up the project, its amazing engineering and the people dedicated to cleaning up the River Thames. Episode … Continue reading
Building a Musical Instrument Out Of Teeth
Teeth! Music! Wall! No refunds. Please file all your “NOOO SIMONE WHY” here: https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz Thanks Qualcomm for sponsoring: https://www.qualcomm.com/ And thanks @ANDREW HUANG for watching me pull out teeth! The Every Day Calendar is available for pre-order: https://simonegiertz.myshopify.com/ 👇 places … Continue reading
Tokyo Public Parks are Prepared for the Next Natural Disaster | Spoon & Tamago
Given Japan’s susceptibility to natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes, landscape architects and urban engineers have been quietly re-designing public parks to function as evacuation areas. And many of these design tweaks are so subtle you wouldn’t even notice them, … Continue reading
A Wooden Cabin Constructed Locally in the Mountains of Japan Using a 3D Wood Cutter | Spoon & Tamago
unless otherwise noted, all photos by Takumi Ota Nestled deep in the Gokayama mountains of Japan is Marebito no ie, a wooden cabin constructed near Toga village. The region is renowned for a unique type of A-frame housing design … Continue reading
Irving Finkel and the Chamber of Lewis Chessmen I Curator’s Corner Season 2 Episode 9
Curator Irving Finkel recounts a magical adventure with The Lewis Chessmen. Content warning: wizard’s chess To find out more visit the Museum blog: http://goo.gl/y35378 Explore the Lewis Chessmen range in our online shop, including an exquisite replica set: http://ow.ly/wbE530fpsp3
Scarlett Yang creates biomaterial dress that can decompose in hours
Natashah Hitti | 28 August 2020 3 comments Central Saint Martins graduate Scarlett Yang used algae extract and silk cocoon protein to create a glass-like dress that grows over time and can decompose in water within 24 hours. The biomaterial … Continue reading
Drifting Apart Automaton
Home A contemporary piece by the 14 Ball Toy Company, (Paul Spooner and Matt Smith). Always a happy ending the couple are re-connected by the power of love.
Engines of Ingenuity No. 422: SHOT TOWER
by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 422. Today, we let nature do our work for us. The University of Houston’s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the … Continue reading
THE MAKING(English Version) (314)The Making of Steel Balls
This edition of the series of programs explaining the technology used to produce items that are familiar in our daily life features ‘Steel Balls’. A bicycle wheel spins smoothly because the wheel axle contains ball bearings. The steel balls inside … Continue reading
