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Man Builds “Gateway to Imagination” in His Backyard During Lockdown | My Modern Met
Kimberly Adams@KAreports Uncle: What are you doing during the lockdown? Me: I’m learning to play piano! You? Uncle: I built “Gateway to the Imagination” in my backyard. Me: 163K 6:21 PM – May 26, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy … Continue reading
This Is What Minneapolis Looks Like After the George Floyd Uprising
If you’ve only seen the burned police precinct, this is what you’re missing. More: This Is What Minneapolis Looks Like After the George Floyd Uprising
Nature Consciousness in Native American Religion | Jerry Flexer Writes
This exploration of Native American traditions proposes a diagnosis for the disconnect modern humans experience from nature and considers traditional Native practices as potential therapy people might take up to heal the rift. The Native American “way of being in … Continue reading
Ceramic Artist Lalese Stamps Creates 100 Wildly Varying Mug Handles in 100 Days
While some of Lalese Stamps’s mugs might be safe to grab before you’re fully caffeinated, exercise caution with others. Last year, the Columbus-based ceramicist, of Lolly Lolly Ceramics, embarked on a 100 Day Project, her personal challenge to design dozens of … Continue reading
Festo is Creating Incredible Robots that Crawl, Fly, Swim and Hop
Festo’s robots are inspired by animals. The German company’s latest robot is an emotional butterfly that only weighs 27 grams. Dr Elias Knubben explains how the family run company develops the bots. This talk was recorded at WIRED Live on … Continue reading
Biomimicry is more than just good design.
In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at biomimicry. Specifically how biomimicry can not only lead to nature-inspired design for architecture and materials, but also for better relationships, activism, and communities. I draw upon adrienne maree brown’s … Continue reading
Derek Jarman’s garden
Barnes Film In the most inhospitable of places, the flat, bleak, expanse of shingle that faces the Dungeness nuclear power station Filmmaker Derek Jarman, created a breathtakingly beautiful garden. More than 25 years after Jarman’s death in 1994, the garden … Continue reading
Obama addresses police killing of George Floyd and nationwide protests
Former President Barack Obama spoke in a virtual town hall Wednesday about the recent protests over the police killing of George Floyd. He says young people have the power and talent to make change.
Nine-year-old Kenyan inventor given national award
Stephen Wamukota came up with a hand-washing machine that helps prevent the spread of Covid-19. A nine-year-old Kenyan boy who made a wooden hand-washing machine to help curb the spread of coronavirus has told the BBC he is “very … Continue reading
3D Printing Is Changing the World
3D-printing innovations in recent years have brought a sea change in the fabrication of everything from automobile parts to human bio-tissues. VICE’s Krishna Andavolu delves into the cutting-edge research behind what’s being called the next industrial revolution, meeting the scientists … Continue reading
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