Articles tagged with: technology
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Browsing the news at MOS we can find some indication of what happens when you make hairy architecture:
And, on that note, I urge you to read a review of the hairy installation by MOS architects, in which it is claimed this is “the first time hair has been convincingly employed in architecture. Not merely a simple novelty, the hairiness of the pavilion is distinctly unique enough to represent an entirely new category of material possibility.”
This review, by Trevor Patt on his blog, draws attention to some of the poignant …
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Thought this was a rather interesting article.
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The last few days I’ve been suffering from a sinus infection that’s making it really hard to concentrate or give my full attention to anything because of the constant painful pressure in my head. Perhaps the glut of information we are subjected to in our media-junkie culture is similarly putting dangerous pressure on our mental capacity. TV, radio, magazines, social networking, gaming, texting, tumblogs and tweets are filling our brains with larger and larger volumes of data at an accellerating rate. It is unlikely we will attempt to reduce the …
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A few questions about what life could be like in 2040-50:
1. Resources & Waste – What will things – e.g. food, clothing, buildings, tools – be made of in the future? How will people deal with resource depletion and waste from manufacturing and consumption?
2. Climate – Is dangerous climate change inevitable and if so how fast is it occurring? What will people in the future need to do in order to live with the unavoidable effects of climate change?
3. Genetics & Biotechnology – If we are manipulating genomes, what organisms …


