5 year long design projects. Industrial Design, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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August 12, 2009
Diabetes iphone apps
I have been tying out diabetes log for iPhone. The uploading and writing in can get a bit tedious. Anyone out there willing to share thoughts or experiences about these app things for diabetes?
I feel we are turning a corner with technology for self management. Not that the medical lot are on to it.
August 7, 2009
Producing a Prototype with a Roland MDX Milling Machine
Easy mill explanation. But also this is a good link to the Roland youtube channel.
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July 13, 2009
Spore Vehicle Editor Tutorial
Vehicle Creator tutorial
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July 12, 2009
Mark Webber took his first pole position
At last!The Official Formula 1 Website
Mark Webber took his first pole position after changeable weather contributed to a gripping Q3 shootout at the Nurburgring on Saturday, which saw the Australian, Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel, the Brawns of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren all in contention for the top slot.
July 12, 2009
OBAMA TO MAKE ORGANIC FARMING ILLEGAL – HR875 and S425 Explained – STOP THE NWO!
This is a discussion – but it raies all manner of issues. I am not sure I agree with the conclusion. It looks like there is a clear food safety issue in the US – and this program doesnt really go there properly.
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July 8, 2009
Spore in Wikipedia
Spore (2008 video game) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spore is a multi-genre massively single-player metaverse god game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. The game was released for the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh (using cider emulation) operating systems in September 2008. Spore is also available for direct download from Electronic Arts.[7] A special [...]
July 8, 2009
Spore
Why SPORE?Well imagine that you had a software that came with a kit of parts and you put together your own product, vehicle and eventually creature too. That may be possible in the future.
Its certainly possible now in a virtual way. And I am very excited by [...]
June 22, 2009
The 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge prize
The 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge prize is awarded to MIT’s Smart City Group in Chicago | The Buckminster Fuller Institute
Left to right: Andres Sevtsuk, Dimitris Papanikolaou, William Lark Jr., Arthur Petron, Michael Chia-Liang Lin, Charles Guan, Ryan Chin. (Photo by Cassandra Davis)
June 6th, 2009: The second annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge prize was awarded to MIT’s [...]
May 26, 2009
Dambisa Moyo, Author Of Dead Aid
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March 8, 2009
Big Picture TV › Video › Sustainable Cities
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March 3, 2009
Tinkering with monks: cardboard automata on Vimeo
Cardboard automata is tinkering activity developed by the PIE institute at the Exploratorium. In it, participants are asked to build a mechanism of their choosing, using simple materials, to animate a kinetic vignette. It is an exploration of mechanical movement and artistic expression at the same time.
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March 1, 2009
Smile Train Trip To Haiti
Smile Train – the world’s largest cleft charity visits Haiti to expand its free cleft surgery programs and help the more than 20,000 children in Haiti who are suffering with unrepaired clefts.
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The Smile Train: Brian Mullaney [...]
February 27, 2009
Should We Stop Giving Money To Other Countries?
Should We Stop Giving Money To Other Countries? » Propeller
I have been unable to get a straight answer from any of the local politicians that represent my district to a simple question. How much money is spent each year in foreign aid. Foreign aid to make sure other people of other countries get the medical [...]
February 10, 2009
City of the Future: The History Channel
This is a very cool competition …The History Channel had designers in New York, Chicago and LA propose what our cities will look like in 2106. Through February 3 you can vote to pick the national winner (www.history.com/designchallenge/sweepst akes)
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February 10, 2009
ECONIC DESIGN: a New Paradigm for Architecture
How we will live and move around in our urban environments in 100 years from now — balancing high tech, nature, design, and urban constrains? ” ECONIC DESIGN is a concept engineering and space shaping approach for urban planning and building architecture. It encompasses the latest ecological, iconic, economical and technological aspects, as well as [...]
February 10, 2009
Big Picture TV › Video › Natural Capitalism
Dr. Lovins talks about the reaction around the world to his seminal book ‘Natural Capitalism’, which he co-wrote with L. Hunter Lovins and Paul Hawken. Since it was first published in 2000, he has worked with a number of companies in helping them to develop “natural capitalist” strategies to do business as if nature and [...]
February 10, 2009
Big Picture TV › Video › Ecological Design
Architect Sim Van de Ryn describes what he believes to be the leading edge of contemporary design. He talks about biomimicry, which uses the way nature works as a basis for design. He gives examples of breakthrough that has recently occurred in propeller design. He then discusses the future of the built environment, taking into [...]
February 9, 2009
Australian Bushfires: Death Toll Rising
Sky News Feb 08, 2009
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February 9, 2009
‘Dig deep’ for bushfire victims
Source: Couple survey bushfire destruction – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
‘Dig deep’ for bushfire victims, Australians urged – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Victorian Premier John Brumby has launched a Bushfire Appeal Fund to help the victims of the more than 400 bushfires which have swept across the state.
The Victorian Government and the Federal Government [...]
February 9, 2009
Bushfire Appeal Information
I am putting together some information for everyone who is looking for information on the Melbourne bushfires and the Victorian bushfires. This post is also about ‘donations’.
Re what you can do – best if you give money. Here is a note from the Red Cross site which explains why. “Please do not donate goods: We [...]
February 3, 2009
Women of the Long March
I loved this book when I read it.
I read it before my first trip to China – bok in hand, head phones plugged in (I even had audio cassettes of the book); Bliss. It took an enormous amount of time – this dwelling upon stories and going to the internet to look at the [...]
