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originally built as a summer villa in the early 1900s, JAJA architects' extension now supports children and families in need. The post JAJA architects builds modern home for families in need along denmark’s bagsværd lake appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
on the ceiling inside the car, there are 719 ‘stars’ positioned, replicating the exact constellations during the last night of the 1964 movie’s filming. The post rolls-royce reveals phantom goldfinger, inspired by its motor car in the 1964 james bond film appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
one of the most distinctive features of the home is its rough earthen walls, a traditional construction method in mallorca. The post spanish studio munarq builds mallorca home ‘ca na pau’ from blocks of raw earth appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
We've already seen multitools with features such as pry bars, adjustable wrenches, ratcheting drive sockets and "everlasting" pens. The PryMax 2.0 combines all of things and more in one compact titanium package.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Multitools, Titanium, Kickstarter, Wrench
A pair of Princeton engineers have developed a new kind of concrete that promises more than 5 times the damage resistance of the usual stuff, by poking holes in its structure.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Concrete, Princeton University, Building and Construction
While titanium hip and knee implants do restore mobility to a great many people, they're still subject to failure. A new alloy could help change that, simply by adding a smidge of bendy, bacteria-killing gallium to the mix.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Flinders University, Titanium, Metals, Alloy, Implant
A new materials technique has taken cues from Grandma's yarn bag and cutting-edge technology, and it could see us 'solid knitting' whole furniture sets, as well as the fabrics that cover them. What's more, it can be unraveled to use again in a completely different form, making it sustainable, versatile and a whole lot of reconfigurable fun.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Carnegi
'casa na rua sara beirão' is a residence by SIA arquitectura which cantilevers dramatically over oeiras, portugal. The post SIA arquitectura builds a gravity-defying dwelling with a cantilevered swimming pool appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
When scientists recently dug up fossilized bones of a species of megafauna by a riverbank in Argentina, they found something even more fascinating than the remnants of this glyptodont. On those bones they found the type of cut marks not inflicted by other animals but by stone tools, in the process of primitive butchering. This would put human presence in the area at 21,000 years ago – some 5,000
Imagine if one (or both) of your feet couldn't conform to uneven walking surfaces, or flex to spring you forward with each step. That's what it's like for most people who have prosthetic feet, although an experimental new foot could change that.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Prosthetics, Robots


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