Friday, November 9, 2007

Daft Punk?

The British Ministry of Defense showed a prototype of a helmet for future F-35 (Joint Strike Fighter) pilots.
The future is now, that's the only thing I can think of when I see this. The sci-fi age has truly arrived!



from: BBC News, Day in pictures

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Sustainable dance club


Creating energy by people dancing in a club. See the link.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

T R A A N L A T E N


yesterday I was for the first time at Rotterdam Centraal station since they closed down the old main buidling. coming back from the city I saw the text T R A A N L A T E N in the same characters as the original C E N T R A A L S T A T I O N . very cool!

not just for shipping

The humble shipping container, we all know it as the workhorse of the world economy. There is however a more interesting side to this object. Students across the country might already know it as an interesting place to live. Easy to stack, they make for some cool flexible cheap housing.
NOTCOT has an overview of some more creative uses for these containers, the Illy mobile coffee bar is one of the latest surprises:



link: NOTCOT