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Category Archives: TECHNOLOGY
Yong Ho Ji ‘Mutant Mythos’ Sculptures
Korean artist, Yong Ho Ji is by far one of my favourite sculptural artists around. The life-sized tyre sculptures are the artist’s way of reminding people of their responsibility to nature. The impressive detail of muscle form looks intimidating, are actually held up by steel, wood and styrofoam, and the collection has been exhibited at Gana Art in New York and around the world. Yong Ho Ji’s sculptures are classified according to herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, and are comprised of animal or animal and part human.
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Appuru Pai High Speed Rail Line
Photographer Appuru Pai presents a fantastic series of photographs taken on the Japanese high speed rail line, Yurikamome.
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SpineTV: DJ Muro
DJ Muro shows the crew around his art-filled apartment and gives an in-depth peak into his record-filled attic. Muro discusses his early start making mixtapes with the songs he heard at the rollerskating park, to hooking up and working with DJ Krush, to his recent park jam in NYC that nearly left him in tears.
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Mood Rocking Bed
The Mood Rocking Bed was designed by Joe Manus for Shiner International. Now you can channel the baby within and rock yourself to sleep.
“Bed is indoor and outdoor. It can be left to rock or freeze it in any position with rubber stops. This is the ultimate bed for everything you do in bed. Dream your dreams, love your lover and rest your soul in the Mood Rocking Bed”
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Slow motion skateboarding slams / bails / falls
“Slow motion skateboarding slams/bails/falls filmed with a Redlake N3 high speed camera anywhere between 500 frames per second and 1,000 frames per second.”
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The LUMI Mask uses virtual sunrise to wake you up
If your anything like me with mornings being a struggle getting up. The LUMI Mask could be the answer. Designed by Taylor Franklin Hide, the sleep mask helps you wake up on time with a gentle simulated sunrise lighting effect embedded in the mask. You just simply set the mask to the time you want to wake up, and the mask will gradually brighten as time approaches(light unit inside the mask simulates a sunrise 30 minutes before you wake).
“If your alarm is at 7 am, the light will gradually brighten beginning at 6:30. An audible alarm sounds at the end of the sunrise sequence, letting you know it’s time to start the day.”
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Tiger Woods + Nike Free Golf Shoe Prototypes
Don’t be surprised if one of these puppies are my next golf shoe. I’ve been bouncing between a pair of Adidas, Nike and Footjoy golf shoes and my Nike’s definitely look the coolest. They’re comfortable and turn heads on the course. Plus I know Nike never do things in half ass when it comes to technology in their footwear and the looks to match. Can’t wait to see these on the shelves! Here’s a little info on the new designs –
Tiger Woods has been working with one of the Directors within NIKE’s Innovation Kitchen, Tobie Hatfield, and NIKE Golf on a FREE-inspired prototype shoe that Tiger will wear during this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Originally developed in 2004 by a group led by Hatfield, NIKE FREE is a ‘natural motion’ technology that is designed to mimic and conform to the natural motion of the foot, coupled with the protection and traction of a lightweight performance shoe.
The FREE-inspired elements in this prototype model allow greater movement for the front of the foot, increasing stability with mobility. “This will help give Tiger greater stability as he addresses the ball. The freedom of movement that natural motion technology delivers will also allow more power to be released through the swing rather than through the body – which can happen when your feet are too static.” said Hatfield.
“I love the feel of NIKE FREE for training, so I asked Tobie if it was possible to bring that technology to the golf course. It’s exciting to see a conversation like that come to life and I look forward to wearing them this week,” added Tiger.
The majority of the upper consists of a polyurethane coated stretch fabric, also seen within the construction of NIKE Basketball’s Hyperfuse 2011. Part of the heel is created from recycled NIKE Air Max units melted into thread and then woven together to create a strong, breathable textile material. The FREE-inspired outsole is directly taken from NIKE Sportswear’s Special Field Boot designed for first-responders.
This model also has a half heel counter in both shoes to give more stability on the lateral side, particularly in follow through. The shoe also incorporates NIKE Flywire (first introduced in Beijing in 2008) attached to each lace loop, which when pulled tight envelope the foot for maximum comfort and stability.
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Bloomberg: Pharrell Williams and Greg Selkoe Discuss KarmaloopTV
Love what these guys are doing! Makes so much sense to take it to cable. I spend so much time watching short videos ie. interviews, documentaries, films etc. Finally someone’s going to bring a channel out that will appeal to me and a lot of my friends cultural interests. TuhiTV will soon be coming an online TV channel so stay tuned…
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My Mobile Office in Tokyo
I’m back in Tokyo wooo!!! hoooo!!! I’m in back in town to extend my visa, catch up with a few peeps and of course check out the creative scene I miss so much. As great as it is to be back in my favourite city in the world. Work doesn’t doesn’t stop and after presenting some store front designs to a new client in Hong Kong they have now asked me to the do the brand identity for the job as well and of course they need it yesterday. I’m becoming the master of mobile offices whether it’s a cafe, apartment, hotel lobby or in this case the great guys at my hotel in Tokyo have set me up a pop-up office with an additional computer, printer, free wifi and even given me a key to use it 24hours! I love Japanese hospitality. We could all learn a thing about service from them.
My posting may be a little low over the next couple of days so bear with me and I’ll have a heap of new stuff when I get back.
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Mansions on the Moon: For Awhile
Mansions on the Moon – For Awhile by Hypetrak
Mansions on the Moon is back with another new audio taste off their debut album Lightyears. Entitled “For Awhile.” Great track! Can’t wait for the album to drop later this year.
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Gaming Character Concept Art
Before any computer game comes to life. Gaming Studios all over the world have artists create these unique monsters and characters. It’s amazing what the imaginations of some artists can come up with.
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BMW I8 Concept
BMW announced the creation of the i8 plug-in hybrid last week.
BMW i8 is complete new build, unlike the former 2 where are based on existing platforms. Like its i3 cousin, the i8 employed the LifeDrive architecture, compartmentalized design which incorporated lightweight composite of aluminum and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) as base. With this structural upgrade, BMW promised the i8 to dash from 0 to 62 mph in just 4.6 seconds with only a 1.5-liter 3-cylinder engine and a set of electric motor at the front. One other unique integration is the special app on any smartphone platforms.
Keep a look out for the i8 in Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol.
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Retro Posters of Airline to Mars
What a great contrast of old retro style artwork for what ‘I hope’ will be the future of air travel. Mars Airlines! The rocket is called MarsUnited and the idea was created by Andy Rohr, a Chicago-based artist, illustrator and graphic designer.
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The Art of FLIGHT: The Metal Trailer 2
I can’t wait for this to come out in September. The first video ‘That’s It. That’s All’ changed the way I snowboarded. I’m sure from the two trailers that this is one’s going to be even more mind blowing. Track is by Arch Enemy – “Vengeance Is Mine”.
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Incase + Paul Rodriguez: Signature Collection
Paul Rodriguez has a strong following in the skateboard world and with his continued partnership with Incase, expanding to the street culture world. His latest collection of bags and accessories for the traveling skateboarder all built with good durability and design. The entire collection is available now through Incase.
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BMW i3 Concept
Could this be the future for BMW? It’s exciting to see car companies foresight for the future of automotive technology, their considerations to the environment and of course the looks of future models.
The i3 concept is powered by a 170-horsepower electric motor with the ability to propel it from 0 to 60 mph in under 8 seconds, the nimble errands runner’s liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery bank is at 80% charge capacity with only an hour at the charging station. Underneath is a brand new manufacturing methodology, the LifeDrive concept. Compartmentalized in Life aspect, where a composite of aluminum and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) makes up a strong, lightweight cell for the passengers. As for the Drive aspect, the battery bank, transmission, and drive-train are all underneath the Life cell, this layout enables BMW engineers to free up more space. Zero-emission and a drive range of 150 kilometers, or about 93 miles between charges, BMW has an ambitious goal of launch the i3 Concept in 2013.
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44 Club with Nike and Wieden+Kennedy
44 Club with Nike and Wieden+Kennedy from The IPA on Vimeo.
A great watch to see the ongoing love/hate relationship between one of the largest advertising firms in the world and one of the largest sporting/leisure brands in the world. Nike’s Ed Elworthy and Weiden + Kennedy’s Nic Owen sit down to talk about this relationship that has lasted for over 30 years.
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Depth of Speed: Tale of Three Cars
HBTV: Depth of Speed – Tale of Three Cars from HBTV on Vimeo.
I respect anyone that love’s what they do. Whether it’s a hobby or a job or if you’re lucky enough. Both! This is a nice little watch on one mans passion for cars by HBTV.
Depth of Speed was born from a desire of story, travel and a love of anything automotive related. Next year my wife and I will be taking to the streets to uncover and document the greatest stories from the automotive world. From coast-to-coast and from top to bottom, finding the best stories will take the highest priority. Every time I meet someone new or attend an event I’m amazed at the depth, passion and love that the automotive world brings. Depth of Speed is just that – an in-depth look at these stories. There is something about motors and machines, that to an outsider looking in, would make us seem plain crazy.
We have begun the process of outfitting our trusty Scamp trailer to traverse the entire country. Known affectionately as a fiberglass egg, our Scamp will be our home for one year of our lives. At only 13 feet long it will make for a cozy year.
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