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adam shephard uses energy from tree growth for production jul 02, 2013 adam shephard uses energy from tree growth for production adam shephard uses energy from tree growth for production our present day currencies of manufacturing are often centered around speed and cost, often at the expense of ‘responsible’ production. taking this into account, designer adam shephard proposes ‘arbor facere’ (tree factories), in which he challenges the culture of high-speed fabrication and consumption, by suggesting a ‘slow’ system of assembly. a band of webbing is wrapped around a tree trunk which is spooled on a central axel, drawing outwards as the tree grows compressing a piston ‘arbor facere’ explores two aspects:the first is that of the trees and their now direct and obvious connection to their industrial role as mechanical and technological entities. the second is the forced consideration of extended timescales in the scheme of the manufacturing processes, wavering between being a critique of modernization, and a proposed alternative system of production.

Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window UPDATE III: The Senate rejected the Udall amendment 38-60. While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield — even people in the United States itself. Senators need to hear from you, on whether you think your front yard is part of a “battlefield” and if any president can send the military anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial. The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. I know it sounds incredible. In support of this harmful bill, Sen.

Industry Test Additively Manufactured Rocket Engine Injector CLEVELAND -- NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne of West Palm Beach, Fla., recently finished testing a rocket engine injector made through additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing. This space technology demonstration may lead to more efficient manufacturing of rocket engines, saving American companies time and money. NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland conducted the successful tests for Aerojet Rocketdyne through a non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement. A series of firings of a liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen rocket injector assembly demonstrated the ability to design, manufacture and test a highly critical rocket engine component using selective laser melting manufacturing technology. Aerojet Rocketdyne designed and fabricated the injector by a method that employs high-powered laser beams to melt and fuse fine metallic powders into three dimensional structures. "Rocket engine components are complex machined pieces that require significant labor and time to produce.

Occupy Oklahoma City Now Facing Eviction Posted 2 years ago on Nov. 28, 2011, 11:17 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Call Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett (405-297-2424 - email mayor@okc.gov) and voice your opposition to the eviction of this peaceful expression of free speech! The coordinated crackdown on free speech continues. While Occupations in Los Angeles and Philadelphia are still holding strong (as of 11pm EST) and Washingtonians are occupying their State Capitol, the encampment at Occupy Oklahoma City is now under threat of eviction. City officials declined to renew a permit application and announced that overnight encampment will no longer be "tolerated" at Kerr Park, where the Occupation is currently centered. During the Black Friday national day of action against consumerism, several Occupy OKC members were arrested inside a Walmart. 12:32am EST: Police are beginning to surround the park.12:20am EST: Twenty minutes past the 11pm CST eviction deadline, at least fifty people reported in the park.

Graphene Aerogel – Lightest Material in The World A research team headed by Professor Gao Chao have developed ultra-light aerogel – it breaks the record of the world’s lightest material with surprising flexibility and oil-absorption. This progress is published in the “Research Highlights” column in Nature. Aerogel is the lightest substance recorded by Guinness Book of World Records. It couldn’t even cause deformation on dandelion flower fluffs. Gao Chao’s team has long been developing macroscopic graphene materials, such as one-dimensional graphene fibers and two-dimensional graphene films. In reported papers the carbon sponge developed by Gao’s team is the record holder of lightest material, with 0.16 mg/cubic centimeter, lower than the density of helium. The basic principle of developing aerogel is to remove solvent in the gel and retain the integrity. The title of review in Nature is “Solid carbon, springy and light”. The new material is just like a new-born baby. Source: Zhejiang University Related:

CUNY Protests Happening Now Inside of a barricaded meeting at Baruch College (24th and Lexington Ave), the City University of New York Board of Trustees is voting to raise tuition at the school. Outside, hundreds of Occupy CUNY students and their supporters are chanting, "Education is a right, Fight! Fight! Fight!" Students are asking all supporters to join them at Baruch College until 8PM this evening. Following the lead of student protesters opposing tuition hikes and austerity measures, today has been called as a student strike and day of action in solidarity with the protesters at the University of California-Davis who faced severe police repression while expressing their right to free speech. The proposal to call for a strike was passed by a massive general assembly at UC-Davis in an effort to shut down campuses where the UC Regents' were scheduled to vote today on austerity measures there:

Science in Action Winner for 2013: Elif Bilgin | @ScientificAmerican Elif Bilgin, winner of the 2013 Science in Action award, a $50,000 prize sponsored by Scientific American as part of the Google Science Fair. Credit: Elif Bilgin “Genius,” Thomas Edison famously said, “is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” He would have found a kindred spirit in Elif Bilgin, 16, of Istanbul, Turkey, winner of the 2013 $50,000 Science in Action award, part of the third annual Google Science Fair. Bilgin spent two years toiling away on her project to develop a bioplastic from discarded banana peels, enduring 10 failed trials of plastics that weren’t strong enough or that decayed rapidly. The ingredients to make Bilgin’s plastic are relatively benign. Bilgin is also a finalist in the overall Google Science Fair for the 15-16-year-old category, and will fly, with the other 14 contenders, to the company’s Mountain View, Calif., campus for the awards event in September. My colleague, Rachel Scheer, interviewed Bilgin. I would choose James D.

Around the World, Medical Workers Join Protests on the Side of the 99% | Occupy Wall Street November 28, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The following article first appeared at Working In These Times, the labor blog of In These Times magazine. For more news and analysis like this, sign up to receive In These Times ' weekly updates. Warning: Defending your rights may be hazardous to your health. The recent uprisings around the world illustrate the physical risks involved in intense street protests. Amid the brutal clashes with security forces at Tahrir Square, barebones field hospitals have held the line, thanks to a grassroots network of Tahrir doctors. But hospitals are by no means safe havens. The Jerusalem Post reported on a brutal assault on a field hospital: A force of military police swept in like a fury, striking and beating doctors and patients alike. Doctors in Bahrain have been under siege for helping casualties of clashes with security forces.

My Quest To Create Self-Building, Self-Tooling, People-Free Manufacturing Plants ⚙ Co How a Rocket Scientist Ended Up Designing Automated Factories On Earth Every morning I sit down at my computer and work on an idea that could change the world: Automated factories that can grow, like an acorn can grow into an oak tree. Like any factory, these factories would produce useful products, but they would also make parts and materials for their own expansion. As the factory grows and has more equipment, it can automate more of the steps from raw materials to finished product, and make a higher percentage of its own parts. So how did a rocket scientist end up working on this? Space was, and still is, too expensive for ordinary people to do on their own. An Idea Hatches: Self-Replicating Factories You see, the cost of doing anything in space is still dominated by shipping costs. Lots of people are working on ways to lower the shipping cost, but hovering in the background was the idea of reducing how much you need to send. How 3-D Printing Could Start A Manufacturing Revolution

Violent Police Crack-Downs on the Occupy Movement Represent a Real Threat | Occupy Wall Street November 28, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Around California and all over the country, we have been told that Occupy encampments must come down because of "health and safety concerns." UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi cited "health and safety concerns" on Friday when she called for tents at the fledging Occupy UC Davis encampment to "be peacefully removed" by 3 p.m. Unfortunately, the UC Davis Police Department is not the only law enforcement agency that fails to appreciate those two self-evident principles. UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau initially claimed that the Occupy Cal protesters - by merely linking arms - were "not nonviolent," apparently ignoring the venerable history of what has now become an iconic gesture of the civil rights movement. Birgeneau quickly recanted after actually reviewing videos of the scene, which he subsequently acknowledged were "very disturbing."

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How Zuccotti Park Became Zuccotti Prison: Creeping American Police State | Occupy Wall Street November 28, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here. When I arrived at Zuccotti Prison one afternoon last week, the “park” was in its now-usual lockdown mode. The park itself was bare of anything whatsoever and, that day, parts of it had been cordoned off, theoretically for yet more cleaning, with the kind of yellow police tape that would normally surround a crime scene, which was exactly how it seemed. Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg’s police assault on the park, OWS has largely decamped for spaces unknown and for the future. And keep in mind, when it comes to that pepper-spraying incident, we’re talking about sleepy Davis, California, and a campus once renowned for its agronomy school. Still, terror is what now makes our American world work, the trains run more or less on time, and the money flow in.