CommentReparer.com - Apprenez à tout réparer Links between our landscape and literature 8 May 2012Last updated at 21:23 ET From the London suburbs, through the rolling Cotswolds, and out to the rugged coastline of western Scotland - the UK's landscape has influenced authors for centuries. In turn, their literary works have helped define how we think of Britain both culturally and geographically. In a new exhibition, Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands, the British Library is examining how our landscapes have permeated 150 great literary works - influencing and shaping writers' proses. Take a look at just a few of the featured manuscripts - with curator Jamie Andrews. Continue reading the main story Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands can be seen at the British Library from 11 May to 25 September 2012. Click bottom right for image information. Music by KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Related: British Library The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. More audio slideshows: A history of British homes Showing British art to Saudis
Vision Boards Help Visualize Goals Create a Dream Board to See Your Goals A vision board or dream board is a way of helping to visualize goals by taking images and words that represent dreams and desires and arranging them on a board. Art therapists may use collage (arranging pictures) as a way for clients to express themselves. Vision boards can be a helpful way to bring into focus what you want to achieve. Dream boards became popular after they were popularized by Rhonda Byrne in the book and movie "The Secret." I first experienced Dream Boards when I took an Art Therapy course in 1999, long before "The Secret" was even a whisper. I turned 50 at the end of December and felt the need to create another dream board. Read on to discover how to create a basic vision board along with many of the different types of dream boards and applications available now for creating vision boards. Give it a try. Image of Bulletin Board by RAWKU5 A Bulletin Board is a good start for creating a Dream Board. Image by brokenarts. Large Boards
Advanced humanoid Roboy to be ‘born’ in nine months Roboy (credit: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich) Meet Roboy, “one of the most advanced humanoid robots,” say researchers at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich. Their 15 project partners and over 40 engineers and scientists are constructing Roboy as a tendon-driven robot modeled on human beings (robots usually have their motors in their joints, giving them that “robot” break-dance look), so it will move almost as elegantly as a human. Roboy will be a “service robot,” meaning it will execute services independently for the convenience of human beings, as in the movie Robot & Frank. And since service robots share their “living space” with people, user-friendliness and safety, above all, are of great importance, roboticists point out. Service robots are already used in a wide variety of areas today, including for household chores, surveillance work and cleaning, and in hospitals and care homes.
Page 1 | Diseno-art.com Homepage > Archive Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 Car manufacturers winning the war against car theft - News Car manufacturers are confidently proclaiming that they are winning the war against car crime. And the statistics over the last 20 years prove as much. Perhaps even more impressively, 20 years ago around 600,000 cars were stolen in the UK each year. Project Kahn Audi A5 Convertible - Modified Cars One of the UK’s best known tuners, Project Kahn, has had a go at making the Audi A5 convertible even more stylish. The styling package consists of new front and rear bumpers, a rear spoiler, billet steel door mirror housings, red painted brake calipers, lowered suspension and massive 21 inch RSX lightweight wheels finished in matt black. 2012 BMW M5 - Sports Cars Despite the fact the 2012 BMW M5 isn’t due to be unveiled in the flesh until this year's Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Where is the safest place to sit on a
Join us for The Informal Economy Symposium , October 12 2012, Barcelona | Claro Partners We see “the informal economy” as short-hand for a lot of different under-the-radar, non-recognised, untracked, unsanctioned, disregarded and often disparaged but very real and substantial commercial activities that are taking place all around the world, in both emerging and developed markets. The development of these informal commercial activities are driven by both necessity and by opportunity, but they also still have symbiotic relationships to formal economic structures, such as mature businesses, governments, financial institutions, or business analysts/evaluators. It seems that many people mistakenly see these informal commercial activities as transient, soon-to-be absorbed into formal structures, to be stamped out, or conversely to be studied and copied by formal economic structures. And herein lies the tantalising dilemma of the informal economy. Our goals are:
Futures Fair 10 - Building Futures The Building Centre, London June 2nd 2010 Futures Fair 10 was a one day conference supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) through the Foresight Program, and Crystal CG, chaired by Peter Murray that gathered together built environment professionals with people leading innovation in other fields in an event that planted the seeds for new ways of working and fresh collaborations. The fast-paced day included presentations from challenging speakers representing 5 key themes. Key Themes Technological advancement and its potential impact on the built environment; Innovative modes of business and entrepreneurship; Landscape resilience; Learning from design in different sectors and; Emergent forms of community engagement and their place in development. You can download a copy of the full Futures Fair 10 report here, or see below for links to individual seminar reports. Advancement Business Competition Design Engagement
vous Pascal Minguet from Biarne ? Net-iki : le premier fablab rural français Pascal Minguet FABLAB from Jean Michel Billaut on Vimeo. Pour contacter Pascal Minguet : pascal.minguet@gmail.com (Comme on pourra le voir dans ce billautshow sur google maps, Biarne se trouve dans le Jura, un peu au nord de Dôle.. A noter que nous avons été rejoint dans le studio par Serge Meunier sur son Ipad - qui n'a pas beaucoup posé de questions - il m'a dit qu'il avait le trac... Le mouvement des "makers" commence à se développer en France.. Pourquoi donc, Grand Dieu, créer un fablab à Biarne ? Pascal Minguet, Reynald Blondeau et Jean Baptiste Fontaine expliquent et surtout présentent leur domaine, logé dans une ancienne école de Biarne, et financé par les élus locaux (si, si..) Comment fabriquer une pièce ? Fichier envoyé ensuite sur l'imprimante 3D du fablab, que Pascal nous présente (une makerbot)... Combien d'adhérents au fablab ? Plusieurs points ont été évoqués : 1/ le copyright et les brevets.. le fabricant de la fenêtre a-t-il une brevet sur son produit ? 5/ etc..
How Products Are Made (1) The Loop Co.Design: business + innovation + design Qui sommes-nous ? - Perspectives Urbaines Perspectives Urbaines est un rassemblement informel et mouvant, au service d'objectifs flous, toujours à redéfinir. Les personnes qui l'animent n'ont en commun qu'un double constat. La ville est aménagée par une série de spécialistes. C'est leur parole seule qui valide ou non ce qu'il faut faire. La « participation » citoyenne ne se réalise que dans des réunions aussi inutiles qu'ennuyeuses ; elles sont sans marge de manoeuvre et sans effet, donc sans participants. Les formations en urbanisme reproduisent ce monopole. Pourtant, la ville est effervescente, c'est un bouillonnement permanent où se font et se défont des liens, où s'inventent des rapports à l'espace et à l'autre sans cesse renouvelés. Nous voulons créer les conditions d'expression d'autres paroles, celles de tous les urbains. La discussion publique est notre moyen premier. Ce dispositif s’adresse à deux types de public. Perspectives Urbaines cherche à accompagner et à préciser ce renouvellement. Partager l'article ! inShare
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