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| Still Haven’t Found the Big Dipper Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:58 AM CDT There are a great many lights and chandeliers out there that emulate an explosion of light through glass and lines of refraction. The Constellation Chandelier from Studio 1 Thousand however, accomplishes this feat through the simple use of LED’s and molded wooden stems that array downward from a wrapped base. Upon closer inspection, the clamps securing the LED clusters might even bring to mind Ingo Mauer’s Zettelz lamps, although this is anything but derivative. From a tech standpoint, the chandelier uses 91 separate arms, each having 4 energy efficient LED’s attached, something which makes the prospect of owning a chandelier in the first place, more palatable. While the piece does not appear to be in production, I hope enough of you will email the studio and get it made, because I really really want one. Designer: Studio 1 Thousand        |
| Helicopter or Giant Duck Billed Beetle? Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:23 AM CDT The H1 ‘Fugu’ by Matt Bassett is a purpose built helicopter targeted at disaster relief. It has been rationalized and rethought to optimize space with a minimal yet flexible package layout, thus allowing maximum efficiency and smaller required landing areas. To put it in perspective, it carries a similar sized load to a Chinook, and is 40 feet shorter, largely due to the coaxial rotor arrangement. The intelligent Skid system is made of individual feet, which each house a sensor which enables it to negotiate uneven terrain, allowing for access to areas that would traditionally be deemed inaccessible. Surely even Daniel Simon would be impressed by this effort. Designer: Matt Bassett
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| Stay on Target… Stay on Target… Posted: 16 Sep 2008 07:35 PM CDT Target Project is the brainchild of Benjamin Males, a dude who aims to “raise questions about our experience and relationship with surveillance technologies and CCTV.” The device(s) Males has created record time, date, weight, height, obesity, and skin color for analysis. Good or evil? This design is split into two projects: RTS-2 and SOLA. The designer, Benjamin Males says, “The Racial Targeting System (RTS-2) is a fully portable real-time image-processing platform that has the ability to automatically find and follow faces and then analyse and store their race data.” While the SOLA Males says, “[is] able to remotely calculate Body Mass Index and publish the data via wired and wireless networks.” RTS-2 stores the skin colour data, location, time and date. SOLA records time, location, weight, height and obesity level. Bejamin Males goes on to say that “the purpose of this device is to raise questions about the possible role of surveillance technology in healthcare, and the potential uses (misuses?) of this data by others.” If you live in England you know that CCTV cameras are everywhere. Or maybe you dont! Look for them. Favorite subject of street artist giants Shepard Fairey and England’s own Banksy; questions about “watching ourselves watch ourselves” have been raised since the cameras were constructed. Many an excellent art project could be made with this kind of tool. And yet, perhaps such projects are taking the technology places it shouldn’t go. Are we overanalyzing ourselves? How much information is too much information? Designer: Benjamin Males        |
| With the Fences Down It Could be Anywhere! Posted: 16 Sep 2008 12:35 PM CDT When surround sound started to be pushed by home audio companies, the movie they used to push it with was Jurrasic Park. Hearing the T-Rex roar from all directions was the most excellent experience I’d ever had at a department store, and to my ears, it really did surround the room. But our ears have become more sophisticated in the short time between then and now, and Simon Denzel’s “Mono” is bringing us closer to real professional home surround sound. A word from the designer of the Mono, Simon Denzel: “‘mono’ - (jap.: object, thing) stereo/mono - this corner mounted satellite speaker emits sound in diametrical directions for better surround sound performance. The design of this mid range speaker is intended to eliminate unwanted reflections and interferences.” Advance to audio from all directions! With advancements in both the filming and creation of films along with the production of new dvds, certainly the equipment that plays them will have to move on up as well. Simon Denzel’s example here is only one of many new methods for translating audio from reality to recorder, recorder to transmitter, transmitter to reality again. The closer we get to real surround from real surround, the closer we can get to real terror and real excitement, not to mention real entertainment. P.S. The real quote from the original blockbuster is “I think it’s ahead of us.” “It could be anywhere. With the fences out, it can go in and out of any paddock it likes!” Designer: Simon Denzel        |
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