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OMG I’m Naked!

Thursday
Apr 5,2007

So, I had this dream last night, and I was standing in front of the entire internet totally naked, and when I woke up, I realized it wasn’t a dream!

Today marks the 2nd Annual CSS Naked Day, Dustin Diaz’s lame inspired attempt to increase awareness of… oh crap, I’ll just let Dustin explain in his own words:

“The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple. This includes proper use of (x)html, semantic markup, a good hierarchy structure, and of course, a good ‘ol play on words. It’s time to show off your <body>.”

So join us as we strip down, take it all off, and skinny dip today. You’ll be glad you did.

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    • Road ramp generator better than windmill turbines

    Wednesday
    Apr 4,2007

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    “More than 200 local authorities had expressed an interest in ordering the 36,000 euros-ramps to power their traffic lights and road signs,” Peter Hughes said. His order book is full. 2,000 units should be sold next year. He should create 300 jobs in Somerset this year.

    But who is Mr. Peter Hughes?

    Creator. Mr Hughes is 70-years-old mechanical engineer. He lives in Dorset, UK and has spent ten years of his life as a United Nations adviser on renewable energy. And above all, he invented a road ramp that converts the celerity of passing cars into electricity. The heavier a vehicle runs over the ramp, the more power it can generate. From 5 to 50kW ― far more productive than the 2kW nominal capacity of the WindWall turbine for example ― for 20 pennies a kWH, much less than the break-even price for wind.

    “The ramp is silent in operation, causes no discomfort to the vehicles occupants and is entirely safe in operation,” Mr Hughes assured on his company website. It took him 12 years of secret tests to improve his invention up to a production level.

    Cocreation. The electro-kinetic road ramps would probably be situated in car parks or in parts of the roadway or downhill gradients, where vehicles are having to slow down. Arriving in those emplacements, drivers use their breaks and the kinetic energy of the car will turn mainly into heat. Putting them in these situation won’t make the ramp steal “pennies from cars petrol tank,” affirmed Mr. Hughes in his FAQ.

    The first models should appear in the middle of 2006. I think this kind of inventions just need more exposure to become casual road equipments.

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    • 2007-04-04 Daily Catch

    Wednesday
    Apr 4,2007

    feltron.jpgFeltron VII
    The wicked work of Nicholas Felton. Also check out Megafone.

    Jeff Wall
    Large scale cinematographic photography by Jeff Wall. Fabulous!

    nb.jpgNB: Studio
    Fantastic work from this London based graphic design studio.

    Mario Belem
    Multi disciplined designer/illustrator Mario Belem. Great!

    fantasticman.jpgFantastic Man
    The Gentleman’s Style Journal. Great!

    Pentagram: MICA
    Pentagram redesigns the Maryland Institute College of Art Identity

    skwiot.jpgSkwiot/Smith
    Fabulous graphic/typographic work from Peter Skwiot Smith.

    Wieden + Kennedy
    Super flash new site for Wieden + Kennedy. Interesting.

    Boicozine
    Great little design blog of Michael Bojkowski.

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    • What’s cooking

    Wednesday
    Apr 4,2007
    I’m excited to present you guys what I’ve been working on over the last couple of months. I guess most of you still know the My Dream App competition - an experiment to see what happens when you combine the expertise of some of the best talents in the software and tech world with great ideas and feedback from everyone else…
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    • Da Vinci’s bike: No more derailleur needed

    Monday
    Apr 2,2007

    No more derailleur needed

    Leonardo da Vinci maybe was a marvelous polymath. He created the basic system later reused by Fallbrook, an engineer company, to issue a new way of transmitting mechanical power based on spheres instead of gears. Up to now, the patented system was invisible to the public attention; it’s usually the kind of mechanics hidden into another engineering system. But now, some first models of bicycles start appearing on the market.

    Bikes of the Ellsworth’s The Ride series are stylished design two-wheels, made in aluminum and come in red and in black colors. And because they rely on the Fallbrook’s NuVinci transmitting system, they don’t need any derailleur gears while keeping the pedaling easy.

    According to FallBrook, the NuVinci transmission is “the only practical CVT to combine the smooth, continuous power transfer of a CVT with the utility of a conventional planetary gear drive.” It “reduces energy consumption, such as fuel, through its seamless speed changing characteristics, allowing the power input such as a gasoline engine to operate in its most efficient speed range.”

    While The Ride are clearly expensive bicycles, they also clearly sound incredible. (via core77)

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    • Update/Joint Statement with Chris Locke

    Monday
    Apr 2,2007
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