February 2010
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Tips for Learning and Listening
While doing research on Dr. Richard Farson, I stumbled across this write up in, of all places, a site for ski lessons. WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! I was skeptical too, but there are actually some really good tips here that we could all learn from…I mean, he does quote Farson.
Ten Instructional Paradoxes: Learning does not entirely come from the teacher, but from within. The student, too, has an...
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Fish can improve our ability to extract power from...
Posted by Thomas Gal:
I read an awesome post, which plugs indirectly, for biomimicry yet again! I read that the emulating the pattern in which swim could squeeze more power out of wind farms using vertical rotors. There are limitations to the caltech study (it is 2D) but it shows potential.
Fish can help consume waste, grow vegetables, AND produce more power with wind. Next thing I’m gonna...
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Technology Vs. Design--What is the Source of... →
As students, in many ways the newest to the field of design, I am curious to hear your take on the subject.
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WatchBruce Mau on Design
“Now that we can do anything, what will we do?”
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Watchdesignisforsharing:
Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop
by Kiichi Matsuda
“The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it. A...
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