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Showing posts with label i(k)eas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i(k)eas. Show all posts
Friday, April 3, 2015
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Incubator space : Green Town Labs
http://greentownlabs.org/member-companies/
https://vimeo.com/66072238
Incubator space is great for web start-ups, but clean technology
ventures require places for entrepreneurs to get dirty, bend metal,
and make noise. At Greentown Labs they provide budding entrepreneurs
access to the facility, services, and research & development resources
needed to take their clean technology ventures to the next level.
Each year there are hundreds, if not thousands of graduating students
from top universities who are forced to make a decision about where to
launch their clean technology venture. Often, they chose to relocate
to regions ouside Boston and New England. Why aren’t more of them
staying local?
Greentown Labs believes New England is uniquely positioned to lead the
United States in clean energy innovation. The local Massachusetts
educated workforce, academic institutions, and political leadership
are second to none. Greentown Labs wants to play a part in helping
strengthen our local cleantech cluster by providing the facilities,
services, and resources early stage clean energy entrepreneurs need to
grow.
Meet new CEO, Executive Director, Emily Reichert, Ph.D. and Co-Founder
Jason Hanna and see why Greentown Labs is disrupting the clean tech
space.
https://vimeo.com/66072238
Incubator space is great for web start-ups, but clean technology
ventures require places for entrepreneurs to get dirty, bend metal,
and make noise. At Greentown Labs they provide budding entrepreneurs
access to the facility, services, and research & development resources
needed to take their clean technology ventures to the next level.
Each year there are hundreds, if not thousands of graduating students
from top universities who are forced to make a decision about where to
launch their clean technology venture. Often, they chose to relocate
to regions ouside Boston and New England. Why aren’t more of them
staying local?
Greentown Labs believes New England is uniquely positioned to lead the
United States in clean energy innovation. The local Massachusetts
educated workforce, academic institutions, and political leadership
are second to none. Greentown Labs wants to play a part in helping
strengthen our local cleantech cluster by providing the facilities,
services, and resources early stage clean energy entrepreneurs need to
grow.
Meet new CEO, Executive Director, Emily Reichert, Ph.D. and Co-Founder
Jason Hanna and see why Greentown Labs is disrupting the clean tech
space.
Anamorphosis
http://www.eyescreamsunday.com/ by Aakash Nihalani »
http://www.anamorphosis.com/stenope.html
http://www.anamorphosis.com/stenope.html
Sunday, February 8, 2015
adidas set to unlock the health potential in U.S. schools al sports brand announces partnership with Interactive Health Technologies (IHT)
In the US, child obesity is an ever-growing concern that's desperately in need of a remedy. Knowing this, Adidas is now looking to help the cause and, in the process, make it fun for young people to get fit. The sporting gear company has teamed up with Interactive Health Technologies (whose mission is "empowering individuals to self-manage their health") to bring its miCoach technology to schools Stateside. A few years ago, IHT began implementing a heart rate monitoring system for gym classes in the US, and now Adidas wants to take that initiative one step further. By combining miCoach's activity tracking with IHT's heart rate system, Adidas believes it can get students to motivate themselves.
At the moment, there are more than 700 schools in the US have added this to their curriculum, with over 250,000 students benefitting from it every day. An Adidas spokesperson said the reception to the heart monitoring system, in tandem with certain miCoach features, has been great -- so much so that many students choose to take the IHT wearable device home with them on the weekends. (Though, how long that habit will last remains to be seen.) And that's a good thing, since it means they keep racking up points and staying active even when away from the school gymnasium. Both parents and teachers can monitor each student's app via a companion application, which is available for PC and and mobile devices. Ultimately, Adidas says the goal is to continue expanding to additional school districts, adding that it's constantly working to add interesting things to the program -- such as rewards and social challenges between schools. Because now you don't just play games in gym, PE is a game in and of itself.
http://news.adidas.com/us/Latest-News/adidas-set-to-unlock-the-health-potential-in-U.S.-schools-/s/e2da8d3c-7ffc-4e8f-9b0d-8c5c38ca69b5
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/12/adidas-iht-fit-and-healthy-students/
At the moment, there are more than 700 schools in the US have added this to their curriculum, with over 250,000 students benefitting from it every day. An Adidas spokesperson said the reception to the heart monitoring system, in tandem with certain miCoach features, has been great -- so much so that many students choose to take the IHT wearable device home with them on the weekends. (Though, how long that habit will last remains to be seen.) And that's a good thing, since it means they keep racking up points and staying active even when away from the school gymnasium. Both parents and teachers can monitor each student's app via a companion application, which is available for PC and and mobile devices. Ultimately, Adidas says the goal is to continue expanding to additional school districts, adding that it's constantly working to add interesting things to the program -- such as rewards and social challenges between schools. Because now you don't just play games in gym, PE is a game in and of itself.
http://news.adidas.com/us/Latest-News/adidas-set-to-unlock-the-health-potential-in-U.S.-schools-/s/e2da8d3c-7ffc-4e8f-9b0d-8c5c38ca69b5
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/12/adidas-iht-fit-and-healthy-students/
Friday, January 2, 2015
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Changing people’s behaviour for the better
I love the following projects which can easily be implement in any place where one can make a change for a better world. This approach of making fun to do it is based on psychological human facts that create a positive reinforcement.
BOTTLE BANK ARKADE MACHINE
Many of us return our plastic bottles and cans. Noticeably fewer recycle their glass. Maybe that's because we don't get any money in return, as we do for cans and plastic. Can we change this attitude by making recycling glass fun to do? So you are not just rewarded with a good conscience, you also get a smile. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSiHjMU-MUo]
THE WORLD'S DEPEEST BIN
To throw rubbish in the bin instead of onto the floor shouldn’t really be so hard. Many people still fail to do so. Can we get more people to throw rubbish into the bin, rather than onto the ground, by making it fun to do? here. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEKAwCoCKw]
PIANO STAIRS
Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw]
THE PLAY BELT
Can we ensure everyone keeps their safety belt on by making it fun to do? This is another of the ideas that made it to the final of the fun theory award, created by Nevena Stojanovic from Serbia. The idea is being tested in Sweden in the hope it could be applied to all vehicles in the future [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AbQSE4ZKvk]
[http://www.thefuntheory.com/]
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better.
BOTTLE BANK ARKADE MACHINE
Many of us return our plastic bottles and cans. Noticeably fewer recycle their glass. Maybe that's because we don't get any money in return, as we do for cans and plastic. Can we change this attitude by making recycling glass fun to do? So you are not just rewarded with a good conscience, you also get a smile. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSiHjMU-MUo]
THE WORLD'S DEPEEST BIN
To throw rubbish in the bin instead of onto the floor shouldn’t really be so hard. Many people still fail to do so. Can we get more people to throw rubbish into the bin, rather than onto the ground, by making it fun to do? here. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEKAwCoCKw]
PIANO STAIRS
Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw]
THE PLAY BELT
Can we ensure everyone keeps their safety belt on by making it fun to do? This is another of the ideas that made it to the final of the fun theory award, created by Nevena Stojanovic from Serbia. The idea is being tested in Sweden in the hope it could be applied to all vehicles in the future [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AbQSE4ZKvk]
[http://www.thefuntheory.com/]
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Bottle of Water (and Sun Light Mirror by Kent Larson)
Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every cityMinute : 14
Second : 44
http://www.ted.com/talks/kent_larson_brilliant_designs_to_fit_more_people_in_every_city
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Windows/doors/halls with Moiré Patterns
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| Windows with Moire Patterns |
For a mathematical approach you can visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern
Sunday, April 6, 2014
My first appoach in trying to understand the meaning of a equation (Version 0.0.0.00001)
The ceremony "Weighing of the Heart", which took place in ancient Egypt
between 3000 and 2000 BC, where people were judged on their behavior during their lifetime by using an enormous scale [IMAGE] by which people's heart were weighted against the feathers of truth. Hence, if the heart balanced against the feathers then the deceased would be granted a place in the Fields of Hetep and Irup (this is probably some kind of Heavenly kingdom). If it was heavy with the weight of wrongdoings, the balance would sink and the heart would be grabbed and devoured by a terrifying beast that sat ready and waiting by the scale.
That is the origin of this idea of equilibrium that springs to my mind in searching a more deeper meaning for what we call an equation.
Anyway, let me do a change of 180 degrees to connect the previous-mentioned
idea with the some graphical proofs of the Pythagoras theorem [PROOFS] where equivalences in areas of triangles, rectangles and squares, lines, and colours are the base of different proofs such as the square units, Da Vinci, Bhaskara and Perigal-Dudeney, to mention but a few. (My mind is trilled to bits to see that there is something called a spherical Pythagoras theorem!)
The Perigal-Dudeney's proof is, to my mind, the most visual, and perhaps,
the one that epitomize the beauty of the hidden places that exist in almost every figure and the very original reason to create the following video.
Finally, I can conclude that the original idea of Pythagoras and others is the yearning for finding an equilibrium in terms of area but also one can see it on mathematical terms (e.g. a^2 + b^2 = c^2), or perhaps, in a scale when one is trying to balance beauty against eternity.
Audio.
L.Bridge - Mr 8bit Reject
http://www.fature.net/release.php?id=529
Video was made by using a sequence of images which
were encoded with mencoder [1,2] and then the title and sound were added with OpenVideo Shot Encoder [3]
[1] http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-enc-images.html
[2] http://www.cenolan.com/2009/05/simple-time-lapse-video-in-linux/
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenShot_Video_Editor
between 3000 and 2000 BC, where people were judged on their behavior during their lifetime by using an enormous scale [IMAGE] by which people's heart were weighted against the feathers of truth. Hence, if the heart balanced against the feathers then the deceased would be granted a place in the Fields of Hetep and Irup (this is probably some kind of Heavenly kingdom). If it was heavy with the weight of wrongdoings, the balance would sink and the heart would be grabbed and devoured by a terrifying beast that sat ready and waiting by the scale.
That is the origin of this idea of equilibrium that springs to my mind in searching a more deeper meaning for what we call an equation.
Anyway, let me do a change of 180 degrees to connect the previous-mentioned
idea with the some graphical proofs of the Pythagoras theorem [PROOFS] where equivalences in areas of triangles, rectangles and squares, lines, and colours are the base of different proofs such as the square units, Da Vinci, Bhaskara and Perigal-Dudeney, to mention but a few. (My mind is trilled to bits to see that there is something called a spherical Pythagoras theorem!)
The Perigal-Dudeney's proof is, to my mind, the most visual, and perhaps,
the one that epitomize the beauty of the hidden places that exist in almost every figure and the very original reason to create the following video.
Finally, I can conclude that the original idea of Pythagoras and others is the yearning for finding an equilibrium in terms of area but also one can see it on mathematical terms (e.g. a^2 + b^2 = c^2), or perhaps, in a scale when one is trying to balance beauty against eternity.
Audio.
L.Bridge - Mr 8bit Reject
http://www.fature.net/release.php?id=529
Video was made by using a sequence of images which
were encoded with mencoder [1,2] and then the title and sound were added with OpenVideo Shot Encoder [3]
[1] http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-enc-images.html
[2] http://www.cenolan.com/2009/05/simple-time-lapse-video-in-linux/
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenShot_Video_Editor
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
LCD Arduino Chess Clock
As an amateur Chess player is very important to bare in mind your time when you are playing chess with your friends. Probably, one way to sharpen your brain is with the idea of solving any inconvenience with a pressuring situation at the moment of playing. Henceforth, this is my first attempt, which is utterly rooted in [1]. Arduino script is available at http://pastebin.com/frWqK8FM.
//+++++++++++++++++
// FUTURE WORK
// Create a third button for selecting time intervals
// of 1 minute, 5 minutes and 10 minutes
// Add an Option for write First letters of Players names or a nickname
// Create a case which should reflect a kind of peace!
//
// Add a interface so as to register your movements with the help of
// http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/
// http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/
//+++++++++++++++++++
//RELATED PROJECTS
http://www.instructables.com/id/Standalone-Arduino-StopWatch-SainSmart-LCD-Keypad--1/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Chessclock/
//+++++++++++++++++
// FUTURE WORK
// Create a third button for selecting time intervals
// of 1 minute, 5 minutes and 10 minutes
// Add an Option for write First letters of Players names or a nickname
// Create a case which should reflect a kind of peace!
//
// Add a interface so as to register your movements with the help of
// http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/
// http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/
//+++++++++++++++++++
//RELATED PROJECTS
http://www.instructables.com/id/Standalone-Arduino-StopWatch-SainSmart-LCD-Keypad--1/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Chessclock/