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Hiromitsu Shinkawa!

Hiromitsu Shinkawa!

Amid the despair and mourning, amid the worry over an unrelenting series of strong aftershocks, there was one bright moment on Sunday morning as Japanese naval forces rescued a 60-year-old man who had been riding the roof of his house for the past two days.

Hiromitsu Arakawa’s tiny home in the town of Minami-soma was torn from its foundations by the first wave of the tsunami that crashed ashore Friday afternoon, the defense ministry said. Mr. Arakawa saw his wife slip away in the deluge, and he clung to the roof as the house drifted away. He was discovered late Sunday morning, still on his roof, 9 miles south of his hometown and 9 miles out to sea. - NYTimes

Today

5.46pm GMT: So far, rising waters of around seven feet (just over two meters) have been reported on the coast of Oregon, where residents have evacuated low-lying areas. But there have been no reports of damage there or in northern California.

There are reports of surfers in Santa Cruz, California, out on the water attempting to ride the tsunami swells.

Fabric Colors - White

Fabric Colors - Mixed

Fabric Colors - Gradient

Fabric Colors - Solid

Inside Socal

Hardly a parody.

Gaddafi Sheen Quiz

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/quiz/2011/mar/01/muammar-gaddafi-charlie-sheen-quiz

Architectureal League Book

Ryuji Nakamura - Pond

http://www.ryujinakamura.com/index.html

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Streetfest Rivington Rendering

Streetfest Rivington Progress

Streetfest Renderings

I'm working on the Rivington one today. I'll post the PlayLab drawings n such when I get them.

LIL'BDAYNE

thanks reza!

Robot

I think this (greatest) movie (of all time) is called Robot

Streetfest PlayLab Sketches

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Epic Meal Time

Turbine Free Wind Power

Can't embed the video, but it's here.

From the Times Year in Ideas:

Conservationists argue that wind turbines pose a risk to birds, bats and sensitive habitats like shorelines. People living close to wind farms, meanwhile, complain of constant noise and vibration. This year, engineers responded with a new way to draw electricity from the wind: oscillating wind panels.

The wind panels are the brainchild of Francis Moon, a professor of mechanical engineering at Cornell University. He created a panel of 25 pads that oscillate in the wind, much the way leaves vibrate when a gust of air sifts through a tree. The pads attach to piezoelectric materials that produce electricity from each vibration.

Moon and a team of undergraduates have a working prototype called Vibro-Wind, which functions in variable wind speeds and generates little noise, making it ideally suited for urban spaces. Moon envisions Vibro-Wind on the sides and roofs of buildings, powering electronics and ad displays day and night. ANDREW TOLVE

Big in Romania

MARK # 29

All Day - Streaming Mashup Breakdown

http://mashupbreakdown.com/