| A dream makers' and fabbers' pad | | Lion's bed head by Monkeys Workshop in Colorado. 100k Garages is a Mesh-web-enabled sharing-platform that pairs people who want to make things (Makers) with digital fabrication tools (Fabbers). Many projects are small businesses that sell unique items, like the bed head above. But 100k Garages, a team-up of ShopBot Tools and Ponoko, has big plans. Using grass roots enterprise and ingenuity this co [..] Leer nota completa |  | Publicado 22-Sep-2010 por Lisa Gansky en guestbloglisagansky Leído 4 veces |
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| Bare feet barely covered | | Shoes are bad for you. Thus sayeth the science. A study published in the journal Foot entitled "Shod Versus Unshod: The Emergence of Forefoot Pathology in Modern Humans?" concluded that Zulus, who often go barefoot, have healthier feet than shoe-wearing Europeans. So did pre-shoe wearing people 2000 years ago, as their skeletal feet attest. But what about the consequence of stepping in... whatever [..] Leer nota completa |  | Publicado 22-Sep-2010 por Lisa Gansky en guestbloglisagansky Leído 11 veces |
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| Fallen Fruit | | LA public art project, Fallen Fruit, started by mapping public fruit--fruit trees growing in or over public property. Since then, the interests of this Meshy project "have expanded from mapping public fruit to include Public Fruit Jams in which we invite the citizens to bring homegrown or public fruit and join in communal jam-making; Nocturnal Fruit Forages, nighttime neighborhood fruit tours; Com [..] Leer nota completa |  | Publicado 22-Sep-2010 por Lisa Gansky en guestbloglisagansky Leído 6 veces |
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| Fabric salad | | Bon Bon Kakku allows people to design, sell, and vote on fabric designs they like. It's a "Meshy" business -- a shared space for encouraging crowd-sourced design. With her design, Vesa Savikko of Helsinki advises, "Create your own burger."...
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| arteuy | | >> Spanish, >> Portugues, >> Italiano A journey to creation! It's hard to believe that a country like Uruguay, with a small population, has so many original visual artists with great deal of creativity. Not too long ago, many important artists have opened studios at Montevideo's Old City, therefore Arteuy suggests to visit them with specialized bilingual tour guides. At Arteuy, our mission is to promote the Uruguayan culture. The contemporary visual arts scenario is interesting not only for Uruguayans, but for foreign visitors. Arteuy Tour Montev [..] Leer nota completa |  | Publicado 23-Nov-2008 por noreply@blogger.com (ARTISTAS en guestbloglisagansky Leído 12 veces |
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