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Architects: +tongtong
Location: 24 Wharf Street, Wellington, ON K0K 3L0, Canada
Architect In Charge: John Tong, Eunice Lam
Area: 1010.0 sqm
Year: 2015
Photographs: Nikolas Koenig Architects Of Record: ERA Architects
Art Curator: Mia Nielson
Stylist: Carlo Colacci…
Landscape Architect:
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
mythologyofblue: Ruins of Ani, in eastern Anatolia. Ani is a...
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Ruins of Ani, in eastern Anatolia. Ani is a ruined and uninhabited medieval city-site situated in the Turkish province of Kars, beside the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey.
“At night it was up to my aunt Yughaper to put me to sleep by singing a lullaby, which she did with a tender, cooing voice: ‘The city of Ani weeps/And no one tells her/Do not weep/Do not weep!’ That mournful song filled me with despair and a heavy melancholy oppressed my soul. I wanted to wail and scream in order to dissipate that dark feeling, but I knew through experience that there was an easier way out. I therefore closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep, whereupon my aunt Yughaper’s voice faded away and died. The moment I realized I was all alone in the bedroom, I opened my eyes. By the flickering candlelight I could see elongated shadows bearing down on me from dark corners. I saw silhouettes of ghosts floating in the air, and when I closed my eyes in panic, I saw the city of Ani seated among ruins, weeping. But unlike the handsome woman of the famous painting…my Ani was a wretched, helpless old man.”
-Zabel Yessayan, from The Gardens of Silihdar (1935), translated by Ara Baliozian.
[a study of ruins, what remains]
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fabforgottennobility: La Rocco Tower, St Ouen’s Bay, Jersey by...
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La Rocco Tower, St Ouen’s Bay, Jersey by Ningaloo :-) on Flickr.
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Bank of America Plaza hopes to build a huge parking garage downtown (next to a huge parking garage)
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Parking garage, meet parking garage. (Corgan Associates) This week, the Congress for New Urbanism is in downtown Dallas holding its annual confab, its theme “Meeting the Demand for Walkable Places.” So of course we’re about to present to you The … Continue reading →
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Parking garage, meet parking garage. (Corgan Associates) This week, the Congress for New Urbanism is in downtown Dallas holding its annual confab, its theme “Meeting the Demand for Walkable Places.” So of course we’re about to present to you The … Continue reading →
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McKinley’s Dome by eholubow on Flickr.
U.S. President William McKinley was shot under this dome when he attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York beginning in late August of 1901. The dome was originally installed in the Temple of Music at the Exposition, but was saved from the demolition, now sitting in the abandoned J.N. Adams Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
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Emdrive Roger Shawyer believes midterm EMdrive interstellar probe could flyby Alpha Centauri
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Roger Shawyer invented the Emdrive. NASA is testing the EMdrive and the Cannae drive and getting interesting results Shawyer presented in October, 2014.
EMDrive results have not been conclusively proven yet and there is no proven underlying theory and any scaling has not been determined.
There are interesting results in the 50-900 micronewton ranges. There does seem to be scaling with increased power levels.
Shawyer sees scaling up the superconducting version of EMdrive to 300 Newtons per kilowatt combined with radioisotope thermoelectric generators or small scale nuclear fission systems to achieve 200 kilowatts for a Alpha Centauri ten year flyby probe. A probe that reaches about 60% of lightspeed and covers 4 light years in ten years.
300 newtons per kilowatt would be scaling up the energy to thrust efficiency by 300 times.
Shawyers's Development of a Demonstrator Engine
Although the experimental thruster had verified the static thrust equation, it became apparent that the concept would not become generally accepted until a viable engine could be demonstrated. Accordingly, a proposal for the design, manufacture and test of a complete demonstrator engine was submitted to DTI. A Research and Development grant was awarded in September 2003 and the work started with a mission analysis phase.
This work enabled the specification of the demonstrator engine to be optimised against the requirements of a typical commsat mission. Unlike the experimental thruster, the engine would be rated for continuous operation and extensive design work was required to increase the specific thrust by raising the design factor and unloaded Q.
The engine was built with a design factor of 0.844 and has a measured Q of 45,000 for an overall diameter of 280 mm. The microwave source is a water cooled magnetron with a variable output power up to a maximum of 1.2 kW.
To obtain the predicted thrust the engine must maintain stable resonance at this high Q value. Major design challenges have included thermal compensation, tuning control and source matching.
The engine was tested in a large static test rig employing a calibrated composite balance to measure thrust in 3 directions, up, down and horizontal. A total of 134 test runs were carried out over the full performance envelope, with a maximum specific thrust of 214mN/kW being measured.
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Roger Shawyer invented the Emdrive. NASA is testing the EMdrive and the Cannae drive and getting interesting results Shawyer presented in October, 2014.
EMDrive results have not been conclusively proven yet and there is no proven underlying theory and any scaling has not been determined.
There are interesting results in the 50-900 micronewton ranges. There does seem to be scaling with increased power levels.
Shawyer sees scaling up the superconducting version of EMdrive to 300 Newtons per kilowatt combined with radioisotope thermoelectric generators or small scale nuclear fission systems to achieve 200 kilowatts for a Alpha Centauri ten year flyby probe. A probe that reaches about 60% of lightspeed and covers 4 light years in ten years.
300 newtons per kilowatt would be scaling up the energy to thrust efficiency by 300 times.
Shawyers's Development of a Demonstrator Engine
Although the experimental thruster had verified the static thrust equation, it became apparent that the concept would not become generally accepted until a viable engine could be demonstrated. Accordingly, a proposal for the design, manufacture and test of a complete demonstrator engine was submitted to DTI. A Research and Development grant was awarded in September 2003 and the work started with a mission analysis phase.
This work enabled the specification of the demonstrator engine to be optimised against the requirements of a typical commsat mission. Unlike the experimental thruster, the engine would be rated for continuous operation and extensive design work was required to increase the specific thrust by raising the design factor and unloaded Q.
The engine was built with a design factor of 0.844 and has a measured Q of 45,000 for an overall diameter of 280 mm. The microwave source is a water cooled magnetron with a variable output power up to a maximum of 1.2 kW.
To obtain the predicted thrust the engine must maintain stable resonance at this high Q value. Major design challenges have included thermal compensation, tuning control and source matching.
The engine was tested in a large static test rig employing a calibrated composite balance to measure thrust in 3 directions, up, down and horizontal. A total of 134 test runs were carried out over the full performance envelope, with a maximum specific thrust of 214mN/kW being measured.
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Regency Dormer by Konishi Gaffney Architects
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The project was to extend a small 1st floor flat into the loft and create a new bedroom with dormer. A simple brief complicated only by the lack of headroom[...]
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The project was to extend a small 1st floor flat into the loft and create a new bedroom with dormer. A simple brief complicated only by the lack of headroom[...]
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Your Next Belt May Control Your Display #WearableWednesday
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This belt may be the next device to control your head-worn display according to Bits & Pieces from the Embedded Design World. Researchers at Ulm University in Germany have created a touch sensitive belt that enables users to access shortcuts on their wearable. Fans of e-textiles can appreciate the use of metal studs on the […]
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This belt may be the next device to control your head-worn display according to Bits & Pieces from the Embedded Design World. Researchers at Ulm University in Germany have created a touch sensitive belt that enables users to access shortcuts on their wearable. Fans of e-textiles can appreciate the use of metal studs on the […]
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Wearable Studio: Daypack #WearableWednesday
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Hannah Perner-Wilson writes: The Wearable Studio is a series of portable accessories and clothing items that provide the wearer with the opportunity to work wherever they are. The project is currently in the very early stages of concept development and prototyping, but as soon as the first series of prototypes are tested and refined, my […]
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Hannah Perner-Wilson writes: The Wearable Studio is a series of portable accessories and clothing items that provide the wearer with the opportunity to work wherever they are. The project is currently in the very early stages of concept development and prototyping, but as soon as the first series of prototypes are tested and refined, my […]
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Beach house by Marc Koehler Architects is half submerged into a grassy dune
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NECROPOLIS
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Here’s the score:
Necropolis pages will be posted to this tumblr, every Wednesday, for a long time. The pages are collected in order here.
Whenever I finish a volume, it will be collected as a print graphic novel by Image Comics in North America, and Casterman in France.
Those are the salient points. Explanation and lesser details under the cut.
WEB:
I have a pretty healthy buffer of finished pages, so it should be a while before I miss a week. Eventually I will, because I am unreliable and life is difficult, but I’ll give advance warning, and we should never see a gap between posts like the last one. I’ll probably work out another place to post these, eventually, like a real website? But I’m not sweating it right now.
PRINT:
It’ll be a while before these go to print. I just can’t produce these pages at the pace required by monthly comics. But it’ll happen, and the print editions will Look Good. You will be happy with the quality.
APOLOGIES:
I’m sorry it has taken so long for me to make Necropolis available. I wanted to release the book on a monthly print schedule, and spent a few YEARS trying to make that happen before realizing I just couldn’t do it on my own. Going web-to-print was my original plan, but the idea of a monthly book (’real’ comics, to a kid who grew up in the 90′s) was so seductive, and it took me a while to let that go. Thank you for your patience. I hope you enjoy the story.
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A Tablet app was used to direct an Air Strike with a MV22 Osprey in a live fire training exercise
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The MV-22 Osprey used in the PCAS test was modified and operated by Bell Helicopter. A PCAS-Air module was installed inside the aircraft, and the crew carried a PCAS tablet connected with the ground forces via a digital link added to the MV-22 as part of the PCAS modifications. The wireless connection allowed the aircraft’s weapons systems officer to quickly confirm the shot and execute the order.
The Marines’ PCAS tablet capability revolves around the KILSWITCH application developed by program partner NAWC-WD. At well under a pound, a KILSWITCH tablet provides Marines with actionable data and enhanced situational awareness over an extended area even when their view is otherwise obstructed. In the screenshot here, dismounted Marine infantry elements, along with a JTAC and a sensor-equipped overhead Marine CAS aircraft (the red cursor indicates where the sensor is pointing) use this system to collaborate on a complex engagement.
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On March 27, DARPA successfully tested the full Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) prototype system for the first time as part of TALON REACH, a U.S. Marine Corps infantry/aviation training exercise conducted in the southwest region of the United States in partnership with the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One and the Marine Infantry Officer Course (IOC). The demonstration marked the first successful integration of automated, digital, real-time coordination capability into a military aircraft system, including rail-launched munitions, digital data links and advanced software in support of ground forces.
PCAS includes two main components, PCAS-Air and PCAS-Ground. PCAS-Air consists of weapons management, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and communications systems located on a modular Smart Launcher Electronics (SLE) device designed to enable plug-and-play hosting of tactical software and mounting of equipment on almost any aircraft. PCAS-Air communicates with ground forces through PCAS-Ground, a suite of situational awareness and mapping software on commercial Android tablet computers. Two interoperable PCAS-Ground software applications have been developed with government partners: the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWC-WD) and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rome Labs.
Prior to the full-system demonstration in March, Marines in combat in both Afghanistan and Iraq, with both crisis response Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces (SPMAGTFs) and with Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs), have successfully employed the PCAS-Ground system component, the Marine version of which is called Kinetic Integrated Low-cost SoftWare Integrated Tactical Combat Handheld (KILSWITCH). KILSWITCH made its debut when DARPA provided more than 750 systems for testing in Afghanistan in early 2013. Since the initial DARPA fielding, Marines have implemented Android tablets in the thousands, and field reports document dramatically improved navigation, situational awareness, fires coordination and communications.
During the full-system demonstration, an IOC JTAC used a PCAS-Ground tablet to identify a target position near an unmanned truck and communicate its position to the PCAS-Air module inside a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotor vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, via a digital link added to the MV-22 as part of the PCAS modifications. PCAS enabled both the JTAC and the aircraft’s weapon systems officer, who also had a PCAS-Ground tablet, to share real-time information, enabling them to quickly confirm the shot and execute the order.
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peppylilspitfuck: Here we see a baby wigglefloof cleaning its...
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Here we see a baby wigglefloof cleaning its tiny squishbeans.
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MA of Wind / Ryuichi Ashizawa Architect & Associates
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Architects: Ryuichi Ashizawa Architect & Associates
Location: Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Area: 84.0 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Kaori Ichikawa Structure: RC
Structure Engineer: TAPS structural engineering office
Construction: Daichi construction office
Site Area: 210.96㎡
Total Floor Area: 109.13㎡ From the …
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Architects: Ryuichi Ashizawa Architect & Associates
Location: Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Area: 84.0 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Kaori Ichikawa Structure: RC
Structure Engineer: TAPS structural engineering office
Construction: Daichi construction office
Site Area: 210.96㎡
Total Floor Area: 109.13㎡ From the …
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sasshulk: sixpenceee: Chinese farmer Hao Xianzhang has...
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Chinese farmer Hao Xianzhang has perfected the process of growing pears inside Buddha shaped plastic molds.
Whaaaaa
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What if the ships of the Star Wars universe were monsters?
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