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Studio Aa has transformed a former boiler house in Amsterdam Zuid into a contemporary office for Nedvest investment company. Smart solutions, reuse and craftsmanship run like a common thread through the design. Starting point was to use minimal resources in order to create a contemporary, flexible, healthy and sustainable environment, fitting in with the character of this family business.
An ability to send large numbers of small unmanned air systems (UAS) with coordinated, distributed capabilities could provide U.S. forces with improved operational flexibility at much lower cost than is possible with today’s expensive, all-in-one platforms—especially if those unmanned systems could be retrieved for reuse while airborne. So far, however, the technology to project volleys of low-cost, reusable systems over great distances and retrieve them in mid-air has remained out of reach.
To help make that technology a reality, DARPA has launched the Gremlins program. Named for the imaginary, mischievous imps that became the good luck charms of many British pilots during World War II, the program seeks to show the feasibility of conducting safe, reliable operations involving multiple air-launched, air-recoverable unmanned systems. The program also aims to prove that such systems, or “gremlins,” could provide significant cost advantages over expendable systems, spreading out payload and airframe costs over multiple uses instead of just one.
“Our goal is to conduct a compelling proof-of-concept flight demonstration that could employ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and other modular, non-kinetic payloads in a robust, responsive and affordable manner,” said Dan Patt, DARPA program manager.
Be careful what you say and to whom you say it.
My family needs to see this.
sei… sempre … stramaledettamente….distratta……….ma…che…..te..piglia….
il “teatro” di Pompei da Maria Luisa
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Space is divided into a common area, a hallway, a bedroom, a bathroom and a balcony. The common area includes a kitchen, a dining room, a laundry room and a lounge area. The entrance hall with a spacious walk in wardrobe is separated from the living room by the concrete block partition wall that allows natural light into the wardrobe space through ventilation blocks in the upper rows. The sliding door in the living room leads to an isolated bright bedroom. Balcony is left empty at the discretion of the future tenants: for the possible bicycle storage or breakfast area.
A strong woman isn’t a woman who is flawless and has no weakness. It’s just about a woman who, despite those weaknesses, pushes forward or confronts them at some point. - Deborah Ann Woll for Glow Magazine (September 2015)
frozen morning dew photographed against a floral backdrop by brian valentine