{technology}
Project: Design Media Arts at UCLA

MATERIALS
overwhelmingly snug materials to house people and living organisms in a non-atmospherical state: What about the the use of plastics that can sustain the heat of the sun and extreme conditions...




buy a lunch at the school cafeteria by reading you DNA. What are people so afraid of giving off this information? I think we've been watching way too many science-fiction films.

http://blog.tystoybox.com/20060906/id-like-to-pay-with-dna-please/\



man's NEW best friend...
for people fortunate enough to have adopted one of these, learn how to program your robot friend to do a little more than vacuum:
 http://www3.hackaday.com/2006/09/13/bluetooth-roomba-phone-remote 

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growing pods. Think incubator for plants and other living things that would otherwise not survive outside of their natural living environment



GelGreen is among the safest of the nucleic acid stains. Based on the Ames test, GelGreen shows no mutagenic effects on bacterial strains TA98 and TA1537 both with and without metabolic activation. Download the Biotium safety report here.



Tropical Bird in Brazil- FLickr.com
nature itself is defined by the forms existent in the life it creates- what would it be like to imagine the same creature will irregular lines, no round forms but something so alien and unimaginable..it's harder than you think.

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{architecture}
Project: Design Media Arts at UCLA

STRUCTURES OF SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SPACE AGE
This strangely built house has amazingly 4 rooms that can be rotated by any simple remote. This so called house is called the Hanse Colani Rotor House. The home is an example of design with not only space-relative aesthetic but sleek organic feeling architecture, evoking nature-like imagery with the use of wood, curves and round hollow corridors.

check it:
http://charliekattanshhs.learnerblogs.org/2006/07/27/awesome-4-rooms-in-one-house/


inflatables could potentailly be used as inhabiting environments or modes of transportation. This is an example of an inflatable gym in England.


"They refused to treat their backyard as a tiny piece of nature, but rather as the ideal opportunity to enjoy sun and rain in their own secluded world.".
these people are awesome:

http://www.designws.com/pagina/1krill02.html




Dutch outfit Freedom of Creation will launch four new rapid-prototyped products in Milan next month, as shown here.

check it:
 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/03/25/freedom-of-creation-in-milan 

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