Volocopter flies past crowdfunding goal
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2013-12-09 06:58:45 UTC

The maiden flight of e-volo's 18-rotor Volocopter electric aircraft prototype last month seems to have impressed quite a few people. The company is claiming a European crowdfunding record after raising €1.2 million in under four days... Continue Reading Volocopter flies past crowdfunding goal

Section: Aircraft

Tags: Aviation, Crowdfunding, E-volo, Electric Aircraft

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Eindhoven designer Piet Hein Eek: "I always want to make my own stuff"
by: Dezeen, 2013-12-08 14:00:15 UTC

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: next in our series of movies from Eindhoven, Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek discusses his fascination with waste materials and explains how we set up his huge studio complex in the city to manufacture his own products.  (more...)

These Countries Have The Best Quality Of Life In The World
by: Co.Exist, 2013-12-04 14:03:00 UTC

Quality of life isn't just about economics--it's about safety, work-life balance, and a slew of other factors. Here's how countries around the world measure up.

Where is life best? Traditionally, the answer to this question has mainly been to ask another question: Where is the economy best? But recently economists have started to focus on how people are experiencing life, and everything that goes into making that better or worse, instead of just peering at the latest economic output reports.

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Ranking Countries For Climate Change Performance--And Why The U.S. Is Just 43rd
by: Co.Exist, 2013-12-04 13:27:00 UTC

Pretty much every country in the world is failing to deal with climate change, but the U.S. is failing worse than most.

With the planet barreling towards dangerous levels of climate change, no country can hold its head high. When we talk about climate "performance"--as a new ranking of countries does--we mean it relatively: that Italy is doing better than Saudi Arabia, for example. That doesn't mean we can all afford to live like Italy in the future. If that happens, we'll still soar past relatively safe global warming levels.

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"Cause Design" Has Impacts Beyond Doing Good: Changing How You Think About Design
by: Co.Exist, 2013-12-05 14:29:00 UTC

Working on issues outside their comfort zone can force designers to confront their own assumptions.

As professionals, we develop a set of skills that helps us be successful in our industries. We become the experts and we do it with excellence. Part of the problem, however, is that we tend to submerse ourselves in very familiar environments; variables become fairly predictable and outcomes relatively controllable. While we may be wildly successful by industry standards, our scope tends to be myopic. Processes become mechanical and static, we succumb to routine.

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dutch design only presents sustainably woven bamboo chair
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2013-12-05 21:15:57 UTC

utilizing traditional asian plaiting techniques, the eco-friendly tub chair is made solely from woven strips of bamboo.

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Slow tile: Colored snail poo makes vibrant material
by: TreeHugger Design, 2013-12-03 12:00:00 UTC
Could snail poo be lining our floors one day?

Better first response medical care during catastrophes
by: Fraunhofer Research News, 2013-12-02 08:30:00 UTC
When large-scale emergencies occur, it often takes far too long before victims receive the care their injuries demand. Now a new electronic system has been designed to support helpers during the initial assessment of victims and to speed up patient care.