haque design + research

"Power of top-down knowledge" - sensory information

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:04:27 +0100

"Power of top-down knowledge" - sensory information

OpenRemote - News “The Home of the Digital Home. We are an...

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:08:31 +0000

“The Home of the Digital Home. We are an Open Community in the Home Automation and Domotics space. We promote open standards, open collaboration, and open implementations in the field.”

Starlings in...

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:08:10 +0000

Starlings in flight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7860322.stm

Great blog introducing a range of fascinating architecture...

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:09:21 +0000

Great blog introducing a range of fascinating architecture projects and practitioners that I haven’t seen anywhere else: boiteaoutils

detect waterflow instructable

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:41:15 +0000

detect waterflow instructable

The W. Ross Ashby Digital Archive A PHENOMENAL treasure trove:...

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:43:00 +0000

The W. Ross Ashby Digital Archive

A PHENOMENAL treasure trove: journals, letters, references…

Including: http://www.rossashby.info/journal/index/thumbs/nirvanophilia.html

Jaime Lerner: Sing a song of sustainable cities

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:01:46 +0100

Jaime Lerner: Sing a song of sustainable cities

Take 1 abandoned housing estate, add 90,000 litres of copper...

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:57:56 +0100

Take 1 abandoned housing estate, add 90,000 litres of copper sulfate…

The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and Corals

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:10:00 +0100

The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and Corals:

From the abstract:

This book gives a state-of-the-art overview of modeling growth and form of marine sessile organisms - such as stromatolites, algae, and metazoans including stony corals, hydrocorals, octocorals, and sponges -, using large-scale computing techniques, scientific visualization, methods for analyzing 2D and 3D forms, and particle-based modeling techniques. It originates from the workshop on Modeling Growth and Form of Marine Sessile Organisms, held at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, August 1999. Experts from various disciplines including developmental biology, ecology, computer science, physics and mathematics, who have research interests in modeling the development of these organisms have been invited to contribute.

The book describes all the steps required to develop and experimentally validate morphological models including collecting biological information and methods for specifying and comparing forms. Examples are given of how models are currently being applied to simulate growth and form of marine sessile organisms. Potential applications of growth models and morphological analyses in modern and paleo-bio-monitoring, the detection of environmental change, and the conservation and restoration of marine ecosystems and aquaculture are addressed. The combination of simulation models with laboratory and field experiments provides a powerful tool to obtain insights on how the growth forms of marine organisms emerge from physical, genetic and environmental influences.

Abstract available here:

abstract in pdf format

and animations here:

animations

Find it here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/3540677003/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link

Quick mix of photos from setup of Primal Source for Glow 08, in...

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:52:19 +0100

Quick mix of photos from setup of Primal Source for Glow 08, in Santa Monica, California, July 2008.haque.co.uk/primalsource.php

Rewriting the city….. MUTO a wall-painted animation by...

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:27:40 +0100

Rewriting the city…..

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

StrangeHarvest.com::Hollow Inside: Starbucks Foam and the Rise...

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:37:24 +0100

StrangeHarvest.com::Hollow Inside: Starbucks Foam and the Rise of Ambiguous Materials

StrangeHarvest.com::Blown Up: More Inflatable Military Stuff

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:33:08 +0100

StrangeHarvest.com::Blown Up: More Inflatable Military Stuff

Ocean and Weather Data Viewer and Navigator

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:31:33 +0100

Ocean and Weather Data Viewer and Navigator:

Argo profiling floats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_%28oceanography%29

Low-pass filters : FILTERS

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:53:00 +0000

Low-pass filters : FILTERS:

solar thermal power plant

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:32:21 +0000

solar thermal power plant

Shawn Frayne’s Windbelt Frayne’s device consists of a flat, taut...

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:26:00 +0000

Shawn Frayne’s Windbelt

Frayne’s device consists of a flat, taut membrane that flutters within its housing as air passes through it. At each end of the membrane are magnets that oscillate between metal coils as the band flutters, effectively creating an electric charge. According to the 28-year-old Frayne, prototypes of the Windbelt have generated 40 milliwatts in 10-mph slivers of wind, making his device 10 to 30 times as efficient as the best microturbines.

video: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1214137061?bctid=1233395616

Submersible Robot Runs on Sea’s Heat | LiveScience To...

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:03:30 +0000

Submersible Robot Runs on Sea’s Heat | LiveScience

To power its propulsion, the submersible gathers thermal energy from the ocean. When it moves from cooler water to warmer areas, internal tubes of wax are heated up and expand, pushing out the gas in surrounding tanks and increasing its pressure. The compressed gas stores potential energy, like a squeezed spring, that can be used to power the vehicle.

Dehumidifier - Wikipedia

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:07:00 +0000

Dehumidifier - Wikipedia:

Water collected from any dehumidifier is technically distilled water in that it does contain few of the minerals and other particulates that are removed in a true distillation process.

Smart polymers

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0000

Smart polymers:

An intelligent system is more sophisticated and interprets the property changes of the smart polymer. For example, it consists of a material that emits a stimulus and of an adaptive material that controls the adaptations of one of its properties to counterbalance the stimulus and to maintain a stable state of the system. More precisely, for example, a structure that vibrates in a given phase of operation is associated with a responsive polymer. A vibration sensor informs a generator of stimulus that requests the responsive polymer to modify the mechanical properties of the unit and to counterbalance the vibratory state.