Dvice points us to a new kind of artificial cornea developed by researchers at Stanford University published in May this year. The polymer-based cornea has not been tested in humans, but has shown promise in animal studies.
Weekly finds from the 3D world.
AliasStudio
HDR environments rendering tutorial
A bite-sized list of what's happenin' now:
p.r. newswire
Friendster for artists
news medical
Not for the squeamish: ShangRing - innovative circumcision device
Geekhouse bikes have refined a powder coating technique that let's you apply digital graphics to the bike frame and rims. With a long-time passion for designing frames, the original manufacturing was outsourced but the newest line of frames from Geekhouse are both designed and hand-crafted in their new workspace in Allston, MA.
Like many of us, Seattle Pi's Lawrence W. Cheek has been getting burned by poor product design, and is sick of it. He turned to Drew Carlson and Jerry Yamamoto, the industrial designers and founders behind Seattle's Slipstream Design, to figure out why bad design plagues us.
Their findings, in a nutshell:
Belgium's Design Museum Gent has mounted a "Design from Fifties & Sixties" exhibit that will be up until mid-October:
For yet another example of rising oil prices influencing product design, look no further than the recently-announced results of the One Good Chair design competition, put on by the Sustainable Furniture Council:
"Hey, Li, this new translation software is awesome! We can hook it up to the large format printer and make banners! Best of all, we don't need to look the words up in English anymore!"
via college humor
thanks Nick!
