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Five design trends for 2017 + Flapping wind turbine mimics hummingbirds - C C - Jan 24, 2017
Design Dilemma: Five Design Trends for 2017
http://www.homedesignfind.com/uncategorized/design-dilemma-five-design-trends-for-2017/
EXCERPT: Welcome to 2017! As we ring in the new year, we’re assessing design trends to get a handle on what’s “in” and “out.” Now certainly, design trends do not move as fast as fashion trends do. It takes several years for a look, let’s say “industrial” or “Mid-Century Modern” to run their course. And at times, it seems as if some of these trends are never going to die. Mid-Century Modern is a good example of a long-lived trend that has now been around for close to two decades. And yet, little by little, styles and interior ideas are changing. For example, this year, as opposed to recent years, the large furniture chains are suggesting that 2017 will be the year of Japanese Minimalism and Italian Vintage Modern. Here’s a quick look at a few of the trends that prognosticators predict will be hot this year....
Revolutionary flapping wind turbine mimics hummingbirds to produce clean energy
http://inhabitat.com/revolutionary-flapping-wind-turbine-mimics-hummingbirds-to-produce-clean-energy/
EXCERPT: A new flapping wind turbine from Tunisia marks a revolutionary breakthrough in the field of mechanics. Until recently, scientists have been limited in their ability to apply new understandings of animal and human motion to machines, according to Tyer Wind. In the wind energy sector, this limitation has resulted in fairly simple and relatively inefficient turbines. Using 3D Aouinian kinematics that he pioneered, Anis Aouini is disrupting that space with a unique wind turbine modeled on articulations of the only bird capable of sustained hovering–the hummingbird....