Bloom Box : Powering the Future?
I’m sure many of you have seen this by now somewhere on these here internets - the Bloom Box, designed by Bloom Energy. Long story short, this super-secretive project claims that just 2 of these little boxes could power your family home - and that a stack of just over 60 could power a small business.
They don’t seem like that revolutionary of a solution to me, really, as most of those installed so far are using natural gas as the fuel going in to the fuel cell - but they do seem to be SUPER efficient.
Best part of the video - the green tech guy being interviewed is asked if we’ll all have Bloom Boxes in 10+ years - he says "there’s a 20% chance that we will - but it’ll say GE on it". HAHA.
Head over to Gizmodo for a technical breakdown of the Bloom Box and it’s potential.
Posted: February 25th, 2010
at 10:34am by orangemenace
Categories: myninjaplease,youtube,life,too good to be true,green,home,fo' real?,real life news
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Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City
[note: if this video won’t play, visit the original here at PBS]
Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City examines how Detroit, a symbol of America's diminishing status in the world, may come to represent the future of transportation and progress in America. The film debuts nationally on PBS on February 8 at 10 pm (check local listings).Detroit is the crucible in which the nation's ability to move toward a modern 21st century transportation infrastructure is put to the test. The documentary shows how investments in the past a beginning with the construction of canals in the 18th century a profoundly shaped Detroit's physical layout, population growth and economic development. Before being dubbed the Motor City, Detroit was once home to the nation's most extensive streetcar system. In fact, it was that vast network of streetcars that carried workers to the area's many car factories. And it was the cars made in those factories that would soon displace the streetcars in Detroit a and in every major American city.
Detroit's engineers went on to design the nation's first urban freeways and inspired much of America's 20th century transportation infrastructure system a from traffic signals to gas stations a that became the envy of the word.
But over the last 30 years, much of the world has moved on, choosing faster, cleaner, more modern transportation and leaving America a and Detroit a behind. Viewers are taken on a journey beyond Detroit's blighted urban landscape to Spain, home to one of the world's most modern and extensive transit systems; to California, where voters recently said yes to America's first high speed rail system; and to Washington, where Congress will soon decide whether to finally push America's transportation into the 21st century.
Posted: February 22nd, 2010
at 7:22am by orangemenace
Tagged with green, video, documentary, Detroit, urban design, planning, automotive, whips
Categories: youtube,life,home,film,fo' real?,real life news,documentary
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‘Pole Dance’ by SO-IL Wins P.S.1 Comp
The P.S.1 installation competition seems to be an increasingly popular, creative, and fun way for architects / designers to express themselves simply for architecture’s sake - while creating an interesting space to be used, seemingly, as a kind of rallying point for architecture and design related events in NYC. With a new year comes a new installation, adding to a growing list of impressive work by up-and-coming designers.
Sure not to disappoint, this year Brooklyn based SO-IL [for Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu] has been named winner of the competition, for an entry entitled ‘Pole Dance’.
"What we wanted to do is propose a structure that was constantly trying to find its balance as it was influenced by people and outside forces. It’s a take on the wider world, where we’re always trying to find balance in our lives and in everything around us."
The installation will lay out a 12′ grid of 2 inch thick, 25 feet tall fiberglass poles - which, due to these dimensions, etc, will be quite flexible. A roughly 9,000 square foot stretchy net will be suspended - the form of which will be dynamically altered as the poles sway. Lastly, a number of brightly colored balls will be bouncing around on this netting, allowing visitors to ‘play’ with the installation.
Sounds, and looks, pretty dope.
SO-IL PS1 Pole Dance from SO-IL on Vimeo.
.:via->The Architect’s Newspaper
Posted: February 22nd, 2010
at 5:00am by orangemenace
Tagged with architecture, New York, P.S.1, competition
Categories: youtube,architecture,design
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Raptor Devours Cheerleader
My ninjas, PLEASE! Hilarious.
Posted: February 21st, 2010
at 6:52pm by orangemenace
Tagged with video, youtube, Toronto Raptors, cheerleader, basketball, mascot
Categories: myninjaplease,youtube,life,too good to be true,fo' real?,real life news,boredom killer
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Muzak Video Sunday 02.21.10
Gil "I’m still the man" Scott-Heron - Me And The Devil
Damian Marley feat Nas - Road to Zion
Gang Starr - Code Of The Streets
Black Roots - Juvenile Deliquent
Micranots Live at the Metro in Chicago
Posted: February 21st, 2010
at 6:00am by orangemenace
Categories: youtube,music,muzak video sundays
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Jay-Z on BBC One
Kind of hilarious.
Posted: February 21st, 2010
at 5:00am by orangemenace
Tagged with video, music, jay-z, youtube
Categories: youtube,music,celebrity,fo' real?,boredom killer
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Ninja Weaponry: The Tape Measure
The good people of Architect Magazine tweeted [twit? twittered?] this to me over a week ago and I somehow missed it until today. This ninja right here is crazily silly sick with a tape measure. Mad skills.
In case you were wondering - yes, this kind of thing is exactly why construction jobs rarely finish on time or on budget. I, for one, think its worth it.
Posted: February 16th, 2010
at 2:40pm by orangemenace
Tagged with architecture, video, weaponry, construction workers
Categories: myninjaplease,youtube,weaponry,fo' real?,"ninja"
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Mr. Bjarnfredarson - Trailer
MUTO by BLU
Posted: February 8th, 2010
at 9:00am by Black Ock
Categories: youtube,contemporary
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