Environmental Graffiti

The Destructive Beauty of Demolitions

Out of destruction comes creation, for good or for bad. Like any living organism and everything else, a building has a life-cycle. And when that reaches its natural conclusion, work needs to be done to knock it down so the site can be used for something else – another Wal-Mart, perhaps, or a new Ikea. Yet whatever else may be raised on the grave of the structure being razed, demolition itself can be a thing of beauty.

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When Dogs Replace Dialysis Machines [pics]

  Among the most interesting of the Royal College of Art’s ‘Summer Show’ projects was Revital Cohen’s surprising  new take on the ‘man-machine’ aesthetic that is every sci-fi enthusiast’s wet dream: man and animal. But why on earth would you want to use dogs for medical devices?

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Nature Inspires Creepy Robot Swarms

I have a serious question for scientific researchers. Robot swarm! Why is it that so many amazing new scientific discoveries end up being applied to distinctly creepy sounding robotics projects?

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