Art Basel down in Miami has been the go-to place to see the best and brightest in design this past week, with Troika’s ‘Falling Light’ installation falling squarely into the latter category. This mechanical LED sculpture needed a room to itself, as it hosts 50 ceiling-suspended devices with each incorporating a custom cut Swarovski crystal optical lens, a computer programmed motor and a white LED. As you can see in the video down below, the white metal armatures rise in syncopation by rotating cam before gravity releases them earthward, which then activates the LED to move closer to the crystal lens. Through the magic of diffraction, you end up with a rainbow effect being flung to the floor, creating a perfect environment for… let’s say, a rave. Or, you know, your next bedroom. Continue reading Troika’s mechanical LED sculpture lights up Art Basel (video) Troika’s mechanical LED sculpture lights up Art Basel (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 08:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Head of Palestinian team says assistance is a ‘humanitarian gesture’ that has nothing to do with Israel-PA relations
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Photo: Top Felt There’s something about the weather cooling that has me seeking the perfect pair of slippers. Granted, my last two posts on cute, cozy slippers for WeeHuggers and handmade kids booties hardly fit, these industrial wool felt slippers by Top-Felt just might be the ticket! Their aesthetic is si… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Members of northeastern Indian community claiming descent from one of Ten Lost Tribes of Israel usher in first night of Jewish holiday with joy and ceremony, as they continue to nourish hope of making aliyah
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Ultra-orthodox newspapers slam criticism against interior minister following poor government preparedness for Carmel wildfire; write ‘Judaism-haters in Israel looking for guilty haredi, just like anti-Semites worldwide always looked for guilty Jew’
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File this one under industry-changing mergers that never were — Bloomberg is reporting that Seagate rejected a takeover bid from rival Western Digital in October, which would have created a hard drive company to dwarf all others. According to “two people with knowledge of the matter,” Western Digital was willing to offer as much as ten to fifty percent more than a competing takeover proposal from TPG Capital, which had already put more than $7.5 billion on the table for Seagate. As you might expect, however, the sheer size of the merger was apparently largely responsible for its refusal. Not only would it have created a huge amount of product overlap and likely led to numerous management departures, but it would have almost certainly faced some pretty significant antitrust obstacles. Of course, neither company is actually commenting on the matter itself and, for the time being at least, it looks like Seagate is content with going it alone. Seagate reportedly turned down takeover bid from Western Digital originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 07:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Special government meeting held on foothills of Carmel, ministers reject call to launch immediate investigation into failures that lead to devastating fire. Minister Aharonovitch announces ‘we are at final hurdle’ while Lieberman heaps praiseson himself
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Largest firefighting aircraft lands in Israel overnight, begins dumping water, flame retardant chemicals on inferno in north. IAF officer: It will contribute significantly to fire extinguishing efforts
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GT5 is finally, finally out, but amazingly it seems to have beaten its official steering wheel to market. For a long time Logitech has maintained the honor of building the wheel that carried Gran Turismo branding, and indeed its Driving Force GT is still the first wheel in the GT5 options. But, Thrustmaster seems to have secured the license for the franchise now and is building a wheel called the T500RS which, if you go Thrustmaster.com, you can get a quick peek of — or you can just look at the screengrab above. The wheel promises unrivaled accuracy and what looks to be the same sort of magnetic sensor technology used in the company’s overwhelmingly beefy HOTAS Warthog controller. Rumors say it’ll carry a similar price, too, a whopping $500 MSRP without the optional H-pattern shifter and, though our attempts to confirm anything were shooed away like so many fruitflies, we’ve been promised more info to come at CES. Thrustmaster teases T500RS steering wheel, the new official peripheral for Gran Turismo originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 05:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has ordered the arrest of two senior police officers on allegations they failed to provide adequate security for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination, a prosecutor said on Sunday. Bhutto’s assassination was one of the most shocking events in Pakistan’s turbulent…
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