Dezeen Watch Store: the BN0046 is the first digital Braun watch in Dezeen Watch Store’s 2012 collection. Now made under license by British watch brand Zeon, this model features an electro-luminescent digital display, a back-light activated by the side button and the option to switch between time and calendar modes. The watch is available to buy [...]
BN0046 by Braun at Dezeen Watch Store
posted by Gabriel Oakes on February 14th, 2012 under Uncategorized
House for two artists by M + N Arquitectos
posted by Gabriel Oakes on November 28th, 2011 under Uncategorized
A glass bridge connects a concrete house with wonky windows to an artist’s studio in Puebla, Mexico. Two artists reside and work in the house, which was completed by Mexican studio M + N Arquitectos in 2010. Walls of barefaced concrete surround both the inside and outside of the only bedroom, where a narrow window [...]
Utility-Scale Wind Power Getting Cheaper
posted by Matthew Spaull on November 15th, 2011 under Uncategorized
Back in 2007, the output capacity of utility-scale wind turbines in the U.S. was a little over 16,500 megawatts – a tiny fraction of what would be required to meet overall demand, but still enough to make the wind industry a viable, emerging player in electricity generation. Since then, wind power’s stature as a renewable-energy [...]