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How NASA Engineers Use Origami To Design Future Spacecraft (video)
NASA is using origami to build a giant star blocker, in hopes of imaging distant worlds. Check out a origami model starshede here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/space-origami-make-your-own-starshade/
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Reality-bending Metamaterials Could Revolutionize Future Spacecraft Designs (Video)
University of Washington researchers have developed a novel solution to help reduce impact forces — for potential applications in spacecraft, cars and beyond. And the new approach was inspired by origami.
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Our World: Systems to Grow Plants in Space (Video)
No matter where plants grow, they have the same basic needs: water, nutrients, light, temperature, and atmosphere. No matter where humans may live, they need plants. Dr. Gioia Massa explains how NASA grows plants on the International Space Station in preparation for growing plants beyond Earth and, someday, on the Moon and Mars. Jacob Torres…
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The Future Of Food (Video)
How did we feed humanity’s growing population in the early 1900s? How will we feed our growing population in the very near future? Revolutionary technologies like hydroponics will enable us to feed people wherever they are – whether in food deserts, on the Moon, or even on Mars. In this episode of Future Future, hosts…
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Designing for the Planet (video)
Planet Earth is beautiful, but she’s suffering. We’re polluting ecosystems. Displacing people because of climate change. And we’re seeing species disappearing every day at alarming rates. This needs to stop. In this episode of Future Future, hosts Phnam and Mardis Bagley cover the myths and misconceptions around the word, “sustainability,” and instead advocate for regeneration. Then,…
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Design for Impact (video)
Design is powerful. But if you’re not designing to positively impact humans and the environment, then you shouldn’t be designing. At Nonfiction, we think about systems around the product that we design. Where do the materials come from? How are they being transformed? How do they impact the lives of the people they’re designed for? What…
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Design for Humanity (Video)
Pre-historic humans designed the sewing needle to survive the elements, and started planting crops to feed their growing tribes. Today, we have customized transformative technology to help us perform better, like the Oura Ring and Fitbit. And soon, we’ll have AI and machine learning powered technology to help us become even healthier and happier. In…
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Real World: TriATHLETE – The Engineering Design Process in Action (Video) See the engineering design process in action at Desert RATS, or Research and Technology Studies, in Arizona. Learn about the next generation of the ATHLETE vehicle. See how the original design changed to allow a split into two robots and the addition of unique…
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STEMonstrations: Engineering Design Process (video)
Astronauts Tom Marshburn and Matthias Maurer discuss how engineers use the nine steps of the engineering design process to create solutions to technical problems. Watch Tom and Matthias aboard the International Space Station to see how technology was engineered for the station’s microgravity environment and learn how station technology continues to evolve, meeting the ever-changing…
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Sci-Fi-Inspired Industrial Designer Creates Space-Age Furniture (Article)
Though an industrial designer by training, Seoul-based Beomseok Chae makes no bones about these pieces being art furniture. Inspired by sci-fi in general as well as movies like “Interstellar” and “Blade Runner 2049,” Chae’s Post-Collapse collection applies the genre’s design cues to unlikely furniture creations. https://www.core77.com/posts/120373/Sci-Fi-Inspired-Industrial-Designer-Creates-Space-Age-Furniture#
