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Behold, the new suburbia…
Terrafugia was founded in 2006 by like-minded MIT engineers cum pilots. Together, they manufactured this:
The Transition Roadable Aircraft.
Imagine rolling up to your interstate meeting in this. Won’t that look swanky?
Now I want Top Gear to give it a spin.
But I like the part in the video where an aircraft suddenly turns into an everyday family sedan driving into a suburban house’s garage. What are its implications to suburbia?
More info at Terrafugia.
The Poor Architect…
The recession has hit architects badly…
So badly that out-of-work architect Sergio Santos moved into a small electrical room, renting for $150 a month and spending $64 on the makeover.
Sergio in his little home (img: Sunsentinel)
So when do we see Thom Mayne doing this?
> More pics here.
Transformable structures galore!
Found via JAJA Blog:
Deployable/Transformable Structures from Daniel Piker on Vimeo.
I wonder if you require a degree to do things like this.
More from Daniel Piker here.
Homeworld, please make a Movie!
Homeworld is a series of games from Relic Entertainment that introduced the world to Space Opera. The genre of science fiction that takes its time to tell the story of a noble race of beings (resembling humans), making their way across the galaxy back to their homeworld.
Its cutscenes are nothing fanciful; black and white 2D illustrations, Manga style with simple animations. The music selected is nothing less than tasteful… Paul Ruskay weaves modern tribal sounds with dark mystery and sinister bass lines for lurking evil. And to begin it all, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings sets the basis for a long holy journey into the unknown. To top it off, this game is said to have one of the greatest printed documentation with 30+ pages on the background story.
As a whole, Homeworld reminds me of how people can unite for a common cause to achieve greatness and overcome atrocities.
After parts 1, 1½ and 2, Relic has ceased making Homeworld games. There is a lot of buzz online about the go or no-go of this franchise, making it a 50-50 possibility.
With such a great genre and an excellent story, I say enough with Homeworld 3, MAKE THE GODDAMN MOVIE!
+ Collection of Homeworld 2 Animatics
+ Download the rips (300mb)