Eythor Bender's human exoskeletons

The up shot of this remarkable video is that someone who lost the ability to walk regained that ability through technology. In much the same way as many other products the exoskeletons are trying to get military funding which will ultimately fund more research into benefiting everyone.

Whilst not a new idea this does actually look feasible.



Enjoy

Kelly Angood's Cardboard Hasselblad.

If like me you long for possession of a H4D, safe in the knowledge you will never be able to afford one, Kelly Angood's Cardboard Hasselblad maybe the answer you are looking for. This is a really quite ingenious little bit of design whilst theres not that much in the way of inovation in a pinhole camera it does look wicked, Hat's off to kelly, shame it uses 35mm film not 120 but im sure some one out there will be able to work that one out with a little bit of work. Fantastic bit of kit and a cracking looking end result.



Too take a trip to Kelly's website click the link to www.kellyangood.co.uk or to see some images she has made with the camera and a picture of a Hasselblad H4D click the jump, Enjoy!

20th Century Design Classics

The Anglepoise Lamp reguarly tops the lists of design icons.  A paragon of engineering, style and utility.  Designed by British designer George Carwardine it was instantly a hit and was made recognisable across the world under the Luxo brand name.

Inspired by the constant tension principle of human limbs, Carwardine developed a lamp which could be both flexible and stable, like a human arm.  The engineering behind the lamp is simple and effective, three to four springs working in tension to give the lamp perfect balance, holding an exact position in space until it is moved.  No wonder Carwardine wanted to call it the Equipoise.  

The style is minimalist, echewing any unecessary decoration it projects a sense of efficiency and industry, tidy and clinical - perfect for the engineering studios and hospitals that it would be used in.  So useful was the ability to concentrate light on a precise point that the Anglepoise became ubiquitous, no self respecting office was complete without one.  The lamp became so well known that in 1978 The Soft Boys produced the post-punk song 'I wanna be an Anglepoise Lamp'.

Probably the most famous Anglepoise ever is Luxo Jr. mascot of the Pixar Animation Studios, apparently based on the lamp on John Lasseter's desk.  You can see the first Pixar short film called Luxo Jr. here.

Anglepoise are still making their lamps and this is their next generation, created by design master Kenneth Grange:

Speaking of design classics, SHUB is on a quest to discover who was behind this piece of brilliance.  Seen everywhere, cheap, simple construction, solid and just about functional enough to be used - we'd call it the AK47 of catering.

But who was the designer? When was it first produced? and Why does the lid never *quite* close?
Answers on a postcard please.

How NASA retrieves shuttle boosters

This video was posted on YouTube by NASA. This is how they retrieve the huge solid state rocket boosters used to propel missions into space.

In the second stage of missions flying into space the two solid fueled roket boosters ar jetisoned and fall back to earth landing in the sea this is how NASA gets them back.

This Short Video follow the 2 ships and diving teams who install the pumps on the empty rocket booster to remove all water from theam and make them float. The boosters are then towed behind ships back to NASA head quaters and reaused in other missions.

Overall this is just a brilliant video to watch.

Film of the Week : The Abyss

Contrary to current popular belief James Cameron did not just make Avatar! 1989's "The Abyss" Oscar winning saw Ed Harris star in a story taking place 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface. As a civilian diving team are enlisted to conduct a search and rescue operation after a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. The film also stars, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Micheal Biehn.

This film totes a now exhausted and repetitive message of James Cameron's films, that nature cannot and should not be over powered and we are ultimately helpless to stand in its path. Also as quoted on www.amazon.co.uk that this "deep-sea close-encounter epic reaffirms one of the oldest first principles of cinema: everything moves a lot more slowly underwater".

None of this takes away the fact that this is an ace film and a great watch, Enjoy!

Superman Red Son

What if Superman had landed in the USSR? That is the question Mark Millar's Superman Red Son examines.

The plot stays away from shifting Superman to the role of villain which is a wise move in our eyes. Instead he is the hero of the Soviet Union fighting for Stalin, socialism and the international expansion of the Warsaw pact. He grows up on a farm on a Ukrainian collective farm and his human name is a state secret.

Card Board Wars

This is a video I was alerted to by Juneau Projects recently that I think appeals to a darker side of many people.



Juneau Projects have been working on their own variation of this which can be viewed at:
Juneau Projects

101 Electronica

Our Electronica Spotify playlist regularly updated each week with new music has reached 101 songs. For more free playlists to subscribe to from SalubriousHUB visit the Downloads page.

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