Animal magnetism: A technology conference takes cues from nature

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TED 2005 (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a technology conference where speakers come from different parts of the globe to speak about biology. The theme of TED is 'Inspired by Nature' and the speakers ranged across natural sciences from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist, James Watson to the Canadian surgeon Mehran Anvari.

Drugs, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Natural history

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Environments

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Novel environmental projects such as the heliostat in New York's Carpenter/Norris Consulting Inc., the ecology exhibit at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati, a retail center in Washington, 160-seat Chinese restaurant in Manhattan are presented. Detailed information of the materials used in each of the designs is provided.

New York, Exhibitions, Art, Modern, Modern art, Modernism (Art), Norris Co.

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What's in a name?

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The issue of deconstructing a building using hand tools is addressed to those designers who have moved overdisciplinary boundaries and are trying something new. Recent advances in creative, fabrication, and communications tools have lowered barriers between design branches.

Innovations, Architectural design, Architecture, Domestic, Home design

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