Winning London’s recent Beyond The Hive competition, the “Insect Hotel” is a five-star refuge for bugs living in urban environments. Architecture firm Arup Associates designed individual compartments in a mathematically-derived pattern known as a Voronoi tessellation to house an array of species spanning spiders, beetles and moths.
Recently featured on Good, the competition was commissioned by real estate company British Land and the City of London with the goal of bringing biodiversity to cities and to celebrate the London Festival of Architecture.
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8:07 am • 10 December 2010
“I’ve never seen someone enjoy a dolphin show as much as Fidel Castro enjoyed the dolphin show.”
— http://kottke.org/10/09/castro-israel-the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-dolphins
8:00 am • 9 December 2010
Dolphin uses iPad as way to communicate with humans
Last week, a young bottlenose dolphin named Merlin became the first of his species to join the growing number of enthusiasts using the Apple iPad. Dolphin research scientist, Jack Kassewitz of SpeakDolphin.com, introduced the iPad to the dolphin in early steps towards building a language interface.
8:43 pm • 8 December 2010
