Month: April 2014

Planet-O Lamp by Divisual

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Divisual have designed the Planet-O Lamp, made from metal discs welded by hand.

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Description

Planet-o is composed by about 250 disks of metal expertly welded by hand, through a process of brazing brass.

Planet-o is a body that enlightens it self and illuminates the ‘environment through the interplay of light and shadow.

Its main feature is that every lamp, coming by the expert hand of the workman and not through a digital model may not be reproducible. This peculiarity makes each product unique.

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Design: Divisual

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The Wonderful World of Model Trains: A Beginner’s Guide to Building Your Own Model Railways and Creating Stunning Sceneries & Layouts

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There’s a nostalgia associated with model trains and railroading — even if it’s unspoken. Railroads take us back to an earlier era. A more basic time. When spending a week or more on a train was seen as a luxury — an event in itself — not at as merely a mode of transportation.

You’ve probably already scouted some model railroad shows. You’ve no doubt recognized the camaraderie and the passion these folks have. And yes, you’re interested in becoming a part of that.

“The Wonderful World of Model Trains” will help you do just that! It’s a comprehensive guide to model railroading written for someone who is new to this hobby, starting with some basic “train knowledge” & terminologies, and continuing on to the more detailed aspects of the hobby.

And yes, this hobby can indeed get quite detailed. And that tends to be intimidating to some people. The beauty of this hobby is that you can get involved at just the level you care too. You’ll discover that every model railroader is in it for the love of the trains and the history. The vast majority of us are not out to make a fast buck from our interests.

Here’s some of the things you’ll learn in “The Wonderful World of Model Trains”:

    – How to create stunning terrain in your scenery with these 3 simple techniques…

    – Different scales, gauges, standards in the world of model railroading and what they all mean…

    – 2 simple keys (that are right in front of your eyes) to build your own benchwork…

    – WARNING: 3 things you should never do when it comes to wiring…

    – A pennies on the dollar approach to finding model train parts…

    – How to avoid derailing problems…

    – 3 proven steps to running multiple trains on one track…

    – 6 time tested and proven strategies for laying out train tracks…

    – When to add onto your set with locomotives and rolling stock…

    – 7 everyday but often overlooked tips and tricks for building the best layouts for your scenery…

    – How to do general maintenance on your model trains and tracks…

    – And much more…

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Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture (Dover Architecture)

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This massive compendium by a noted architectural historian contains over 2,000 line drawings, and clear, concise definitions for over 5,000 important terms relating to the architectural achievements of a great variety of world cultures, ancient to modern. Includes cutaway views, close-ups of intricate details, precisely rendered plans for many famed structures.

Product Features

  • ISBN13: 9780486244440
  • Notes: 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

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4 CH 2.4GHz Radio Remote Control Electric RC US Navy Goshawk T-45 Jet Plane RTF w/ EPO w/ High Crash Resistance + Brushless Setup

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2.4GHz 4 Channel Full Function Radio Controlled (Aileron,Elevator,Rudder,Taxi)
Brushless In-Runner High Torque 2040 Motor, Sensorless 25amp Speed Control, and 1500mah 11.1 Volt Li-Po Battery Pack
The flying speed is quick and stability is outstanding, regardless the high or low speed
It is lighter than the same size and style airplane models
The lifting force is strong, glide is extremely stable. It can finish loops, inverted flight and rolls and other aerobatics easily
The entire fuselage uses the modulation structural design
Assembly is simple, function is stable and reliable, and maintenance is convenient
Rudder helps steer plane on ground on its scale landing gear for easy take off
Ready to Fly in Just Minutes!
Super tough, lightweight airframe!
Perfect appearance and emulation (Scale appearance, great attention has been given to details)
Shock Resistant Reinforced fuselage and Strong Wings
Can Take Off From Ground or Hand Launched
Ground Take-Off can be performed easily
Super easy and super stable electric powered scale R/C park flyer for beginner or middle-level users
Stable inverted flight
fuselage with pre-installed electronics and Brushless motor
Superb Quality, Simply the Best RTF Plane you can find!!!
Fabricated by accurate molds with high fidelity of real airplane
Excellent stability and aerobatic capability
Detailed Body Structure
High roll rate
Digital Proportional Motor Speed Control
Crash Resistant Construction
Easy to Fly, Easy to Control
Best choice for Beginner – Advanced pilots
Approximately 15 minutes flight time on each charge – Optional Li- poly battery will help to achieve better performance and longer flight time.
Complete Kit, Ready to Fly, Easy to Assemble (Everything is included and 90% assembled — only required 8 AA batteries for the transmitter to start flying)

Product Features

  • 2.4GHz 4 Channel Full Function Radio Controlled
  • Full aerobatic characteristics; inside loops, outside loops, axial rolls, inverted flight, knife edg
  • Constructed with Super Tough, lightweight EPO material!
  • Perfect appearance and emulation (Scale appearance, great attention has been given to details)
  • Great Gift. Load of Fun

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Seattle Aquarium Expansion Moving Forward

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Although Seattle‘s Big Bertha—the giant tunnel boring machine powering the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel alongside Seattle’s waterfront—will be delayed until next March for repairs, the nearby Seattle Aquarium is moving steadily ahead with its plans for a major expansion. The institution has just brought in San Francisco–based EHDD principal Marc L’Italien, who will lead […]

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White Wolf Hotel

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White Wolf Hotel is a series of buildings intimately related with the rich surrounding natural environment. The built architecture is a realization of the holistic aspirations of the client. The built architecture objects, profoundly integrated in the natural context, provide holistic and spiritual experiences of calm, intimacy, meditation, and retreat. The objective was, from the starting point, holistic. The challenge was to create a place that praises nature, a special place dedicated to the body and spirit, accordingly to the clients’ alternative ways of living, and even the perception of life itself. It is a place where the visitor is involved in positive thinking and embraces related humanistic values, far away from the stress paradigms of contemporary life. Instead of a single construction condensing the entire program, the adopted strategy aimed to spread the facilities through separated buildings along the site, adapting itself to the existing natural conditions, respecting and enhancing its values. The shape of the architecture, achieved by basic, clear, and direct geometric forms, aimed to provide a natural, non-aggressive sensation and a natural visual relation between the user and the buildings. The buildings are meant to be neutral in the landscape, in a gesture that avoids an …

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Build Your Own Quadcopter: Power Up Your Designs with the Parallax Elev-8

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Build a custom multirotor aircraft!

Build and customize radio-controlled quadcopters that take off, land, hover, and soar. Build Your Own Quadcopter: Power Up Your Designs with the
Parallax Elev-8 features step-by-step assembly plans and experiments that will have you launching fully functioning quadcopters in no time. Discover how to connect Elev-8 components, program the microcontroller, use GPS, and safely fly your quadcopter. This fun, do-it-yourself guide fuels your creativity with ideas for radical enhancements, including return-to-home functionality, formation flying, and even artificial intelligence!

Understand the principles that govern how quadcopters fly
Explore the parts included in your Parallax Elev-8 kit
Follow illustrated instructions and assemble a basic ‘copter
Connect the Parallax chip to a PC and write Spin and C programs
Build radio-controlled systems that minimize interference
Add GPS and track your aircraft through Google Earth
Beam flight information to smartphones with WiFi and XBee technology
Mount cameras and stream real-time video back to the ground
Train to safely operate a quadcopter using flight simulation software

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HOW TO FLY RC Planes – Illustrated Guide: Become an RC Plane flying expert in 30 minutes

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RC Plane flying and building – Probably this is the only Hobby that involves Engineering, Electronics, Building, Aerodynamics, Model making, etc.

This is a hobby which is demanding and challenging and yet rewarding, when you fly it!

The feeling you get when you fly the plane successfully, is priceless.

As a RC Plane hobbyist for several years I have come to experience this priceless feeling again and again and I want others to feel the same about this hobby.

That is why I have created this STEP-BY-STEP ILLUSTRATED GUIDE , so that with minimum frustration and ‘fuss’ you can go about making your flight a successful one.

This Guide covers some very important segments in the process of flying without which a successful flight will one be a matter of chance! They are,

– How planes fly

– Planes don’t turn, but instead they ‘bank’, why?

– Bank / Roll

– RC Plane banking

– Ground controls

– Your flying field selection

– Taxi & Take off

– Taxi (ground roll)

– Take-off (transition from ground to air)

– Climb & First bank

– Climbing and maintaining altitude

– Flight path

– Stalling : Recognise & Recover from Stall

– Descent & Landing

– Cross wind Landing

– Various Landing Scenarios

This guide is a creation and compilation of some extensive research, both from actual experience and available information.

Lastly, I want to say only one thing about flying RC Planes, “The more you know about them, the better your flying will be”

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