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The New Nike+

Posted on23. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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Sneakers embedded with pressure sensors and accelerometers bring all-new opportunities for athletic performance tracking

Originally unveiled in 2006, Nike+ has grown to a committed community of over six million digitally connected users. To build upon this concrete foundation Nike has today announced the Nike+ basketball and training shoes embedded with pressure sensors and accelerometers to collect previously unmeasurable, movement-based statistics across multiple levels of speed and agility. The groundbreaking technology is the next step in building a robust ecosystem, in compliment with the innovative Nike FuelBand and specialized Nike+ mobile apps. While these first shoes and apps are focused on basketball and training, this massive innovation represents the beginning of an entirely new chapter in sport measurement and motivation.

The first sneakers to feature the sensor technology are the Hyperdunk+ basketball shoe and the Lunar Hyperworkout+ and Lunar TR1+ training shoes. In all three shoes four embedded sensors—toe, heel, ball and outer foot—work with an internal accelerometer to accurately measure movement and relay stats to your iPhone wirelessly. The three-axis accelerometer and Bluetooth sensor are contained in a removable disc that lasts for about 40 hours between charges, which are achieved using the included USB adapter. An innovation from Nike's "Kitchen," this measurement technology isn't new—it has been used extensively in design research to better understand how athletes move. The revolution comes from the company's ability to bring this innovation to consumers in a usable and exciting form.

While the sensor arrays are the same in all shoes, the Nike+ apps the data is sent to provide the different approaches to tracking, motivation and sharing data. Nike+ Basketball lets you know how high you jump, how quick you run, and how hard you play. In addition to these precise stats a universal NikeFuel score is captured—all allowing the user to compare to previous games plus general exercise with their friends.

The Nike+ Training platform takes the same approach, quantifying each and every movement, shuffle, step, lunge and jump. For training, however, the app features videos of pro athletes coaching you through a series of workouts dynamically sequenced based on your fitness goals. The data captured from these workouts not only provides the measurement necessary to set new goals and improve, but also statistics to share with friends or competitors.

All the data gathered is meant not only to impress but to inspire. By making a workout into something close to a game, feelings will positively shift to improve performance and dedication. To fully understand what the latest Nike+ advancements mean for the company, consider President and CEO Mark Parker's general but bold statement: "It's about much more than a shoe. It represents a shift for Nike from product, to product plus experience."

The Nike+ Pressure Sensor enabled Hyperdunk+, Hyperworkout+ and Lunar TR1+ will debut in specialty shops come 29 June, 2012.

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Official Trailer

Posted on22. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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Official theatrical trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which hits theaters 6/22!

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The Wall of Zudaji by 403 Architecture is a Scrappy Shed Made From Leftover Materials

Posted on21. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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Wall of Zudaji, 403architecture, recycled materials, reclaimed wood, leftover materials, scrap wood, wood shed, japan

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Cabin Porn: 6 Awesome Lil’ Isolated Shelters from Around the World

Posted on20. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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SPICA Music Video Featuring Lee Hyori

Posted on19. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen Lee Hyori in a music video, but here she is starring in SPICA’s video for their song “Intensely.”

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Halo: Helljumper: Episode 1

Posted on18. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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Episode 1 Synopsis
The Rookie drops onto New Jerusalem. He finds lone ODST, Gage Yevgenny dying near a Pelican crash site. Refusing to be rescued, Gage begins to tell the young Rookie about how he got here and to not make the same mistakes he did.

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Studio Visit: Angel Otero

Posted on17. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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Instinctual layered paintings driven by process

As soon as you enter Puerto Rican artist Angel Otero's Brooklyn work loft, the intense smell of paint nearly stops you at the door. Shelves housing copious tubes of oil paint and rows of Montana spray cans lining the back walls allude to the strong odor, but it's the stacks of work drying on wooden pallets surrounding the space that are really the culprit. But the extraordinary aroma is actually the upshot to Otero's distinct artistic technique, one which involves an extensive process of building up layers of paint on plexiglass before methodically scraping them off.

"I've always been intrigued by process," says Otero. The artist, who received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, typically allows materials to inform his work. While there is substance to his paintings, he's not driven by the challenge of depicting a personal narrative. Instead his work reflects his ambition in taking painting to another level and his ability to work successfully off of sheer impulse.

"The process kind of starts with usually me painting on plexiglass," he says. "After I do the painting, I cover it with more oil paint, the whole thing. And then I do more layers of oil paint. Then eventually it goes to the floor and I cover it with a black color, a pigment of oil paint. The pigment of black is the most rubberish one. Pigments come from rocks, so that means they are all different types of materials which dry differently toward the different oil mediums. Black is the one that when it's dry, stays the most malleable. So the last layer of all the paintings I do, I cover with black—a thick layer of black—and then they go to dry.

Otero initially came to this process by recycling paint as a way of saving money and resources while he was in school. He would scrape the paint off works he was dissatisfied with and add it to a growing mountain of remnant oil paint. Eventually, he started to form the clumps into flower shapes and spray paint them silver, which on the canvas created the illusion of working with tin foil. "From there it developed slowly, in some way," he explains. "But it felt good because I was using a material that I wanted—oil paint—and at the same time I had found a great process that is pretty unique, and whatever I do, people are going to be more attracted toward 'how did you do it' rather than 'what is it about'?"

While this was an important stylistic shift for Otero, it also laid the foundation for what would become his signature technique of creating oil skins on glass. After his mountain of dried paint diminished, he began putting paint in glasses to dry. He noticed, when reusing the glasses for the first time, that some of them were stained from the paint before it. "When I scraped that second layer, I noticed that it transferred the stains. I was like, 'oh shit, I could paint on glass, cover it with paint and then scrape it, and I would have a full sheet of paint that would have the painting that I did'", he reveals.

After several experiments Otero found specific types of oil paint that he could combine that would give him the tactile surface he desired, and one that would last for a long time. Once that process of strategically scraping layers of paint off of glass inch by inch using doctor blades was in place, he was able to begin playing with the leather-like layer of dried paint. After applying a thick layer of epoxy to a canvas, Otero and his two-person team would transfer the heavy skin to the canvas and begin folding in loose wrinkles.

Although his style is certainly contemporary, Otero is interested in experimenting with compositions that contrast the old with the new. He will recreate a work by French classicist Nicolas Poussin, painting it to detailed perfection on glass. Then he covers the painting in more oil paint that "will eventually be the background", lets it dry, possibly repeats this step and then begins scraping the skin off the glass in a way that exposes the various layers at different points in the composition. In this way, the painting becomes almost like a print or a collage.

Otero's approach has been attracting attention since his days at art school. Having honed his technique with confidence, he is able to keep experimenting—both with painting and his second love, sculpture—producing works that are meaningful in both appearance and form.

His latest body of work will soon be on display at Istanbul '74, his first solo show in the Turkish metropolis. The exhibition, put on in partnership with NYC's Lehmann Maupin Gallery, opens 23 February 2012 and runs through 17 March 2012.

Photos by BHP. See more images of Otero's studio in the slideshow below.

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HWKN’s Massive Spiky “Wendy” Pavilion Coming to MoMA PS1 This Summer!

Posted on16. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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Every summer New York’s MoMA PS1 gallery blossoms with an amazing new pavilion by an up-and-coming architecture studio, and the museum just announced that the winner of this year’s Young Architects Program is HWKN’s stellar star-shaped “Wendy” pavilion! The brilliant blue building bristles with an array of crystalline points that purify the air while spraying water and blasts of wind, ensuring that the PS1′s courtyard will be the cool place to be once the sweltering summer sun hits its stride. Read on for a closer look!

Plantagon Breaks Ground on its First ‘Plantscraper’ Vertical Farm in Sweden!

Posted on15. Feb, 2012 by syndicator.

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Several years ago a Swedish-American company called Plantagon unveiled plans for a series of massive skyscraper greenhouses that stood to transform urban farming in large cities. While the spiraling vertical farms seemed too good to be true at the time, Plantagon just broke ground on its very first vertical farm this week in Linkoping, Sweden! The “Plantscraper” will grow and supply fresh vegetables while creating solutions to some of the most vexing city pollution issues.