Trying for the Sikorsky prize

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Video from NPR

“The American Helicopter Society (AHS) has promised $250,000 to the team that can build a human-powered helicopter. All it has to do is hover for a minute, reach a height of 3 meters (about 10 feet), and stay in a 10-meter box”

TinkerLearn for iOS apps

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https://tinkerlearn.com/

“Instead of written tutorials or videos, TinkerLearn gives you the geeky but sultry source code to real apps, written by the Mysterious Trousers team, allowing you to get straight to the point of learning iOS.”

Very affordable. The entire core curriculum for $15.

Die cutting machines

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TopTenReviews of die cutting machines. Their top choice: Black Cat Cougar $749 “With 900 grams of pressure it will get through an amazingly long list of materials. The usual suspects are of course on that list – cardstock, vinyl, velum, etc. – but consider the family of projects you can create when your die cutting machine can carve precise shapes into rubber, leather, sponge and even faux fur. ”

http://die-cutting-machines-review.toptenreviews.com/

 

Bent Plywood Pavilion

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http://www.archdaily.com/221650/pavilion-emtech-aa-eth/

Out of a collaboration between the Emergent Technologies and Design program (EmTech) of the Architectural Association (AA), London, and the Chair of Structural Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, a temporary light timber construction has been designed that functions as sun shading for parts of the grand stairs in front of the architecture department of the ETH.