009 April 21 2021
Case Study Homes
Between 1945 and 1966, the Case Study Houses program commissioned a study of economic, easy-to-build houses. The study included the creation of 36 prototypes that were to be built leading up to post-war residential development. The initiative by John Entenza, editor of Arts & Architecture magazine, brought a team to Los Angeles that featured some of the biggest names in architecture at the time, including Richard Neutra, Charles & Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, and Eero Saarinen, among others.
Imogen Heap - MiMU Gloves
MiMU Gloves are a musical interface developed by a team led by singer-songwriter Imogen Heap, that have the power to create an entire musical composition right at her fingertips.
Each glove is loaded with a myriad of sensors, buzzers and buttons that all send a chorus of information wirelessly back to computer software. It then interprets each gesture and produces sounds.
A project that was founded in 2010, MiMU launched its first pair of performance gloves in 2014. Heap has worked with researchers at the University of the West of England to refine and develop the program over the years. It is now a popular tool used by various musicians including Ariana Grande, Chagall, and Lula.XY
Mercedes G Class
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Mercedes-Benz G-Class, sometimes called G-Wagen (short for Geländewagen, "terrain vehicle") or G-Wagon. Mid size four-wheel drive luxury SUV manufactured by Magna Steyr in Austria and sold by Mercedes-Benz.
The G-Wagen is known for its boxy styling and body-on-frame construction.
The G-class was developed as a military vehicle from a suggestion by the Shah of Iran (at the time a significant Mercedes shareholder) to Mercedes and was offered as a civilian version in 1979.
The development of the G-Class started in 1972 with a cooperative agreement between Daimler-Benz and Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Graz, Austria. When construction commenced on a new production facility in Graz, where the new cross-country vehicle would be assembled nearly entirely by hand in 1975, with production of the "G Model" beginning in Graz in 1979.