In 1926, scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla described a future "when wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth" in a way that allows humans "to communicate with one another instantly irrespective of distance" with the clarity of a face-to-face meeting using a device that "will fit in our vest pockets."
Bisa Butler offers new narrative quilts with two exhibits this spring, at Claire Oliver Gallery and her first solo museum effort at The Katonah Museum of Art. The fiber artist creates startling portraits and scenes with fabric, with her work often being mistaken for paintings. An extended feature on her work appears in Hi-Fructose Vol. 54. Her gallery show runs Feb. 29 through April 18, and her museum show runs March 15 through June 14.
Nikola Tesla created the Tesla coil, which allows wireless transfer of electricity. Here's how the Tesla coil works.
We have a new video for the Living Studio Video Series! The free series that is all about your favorite artists sharing how they create wherever they go.
„SOS Brutalismus“: Das deutsche Architekturmuseum bereitet eine Ausstellung über bedrohte Betonmonster vor. Oliver Elsers Liebeserklärung – jetzt auf AD!
Olive oil has been revered since antiquity for its culinary uses and health benefits. It is even mentioned in the texts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam for healing, strength, and consecration. Modern evidence further validates our belief that the oil of the olive is valuable both in our kitchens and as a health and beauty product. President Thomas Jefferson once wrote, The olive tree is surely the richest gift of heaven. Jo Ann LeQuang is a professional writer specializing in medical topics and a Christ-follower who blogs at AWretchLike.Me.
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How did you spend your childhood? Were you constantly trying to get into the Hippodrome? Were you cyber-gothed up to the nines at Camden Market? Or were you the
Self-taught designer Joseph Walsh builds lyrical pieces of furniture that are more like free flowing sculptures. Functional and aesthetically beautiful, his creations blur the line between art forms. Walsh's materials are all natural; combinations of wood, white oil, olive ash, to name a few, which he retrains into fluid shapes mimicking growth. In this way, his pieces also blur a line between the original living source and their still form. See more after the jump!
Lady Money Sings The Blues (2011) by Ruben Natal-San Miguel On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions FOUR HARLEM PHOTOGRAPHERS are the focus of the latest exh...
The current private owner of the attractive 3-bedroom, 2-bath house is remodeling and opening up the kitchen.
Photographer John Johnson, from Lincoln, Nebraska, took hundreds of photographs in the early 1900s of African Americans and immigrants in his community.
The AOI provides contract and business support to illustrators. We champion the rights of illustrators, and run competitions and events.
A creed as much as a style, Modernism rejected the forms of the past in favor of an architecture that reflected a new spirit of living.
Working Bicycles, Tricycles and Hand-carts The industrial tricycle was developed in England in the 1870s. It was commonly used by grocers, bakers, druggists and other tradesmen. In 1939 in London, …
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1 9 6 5 - 1 9 6 7 (UK) 6 x 9 minute episodes 26 x 15 minute episodes A Smallfilms Production about tiny woodland folk who live deep in the middle of a wood . . . A special wood . . . in Pogles' Wood. Pogles' Wood debuted on 7 April 1966
By observing the city of Yazd in the last few decades, we find that the lovely Yazd that we all know is surrounded by an unknown and anonymous city. These two cities, one of which is the product of thousands of years of habitation and the other of the last five decades, are so opposed […]
China's wildlife trade
