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Architects are well known to be visionaries, artists and creators who are able to articulate their ideas and wild imagination through drawings and figures on paper.  Some of them, including me, though able to translate their thoughts into drawings on paper, does not have the talent to translate them into words.  I honestly can say that I wanted to write a story I had once in my mind but was not able to do so because of the lack of skill.  And so I envy those who are able to articulate their crazy imagination in their heads into colorful and animated words and sentences.

Rarely that I hear about architects writing a non-architectural book.  Although architects who are also writers is not something new, it's hard to find one who creates and writes a fictional story that may indirectly or not really be connected with architecture.  This is why this book caught my attention when I found out that the author is also a practicing architect.

Now who would've thought that a safety device, much like what they use for cars, will someday be available for bicycle riders.  Yep, the Swedish company Hovding have developed a head protection gear that shoots out an airbag when you are about to crash.

Being paralyzed from the waist down, paraplegics often rely on wheelchairs to get them where they want to go.  Without a cure for their legs, their movements often is limited by their wheelchair's design.  While some designers have modified and reinvented the wheelchair's design to facilitate more flexibility in the user's movements, the company Berkley Bionics have done a more advanced and technological approach by producing an exoskeleton that paraplegics can wear, helping them to stand and to walk again.

We're living in a time were the fantasies and science fictions of our grandfathers' time or even their grandfathers' time are slowly becoming a reality.  The technology of today have become so advanced that even fairy tale stories seem to come alive.  A mirror was recently developed to do more than what other mirrors normally do.  Like a commemorative honoring the mirror from snow white's fairy tale story, this mirror will show you a lot more than just a reflection of your face.

As we progress as a society and more urban cities and communities develop, waste and toxic products also grows in quantity everyday.  These by-products of progress add-up to the cause of the destruction of the environment this is why a lot of companies and groups are already making efforts to creating new things that would help deter these causes.  One particular group have developed a working pen that is 98% biodegradable.  It is, as of today, the only 98% biodegradable pen in the world!

Have you ever dreamed of floating?  The dream of flying and floating against the force of gravity have been an aspiration to many.  Ever since the invention of flight, people are looking for even more new ways of defying gravity.  Now, with the design and idea of Architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars, people can literally float while they sleep in this floating bed.

Being a big fan of the Transformers the movie,  I can't help but marvel at works inspired from the movie and this life-size transformer robot is one of the best I've seen so far.

By the time we learned how to draw on paper, we have always relied on some of the basic writing tools such as a pencil and a pen to transmit our thoughts to paper. 

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Ever seen someone make art with a construction nail? Or have done it using a semi-automatic nail gun?  Well here's a video of a construction worker doing just that.

Watch as he recreates the Mona Lisa using a semi-automatic nailgun!