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| - | + | Picture from: Le Portefeuille Industriel, a collection of technical drawings from Musée des Arts et Métiers. | |
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| * if the actual outcomes are different than the expected outcome, the reasons for this should be explained in the " | * if the actual outcomes are different than the expected outcome, the reasons for this should be explained in the " | ||
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| == DIY culture. == | == DIY culture. == | ||
| There are great results to be gained from direct action. This was shown by Srinivasan Soundara Rajan and Marko Peljhan at the Luminous Green symposium and by Suprabha Seshan at the Hands-on Change symposium. ((luminousgreen.org)) The Tsunamipants research project tapps into this tradition and hopefully with the same infectious enthusiasm. | There are great results to be gained from direct action. This was shown by Srinivasan Soundara Rajan and Marko Peljhan at the Luminous Green symposium and by Suprabha Seshan at the Hands-on Change symposium. ((luminousgreen.org)) The Tsunamipants research project tapps into this tradition and hopefully with the same infectious enthusiasm. | ||
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| + | == Case study. == | ||
| + | I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\ | ||
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| Forming a collection of portable safety technologies became a very rich soil from which to work. It started out as a research into historical armour and current-day sports and military armour. This developed into many separate categories: | Forming a collection of portable safety technologies became a very rich soil from which to work. It started out as a research into historical armour and current-day sports and military armour. This developed into many separate categories: | ||
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| * [[Remotely Operated Vehicles]] > going to the places you don't want to go. | * [[Remotely Operated Vehicles]] > going to the places you don't want to go. | ||
| - | In safety design inflatable techniques are used abundantly. As a result of this my research started to connect to research done by Cocky Eek who has investigated inflatable technology and design. | + | In safety design inflatable techniques are used abundantly. As a result of this my research started to connect to research done by Cocky Eek who has investigated inflatable technology and design. |
| My basic conclusion for the hierarchy of risks for humans is based on the volumes of products on the market, not by absolute figures or by value but just by seeing what is most abundant in use or on offer physically and digitally. And the hierarchy is as follows: | My basic conclusion for the hierarchy of risks for humans is based on the volumes of products on the market, not by absolute figures or by value but just by seeing what is most abundant in use or on offer physically and digitally. And the hierarchy is as follows: | ||
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| The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, | The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, | ||
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| == Media used in the research. == | == Media used in the research. == | ||
| On the Net: | On the Net: | ||
| + | * many dozens of cites had wonderful designs and pictures, they are documented in the [[survival engineering]] collection. | ||
| * http:// | * http:// | ||
| * http:// | * http:// | ||
| * http:// | * http:// | ||
| - | * http:// | + | * http:// |
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| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia: | ||
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| * How should we then live?, Francis A. Schaeffer | * How should we then live?, Francis A. Schaeffer | ||
| * Nexus #44 #46 #47 http:// | * Nexus #44 #46 #47 http:// | ||
| - | * The Teaching Company, Saint Francis | + | * Le Portefeuille Industriel, a collection |
| + | Lectures: | ||
| + | * The Teaching Company, Saint Francis of Assisi, William R. Cook, Ronald B. Herzman. http:// | ||
| + | * Paradiso, on Climate Change by Pier Vellinga, one of the founders of the IPCC. http:// | ||
| + | * BBC 2, Civilization, | ||
| == Material generated in the research to be archived at FoAM. == | == Material generated in the research to be archived at FoAM. == | ||
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