Shared spaces like this will work in countries that are used to the bicycle in the urban landscape like Denmark, Holland, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, etc. And only in certain areas. In a city where Eberhard & Co Watches people are still surprised to see a bicycle, it’s a recipe for irritation and aggravation.

aqian100309 By merely chucking the bicycle up onto the footpath, you are hardly elevating it to its rightful position as a respected and feasible form of transport. You’re just marginalising cycling in a different way.Agreed. In related news – and why Sydney needs real functioning bike paths: Cyclehelmets.org Australia is now the fattest nation in the world,They did this by engineering the structure to be more like that of mother of pearl found in abalone shells.

While they laud it for its high performance applications, we are quite interested in it as a long lasting material for the 10,000 Year Clock. We already plan on using engineered ceramics for bearings and other wear components, but the elimination of ceramics only real drawback, that it can shatter, really opens up the engineering possibilities. (Via Long Views)PingMag – Learning From a Young Master: Ceramic Artist Ryota Aoki But since about two years ago, I’ve been getting inspiration from the clay. 

They did this by engineering the structure to be more like that of mother of pearl found in abalone shells.

While they laud it for its high performance applications, we are quite interested in it as a long lasting material for the 10,000 Year Clock. We already plan on using engineered ceramics for bearings and other wear components, but the elimination of ceramics only real drawback, that it can shatter, really opens up the engineering possibilities. (Via Long Views)

PingMag – Learning From a Young Master: Ceramic Artist Ryota Aoki But since about two years ago, I’ve been getting inspiration from the clay.