Year: 2008

Mankind Mag Issue #5

The new issue of Mankind Mag is out, the fun online magazine created by Erin Loechner, the sassy chick behind the Design for Mankind blog. This issue’s theme is HANDMADE, and features interviews with Handmade Nation’s Faythe Levine, DaWanda creator Claudia Helming, and art from Eve Duhamel. You can download a free PDF here, or […]

Laser sensors for wind turbines

Laser sensors for wind turbines

Technology Review – laser sensors for wind turbines… A new fiber-optic laser system can measure wind speed and direction up to 1000 meters in front of a wind turbine, giving the massive machines enough precious seconds to proactively adapt to gusts and sudden changes in wind direction. The device, developed by Catch the Wind, a […]