Woooow. Sometimes I think every damm thing was already invented and there is no one else pushing the limits of product usability. And I start getting all philosophical about what is my role in society blah blah blah. Then I see this video. And I just wish I would go for a ride….I mean…for a flight.The Flying Manta Ray was developed by Sevylor and is must be damn cool.

No more words, check the video inside the company´s website.

I finally did something about this huge hole at the bottom region of my jeans.

before attacking it I knew I had two choices. The first one was to Hide it, placing a jeans “patch” and using some jeans color threads, which had to be done really good in order not to look cheap or uncool. The second one was to close it but in such way that it would look kind of though, kind of “Yeah, so what?” style.

With the tools in hand I was set to bring some style to the Hole. The result is what you see. Since I was already warmed up, I just made my pockets look good.

This is a video done with headcam during a bike messanger race in New York City. I read about it in Josh Rubins Cool Hunting Blog. Just made me want to shut down my computer a grab my bike. thats Evo.

R. Buckminster Fuller, was one of the most fascinating thinkers of our last century. In his words he dedicated his life in applying the principles of science to solving the problems of humanity . He was an inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet and cosmologist. Buckminster Fuller´s best known invention was the geodesic dome – the lightest, strongest and most cost-effective structure ever created. He is known for terms like synergetics which he explains as the holistic relationship between forces in nature. In this brilliant video taken at a series of lectures he gave along two weeks in january of 1975, bucky explains his thoughts, and inventions in relationship to the development of technology in our socio-economic present state.

It’s a 42 hour trip into his thoughts! I still didn´t see the whole video, I didn´t even get to the middle of it, but I think every one interested in understanding the mind of this great person should take a look inside. I am also thinking of writing to the institute that made the video avaliable to ask if there is a podcast version of it because being 42 hours in front of the computer is somewhat painful ( everything runs under a Real video format at the website). Maybe some one knows a way of generating mp3 or .mov data from Real video??

Buckminster Fuller’s Everything I know

For all of you “Leonardos Wannabe” or all of you that want to expand your knowledge about bionics here is an nice tip. The fairly new Journal of Bionics Engineering is giving a one year free subscription for all the brothers that send a request trough their email. The Journal is an initiation of the Jilin University in China and presents each quarter of the year a broad spectrum in bionics resea

I am working on a form for a new downhill skateboard with double curvature that should hit the streets in a couple of weeks. I am working on it in my free time and hope to get it ready for my next trip back home in Brasil so it can be tested by Rio´s finest downhill riders.

After leaving the CNC Mill machine I applied to the forms a layer of “grundierung” ( I donn´t know the name of this thing English – something that makes MDF waterproof) and than a layer “spritz Harz” (Resin) and than sanded it to make the surface even. The board is going to be 1,3 meters long and is intended for easy carving down steep streets like the Vista Chinesa Downhill in Rio de Janeiro. Test riders are welcome.I am going to be there from the 2nd until the 12th of October. Just send an email.

Lets Evo has always an appreciation for crazy record breakers. The austrian ski champion Harry Egger is going to try to beat Philippe Goitschels world speed record of 250.7 km/h. He is going to wear a suit made of carbon fiber that and tested at the wind channels from the Sauber F1 team. To slow down he will use a parachute operated by a remote controll. Lets see if he can stop that thing.

I couldn´t find more information about this suit, if some of you know anything, let us know please.

photo: © Bernhard Spoettel

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