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A New Zealand company has generated the first 3D color X-Ray images of the human body by using an advanced medical scanner. The scanner utilizes CERN’s Medipix3 technology and has been in development for a decade. It’s able to produce high resolution images thanks to particle tracking technology.“Medipix is a family of read-out chips for particle imaging and detection. The original concept of Medipix is that it works like a camera, detecting and counting each individual particle hitting the pixels when its electronic shutter is open. This enables high-resolution, high-contrast, very reliable images, making it unique for imaging applications in particular in the medical field.”he new device, based on the traditional black-and-white X-ray, incorporates particle-tracking technology developed for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, which in 2012 discovered the elusive Higgs Boson particle. “This colour X-ray imaging technique could produce clearer and more accurate pictures and help doctors give their patients more accurate diagnoses,” said a CERN statement…(Read…)

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CeramicSpeed has developed a drivetrain concept that uses an advanced drive shaft without any chains and derailleurs. Called the ‘Driven’ chainless drivetrain, this system doesn’t simply swap a chain for a belt – it completely ditches both for an entirely unique carbon fiber shaft-driven bearing gear system, similar to those used on cars. It differs from vehicle drivetrains, however, in that it still gives riders 13 gears to switch from on-the-fly. The benefits of this bizarre innovative system: it creates up to 49% less friction and reduces drag, meaning that the efficiency jumps through the roof to a whopping 99%…(Read…)

Going against the tide of disposable culture, the KNNOX lighter is designed to last forever, and with an aesthetic and style so beautifully unique, you’ll genuinely want to keep it forever!

Breaking the very archetype of the lighter, the KNNOX lighter doesn’t really look like one. It doesn’t come with your flip-top, or like the use-and-throw Bic lighters with the transparent compartment where you see the lighter fluid. When closed, it looks like a clean, chiseled brass cuboid, with the aesthetic appeal similar to that of a very premium cigar cutter.

Taking the shape of a matchbox when closed, the lighter opens by sliding the L-shaped flint chamber to reveal the wick inside. Flick the rotating flint wheel on the corner and a specially crafted, highly ferrous alloy flint provides a generous spark that guarantees the wick will light up in the very first attempt. To extinguish the fire, slide the flint chamber to a close and the fire extinguishes as the KNNOX lighter closes back into its unibody design with a satisfying click.

The unusual design of the KNNOX lighter has a vintage, art deco appeal. Its strange schematic may seem confusing at first, but its design allows you to direct the flame sideways and frontwards, and not just upwards. It’s this unusual mannerism that makes using the KNNOX lighter feel like literally being a class apart, as people around you observe you with part curiosity and part envy.

Available in slick packaging, each lighter is paired with high-quality wicks, flints and even a stainless steel hex tool. Precision made from brass, the KNNOX lighter is designed to last a lifetime and grow more and more precious and beautiful with passing time as the brass surface ages gracefully with its unique patina.

Designer: KNNOX

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Dramatiques et éthérées, les oeuvres du photographe italien Alessio Albi nous immergent au sein de portraits à l’esthétique léchée et à l’émotion palpable. Travaillant surtout à l’instinct, l’artiste prépare rarement ses shootings et se laisse guider par l’environnement qui s’offre à lui. Il joue avec les formes, les couleurs, le caractère du modèle et la lumière pour un résultat enivrant et cinématographique.

«C’est un paradoxe pour moi, je suis une personne plutôt anxieuse dans d’autres aspects de la vie et j’aime tout organiser! C’est pour ça que la photo est pour moi comme une thérapie et un moyen de me détacher de la réalité. Je m’inspire des autres formes d’art; comme la peinture, le dessin, le cinéma, la musique et la littérature. La nature a aussi un grand rôle dans ma production; le fait d’avoir grandi dans le centre de l’Italie m’a aidé à cet égard, grâce à son environnement naturel incroyable», confie-t-il. Suivez son travail sur Instagram.