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Comment on: Blog Post 'MORE ELITIST DECORATION THAN DESIGN': ington, England, Robert Alexander Watson-Watt wrote a memorandum to the British government in which he explained how radio waves could be used to detect aircraft. He quickly followed up with an experimental demonstration. By July 1935 Watson-Watt was able to locate aircraft consistently at a distance of about 140 km (90 miles). His system grew into a series of radars that were then called Chain Home, which typically operated at frequencies of 22–50 megahertz, which were much lower than radars developed in other countries prior to World War II. Robert Watson-Watt justified his choice of a non-optimal frequency for his radar with his often-quoted “cult of the imperfect,” which he succinctly stated as “Give them the third best to go on with; the second best comes too late and the best never comes.” In September 1938 the first of the Chain Home radars began 24-hour duty. By the time World War II began a year later, there were 18 radars defending the United Kingdom, and this number grew to 53 before the war ended in 1945. Chain Home radars are given much credit for the small Royal Air Force’s ability of turning back the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Watson-Watt was subsequently knighted in 1942 for his work. …; Added by Michael Grove at 12:28 on August 19, 2019

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Comment on: Blog Post 'THE FACEBOOK 4D STORY ...': is run by the Chartered Institute of Building. I have used my own best Eight of Twelve choice of these images, below, to illustrate ... E I G H T B U C K Y I D E A S T O S A V E T H E P L A N E T A N D Y O U R S A N I T Ythat Patricia Ravasio has published in her True Story • The Girl from Spaceship Earth • You’ll find the author's blog at BuckyIdeas.com. Please visit there to read about Buckminster Fuller's IDEAS for today and for news about upcoming events and books.FORM FOLLOWS IDEA examines the work and ideas of influential designers Ralph Ball and Maxine Naylor. Their reflections and propositions provide a refreshing and provocative approach to design, touching on issues such as craftsmanship, modernism, and the role of nature and commercialism in design. Ball and Naylor's work explores ideas of space beyond the physical object. Their concern with cultural and social values is manifest in the form and (dis)function of their designs and appropriations of everyday objects, such as chairs, lights and shelving. FORM FOLLOWS IDEA features their approach to these objects through cultural, ecological and visual narratives. As such, their book provides a playful yet critical re-evaluation of familiar forms and typologies. ALL of which I would dedicate to my fleeting relationship with Eric R Kuhne and his LOVE of BOOKS and every[THING] related to the SPiRALogic • ART of the POSSIBLE "Rugged textured cable pipes ran over my head at a train station in New York, creating a trance-like, frightful pattern," says Gautam Kamat Bambolkar. "They ran from the edge of the entrance to an infinite end. It looked nothing less than a scary man-made cave." 1. Embrace abundance, not scarcity. Humans are falsely conditioned by the notion of scarcity promoted by Charles Darwin and Thomas Malthus. The idea of survival of the fittest sets up an us-versus-them mentality. If we believe there is not enough for all, overconsumption and greed are natural results. Only by embracing abundance and setting out to prove there is enough for all can we achieve Bucky’s overriding objective, “To make the world work for one hundred percent of all humanity in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological damage or harm to any individual.” In other words, whether we think we can or think we can’t, we are right. …; Added by Michael Grove at 11:18 on December 17, 2017

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