Dymaxion Car; by my old friend Norman

Norman Foster builds the fourth back-to-front Dymaxions. (only 3 were ever built)

He actually worked with the American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller for almost 20 years, so knew the Dymaxion well. Originally built in 1933, Foster's kept the main style of the car (which Mr. Fuller imagined would one day fly). The shell is from hand-beaten aluminum (and painted a glossy green). [via Treehugger]

this awareness nonsense

Doug Langlois said: 10/07/10

"I think we're all plenty aware of breast cancer now. What about lung cancer, which kills more women than breast cancer? Or colon cancer, which kills more men than breast cancer kills women? Or heart disease, which kills more of everyone? 

Why don't they have massive awareness campaigns? Oh yeah, they don't involve boobs, and don't sell product. You know what cures terminal diseases? It's not awareness. It's money, and focused, coordinated, research programs. Not pink ribbons, status updates about where you keep your purse, or thinly veiled marketing campaigns involving pink boxes. The cure is just as far away after you don your pink ribbon as before. This awareness nonsense is about you feeling good about yourself, and companies making money. My mother has terminal breast cancer. And all these pink ribbons, silly status updates and breast cancer branded everything just trivialize the fact that I'm going to lose her to it."

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