Rapid prototyping

The speed of the new technologies of industrial production

Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications and are even used to manufacture production-quality parts in relatively small numbers. Some sculptors use the technology to produce complex shapes for fine arts exhibitions.

Objects produced by rapid prototype process.

Patrick Jouin designed some solid stereolitography furniture a while ago. Stereolitography is a rapid prototyping technique and gaining popularity day by day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3gHHeD6cv8

Ferrari World

The history of a "myth"

Ferrari World is a Ferrari themed amusement park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The park is situated under a 200,000 square metres (2,200,000 sq ft) roof making it the largest indoor amusement park in the world. Ferrari World officially opened on November 4, 2010. The theme park is home to Formula Rossa the world's fastest roller coaster.

Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Machines do it faster!

Manual tasks become mechanical works

Combine pieces of cloth or other material, using needle and thread, has always been a slow manual work, that asks lot of care and skills; nowadays in factories and often in our houses we use the sewing machine, a mechanical instrument invented in 1790; from the early hand-operating models, technological evolution has produced foot pedal sewing machines, and finally with an electric motor within.
Sewing has therefore become much faster, no longer requiring ability.
The sewing machine has so changed this world that hand sewing has become an hobby.

This argument can be extended beyond the borders of sewing, infact it concernes any work that technological evoltion changed from manual to be done with machines.

Hand sewing in a very slow work, requiring time and ability.
http://www.gettyimages.it/detail/85210070/Digital-Vision

The sewing machine made this work a lot faster and simple.
http://www.gettyimages.it/detail/78325162/Brand-X-Pictures

Cinematographic Techniques

Slow down fastness, speed up slowness!

Fast Forward: to fast-forward means to move forward through an audio or video recording at a speed faster than that at which it would usually flow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKCG9rGFgqA&feature=related

Slow Motion: is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down. It was invented by August Musger.

Slow motion is ubiquitous in modern filmmaking. It is used by a diverse range of directors directors to achieve diverse effects. Some classic subjects of slow motion include:

• Athletic activities of all kinds, to demonstrate skill and style.
• To recapture a key moment in an athletic game, typically shown as a replay.
• Natural phenomena, such as a drop of water hitting a glass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBTbM80Aer8

Speed Dating

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A new way to communicate and make new friends

Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process or dating system whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. Its origins are credited to Rabbi Yaacov Deyo of Aish HaTorah, originally as a way to help Jewish singles meet and marry."SpeedDating", as a single word, is a registered trademark of Aish HaTorah. "Speed dating", as two separate words, is often used as a generic term for similar events.

Men and women are rotated to meet each other over a series of short "dates", usually lasting from 3 to 8 minutes depending on the organization running the event. At the end of each interval, the organizer rings a bell or clinks a glass to signal the participants to move on to the next date. At the end of the event participants submit to the organizers a list of who they would like to provide their contact information to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating 

http://www.speeddate.it/cosa_e.aspx