Documenting forty winks – The Ted Spagna Project: Sleep

5. September 2013 von schall & rauch

As a kid I used to wake up in the morning with my feet on my pillow and I’d always wonder how the heck I came to lie upside down and managed to crumple up the sheets like that without falling out of bed. Well, I never found out. I could have, if I had then known of Ted Spagna, who for more than a decade from 1975 till 1988 took photographs of people asleep and not just once but […]

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Let’s play soccer! And generate some power by kicking the ball: Soccket. The WOW project of the century!

7. März 2013 von schall & rauch

I’m in awe! It’s such a simple and fantastic idea, which could change the world forever. It might at least prevent further exploitation of natural resources. The Soccket Ball. A soccer ball that generates and stores power by kicking it around! First have some fun and play, then plug in a lamp, charge your phone, boil water, or blow dry your hair! An amazing invention, isn’t it? It’s definitely a project with great relevance in the future! Go, check it […]

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