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FAVES
Here's my favourite collection of articles, videos and podcasts.
Each one of these have fascinated me, and I am sure you will enjoy them too!
If you also found something mind blowing, please share it using the contact form in the Contribute Page.
It could be a part of this amazing collection!
New links every week!
15 Indian Inventions that Shaped the Modern World
Society
You have definitely heard about some famous inventions from the Western World like Gravity, Higgs Boson particle, Anesthesia etc. But did you know that almost everything around us today has Indian origins? Let's see how!
Imagining the Tenth Dimension
Thought Experiment
We have listened to 8D audio. But have you wondered what these dimensions mean in our physical world? Are there things we could do, if we could perceive more than 3 dimensions? This video will definitely blow your mind as it tries to explain the 10 dimensions of the universe in a simple, yet mind-bending way!
Faucet nozzle cuts water use by 98%
Technology
Rather than hammering through people’s brains with endless slogans to save water, what if we could intelligently design a way out of the impending global water crises?
Invisible Women
Design
Everything from medical diagnosis to ergonomic car seats are analysed keeping the standard human body in mind. But how standard are they, if the world is unintentionally designed for men, by men, and what difference does it make?
The Size of Life (2 Parts)
Design
Do you think an ant would die if it fell from an aeroplane? And what if humongous whale fell? In this video, watch how the size of an organism can greatly control way it lives and dies.
Why the story of materials is really the story of civilisation
Society
Reading through history, one always wonders why it is divided into Ages named after materials – like – Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, etc. Turns out, new materials have always brought with them new possibilities, newer advancements. So, materials are really the story of us.
Biomimicry
Design
Nature has been around for millions of years. And through all this time, it has achieved sustainable solutions to solve problems that we are still struggling with.
This country isn't just carbon neutral — it's carbon negative!
Society
Bhutan, a small country beside India, is the happiest country in all of Asia. Reason? Way too many to be listed here!
Two Hundred Fifty Things an Architect should know
Architecture
Michael Sorkin's list thoughtfully urges us to forgo our narrow focus on purely professional knowledge, and explore - meaninglessness of borders, where materials come from, acoustical properties of trees, the value of human life.
How much is enough?
Society
Instead of endlessly wanting more, what if we decided for ourselves a limit? Wouldn't we be more content and enjoy collective growth?
Hard to love a Brute
Architecture
Almost always, we distastefully refer the urbanscape as a concrete jungle. Then why is concrete still dominating our cities?
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Horoscopes written in the stars
Cosmos
Before you try to make sense of your astrologers conflicting predictions, be sure to listen to this podcast to decode why it's very hard to predict anything at all accurately.
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