Category Archives: Applied

Review of Global Sources Consumer Electronics show 2019 April/October, Hong Kong, China

The Global Sources Consumer Electronics show is the world‘s largest electronics sourcing show, sourcing event features home, outdoor and automotive electronics, as well as the latest audio and smart home products, bringing together the latest video game products, home audio, electronic components and personal stroller products. Come to explore a…

Review of Global Sources Consumer Electronics show 2019 April/October, Hong Kong, China

House of the Future on the Cloud – Living in a Smart City, Portuguese Communications Museum

House of the Future is, since 2003, one of the permanent exhibitions of Communications Museum, integrated in Espaço Futuro, dedicated to promoting knowledge of new technologies – equipment, application and advanced services – in a housing space. It is a registered trademark of the Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações, where the…

House of the Future on the Cloud – Living in a Smart City, Portuguese Communications Museum

Overcoming Distance, Portuguese Communications Museum

“Overcoming the Distance – Five Centuries of Communications in Portugal”, the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Communications, is a show about the evolution and improvement of techniques that allowed Humanity to communicate more and more quickly and efficiently. Organized chronologically in two routes, one on the history of the…

Overcoming Distance, Portuguese Communications Museum

The underwater cable in a sea of connectivity, Portuguese Communications Museum

The Portuguese Communications Foundation (FPC) and the National Communications Authority (ANACOM), opened the exhibition The submarine cable in a sea of connectivity, on the occasion of the World Telecommunications and Information Society Day celebrations. This exhibition, with the High Sponsorship of His Excellency the President of the Republic, highlights the…

The underwater cable in a sea of connectivity, Portuguese Communications Museum

Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making, Venice Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Exhibition “Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making. 9 stories from Veneto: digital – not only digital.” in the Venice Pavilion, returns to its origins, with an exhibition on contemporary Applied Arts. The Venice Pavilion at the 2015 Biennale, based on technology and knowledge deriving from experience,…

Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making, Venice Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Everything is chemistry, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Exhibition showing the presence of chemistry in the world around us. From our own bodies to the different applications of chemistry in everyday life: materials, daily activities, nutrition and health. Without the contributions of chemistry it would have been almost impossible to resolve the multiple needs generated by demographic growth…

Everything is chemistry, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Energetic, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

The Enérgeia exhibition is a tour of the different energy sources as engines of human activity and industrialization. Exhibition on energy, the essential engine of industrialization that allows us to understand the importance of the use of energy sources over time. To make the concepts more understandable, the show features…

Energetic, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Textile Factory, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

The exhibition “Textile Factory” shows The process of producing woollen fabric within the original context of a mill dating from the early 20th century. The permanent exhibition “The Textile Mill” displays the whole process of producing woollen fabric within the original context of a mill dating from the early 20th…

Textile Factory, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Gilding

Gilding is any decorative technique for applying a very thin coating of gold to solid surfaces such as metal (most common), wood, porcelain, or stone. Gilding gives an object a gold appearance at a fraction of the cost of creating a solid gold object. A solid gold piece would often…

Gilding

Ceramic glaze

Ceramic glaze is an impervious layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fused to a ceramic body through firing. Glaze can serve to color, decorate or waterproof an item. Glazing renders earthenware vessels suitable for holding liquids, sealing the inherent porosity of unglazed biscuit earthenware. It also…

Ceramic glaze

Techniques in Observing Nature, Japan National Museum of Nature and Science

The people of the Japanese Islands have been sensitive in observing the richness and diversity of nature around them since the beginning of their history. Our daily life in harmony with nature has also enabled us to acquire uniqueness in manufacturing and industry. Tools, instruments, crafted objects and literature handed…

Techniques in Observing Nature, Japan National Museum of Nature and Science

Science and Technology, National Museum of Scotland

Scientific and technological inventions changed our lives in communications, transport, industry, engineering, energy and medicine. Explore the history of innovation in Scotland and across the world through interactive games and thought-provoking displays. Explore Family-friendly Explore gallery on Level 1 brings science to life with hands-on games and interactive exhibits. Don’t…

Science and Technology, National Museum of Scotland

Environmental anthropology

Environmental anthropology is a sub-specialty within the field of anthropology that takes an active role in examining the relationships between humans and their environment across space and time. Philosophies Adaptation: environment over culture The sixties was a breakthrough decade for environmental anthropology, with functionalism and system theories prevalent throughout. The…

Environmental anthropology

Environmental ethics

Environmental ethics is the part of environmental philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non-human world. It exerts influence on a large range of disciplines including environmental law, environmental sociology, ecotheology, ecological economics, ecology and environmental geography. Environmental ethics is a…

Environmental ethics

Utility

Within economics, the concept of utility is used to model worth or value. It’s usage has evolved significantly over time. The term was introduced initially as a measure of pleasure or satisfaction within the theory of utilitarianism by moral philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. The term…

Utility

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