http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/monocolumn-tibet%c2%b4s-big-shut-down.html Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:40:52 +0000 March wasn´t a great month for Julius Caesar, and historically it hasn´t been an easy one for Tibet either. For the third consecutive year, the Tibetan Autonomous Region is currently closed to foreign travellers, and will remain so for the next four weeks at least.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/prayer-wheel-as-led-power-generator.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:50:56 +0000 Designer Taikkun Lin has prototyped a prayer wheel that harvests energy and converts it into electricity as it’s turned. Built with used bicycle parts, the LED-embedded wheels are also intended to provide lighting as they are spun. Prayer wheels are found in Tibet where they are constantly turned by tourists. While Taikkun has found a way to utilize them, he doesn’t address how they can be implemented without affecting the historical structures of the temples. [via Core 77]]]>