In 1915, Effie Hotchkiss bought a new Harley-Davidson and attached a sidecar to carry her mother, Avis, as a passenger. The pair then set out from Brooklyn to see the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco.
This 7.5m tall Christmas tree designed by Nendo uses a shimmering effect obtained with polyhedral cut-out pieces and was created by rocking them with 416 compact fans orchestrated by a computer program.
Japanese Railway West is using a robot on a truck platform to perform high-altitude, high-risk tasks. It is used for railway maintenance, assisting humans with jobs such as pruning tree branches, inspecting power lines, and painting along the railway lines.
