Below you will find a link to the Eden Project's example of a Titan
Lily, a native of Sumatra this lily is also known as the Corpse
Flower because of the perfume it uses to attract pollinating insects.
Titan Lily in Eden Project
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Smelliest Flower in the World
Sunday, April 24, 2005
living houses, rooms & furniture
houses (or at least rooms) made from live trees...
http://www.sanftestrukturen.de/HTML/body_weidenbau.html
http://www.spruceroots.org/November99/Furniture.html
http://www.sanftestrukturen.de/
http://www.freitag-weidenart.com/Photos/fotohome.html
http://www.weidensturm.de/
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/natural_building.htm
http://www.iga2003-kirche.de/Start.htm
http://www.littoral.org.uk/programme_crafts.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/4769/ent.htm#top
http://www.arborsmith.com/
and here is some furniture to go inside:
http://www.spruceroots.org/November99/Furniture.html
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Some Science education links
Get a frozen chicken's eye view as you fly through a jet engine, and
watch the temperature and air pressure change as you progress through
the fans, combustion chambers and exhaust. (Flash, sound)
http://www.rolls-royce.com/education/schools/default.jsp
Science toys to make and play with -- great for kids and teachers.
http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/
Fear of Physics explains stuff: why satellites don't fall but other
things do; what the Doppler effect means; what happens when two things
collide; how physicists solve problems...
http://www.fearofphysics.com/