During our Far East trip we got to know Willy Chen who became our friend. We decided spontaneously to create a website about Lanyu, also known as Orchid Island, a small Pacific Island located at the most Eastern point of Taiwan.
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W2W - The students' website project is growing!
Everything started with the idea of having a website created by students last year. And it worked out fine as you could see in our previous post about don't waste My Energy. Now this year the students' website save-energy.tips is going to be widened in the sense of "don't waste My Resources" and "embodied energy".
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su-pa's co-bosses have been
working & traveling in
Taiwan,
China and
Tibet. Returned
tightly packed with delightful experiences and positive energy, some highlights have been picked out for sharing with you
!
Pic-1: Traces of Tibetan celebrations, Rebgong (རེབ་སྐོང་)
su-pa presentations
*Taipei irritations
Taiwan's metropolis, 8 Mio. urban population
*Lanyu / Orchid Island
Flying fish in Taiwan's most eastern territory
*Made in China
Ever heard of a Chinese dancing formula?
*Changing work space
A co-working space sharing experiment
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su-pa wünscht viel Glück und guten Rhythmus im Neuen Jahr !
Für's Aug und Ohr hier unsere Neujahrskarte mit Akkordeon-Grüssen
Cast an eye (and ear:o) at our Accordion Greeting Card.
How fortunate we have been at December 26 ! On the way in Southern California, we arrived at the little airport in Taft where we had the opportunity to fly in a propeller plane over the beautiful Californian landscape. About this experience we created a short video.
Auf unserer US-Reise traf uns am 26. Dezember 2014 das Glück aus heiterem Himmel - wir konnten mit einem Oldtimer-Propeller-Flugzeug über die fantastische südkalifornische Landschaft fliegen. Daraus entstand ein kurzer Film.
Ready for take off? Watch here: www.vimeo.com/supasupa/flight
Flying over Taft, Southern California from su-pa on Vimeo.
„Wenn Menschen beginnen, in Kreisläufen zu denken, werden sie auch beginnen, generationenübergreifend in Kreisläufen zu planen und zu realisieren."
“When people start to think in cycles, they will also begin to plan and to implement in cross-generational cycles”
Im Hinblick auf die von suter & partner geplante Technik & Umwelt Internet-Plattform sind Stoff- und Materialkreisläufe ein wichtiges Thema. Daher besuchten wir am 29.05.2015 zusammen mit Freunden ein Workshop zum Thema "Cradle to Cradle" an der Uni Konstanz.
Die Universität Konstanz - wunderbar gelegen und mit Blick auf den Bodensee und die Insel Mainau. More...
Die Sensor-Check su-papp ist da !
Zu einem speziellen Thema: Im Zulauf von Abwasserreinigungsanlagen (ARA) werden Gassensoren eingesetzt, um leicht entzündliche Stoffe wie z.B. Benzin zu detektieren und Explosionen zu verhindern. Erfolgt die Alarmauslösung zuverlässig, können rechtzeitig More...
Eigentlich ist ein Vergleich von derart unterschiedlich konzipierten Teilen wie Geruchssinn und Gassensor gar nicht möglich. Und trotzdem – vielleicht ist genau das die Herausforderung: Welches Teil schnüffelt bei welchem Kontext besser? Geruchssinn oder Gassensor? Oder ist bereits die gestellte Frage „un-sinn“?
Kleine Quizfrage: Welches Geräusch bzw. welcher Ton gehört zu welchem Sensor?
Haupteinsatzgebiet der hier gezeigten Sensor-Beispiele ist der Zulauf einer Kläranlage (Abwasserreinigungsanlage oder ARA). Gelangt z.B. aufgrund eines Benzinunfalls die leicht entzündliche Flüssigkeit (Bildung von hochexplosiven Dämpfen, die über der Wasseroberfläche „mitfliessen“) via Kanalisation in den Eingangsbereich einer ARA, besteht höchste Explosionsgefahr. Ein Funke More...
and such a crop of what you wish for you & others we wish for you !
Watch here our su-pa Video Greetings 2015⇐
Just in case you have some spare time or an idea or you're bored
go to our web-business card and
create something ...
Mini Quiz: Was there ever a year -1?
Imagine you’re on a trip in Sicily ...
Your friend, a native Sicilian, invites you for a coffee in a bar. After a while you’re leaving together and your friend seems to be very amused. Why? What has happened during your short coffee break? He explains: „With gestures and glances everyone in the bar wondered who you are, asked where you came from, if we’re related, etc. Moreover, I caught the newest gossip about love affairs, disputes, etc. Whoever is familiar with the nuances of body language understands a situation as being sympathetic or suspect within the blink of an eye.
Why so many gestures in Sicily?
It’s difficult to say exactly when and how Sicilian body language has developed. One reason might be found in Siciliy’s dynamic history and its geographical position in the Mediterranean. During the past More...
Friday 7th march suter & partner joined the Open Doors Event at the Departement of Geography, University of Zurich. The happening was dedicated of linking students and scientists to pragmatists and field workers. For years a lot of alumni have been spread in different professional disciplines. A huge source of knowledge and experience might get into motion, i.e. a contact and interaction platform for projects and traineeship.
We were especially attracted by the presentation of Arzu Çöltekin "Perceptual Factors in Geographic Visualization", GIVA team. In the following some impressions:
Hollow face (mask) illusion
Although we are aware of certain mechanisms of the human bodily functions, our perception is biased. There are many examples, one famous phenomena is the hollow face illusion:
Whether we are looking at the front of the mask or the concave reverse side, our brain always processes the shape, so we see a protruding face. Why does this happen? More...