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Current Command and General Staff College students have the chance to get a sneak peek at the future classrooms of the Lewis and Clark Center.
A model classroom was built in the warehouse of Eisenhower Hall as a prototype so students and instructors can become accustomed to what will be their future surroundings.
"The centerpiece of the Lewis and Clark Center is the educational wing, which will hold 96 classrooms," said Lynn Rolf, director of Educational Technology.
"Our dilemma was to either to accept 96 mistakes or build a model and see if we can identify any mistakes now," Rolf said.
Rolf has been in the field of educational technology since 1993 and has learned that the key to success for a classroom involves the primary users of the classroom - staff, faculty, students and information technology personnel.
"And so we involved everyone and went around the country to look at how other military installations and colleges, like Harvard and Kansas State University had their classrooms set up. As a result of all we heard and saw, we validated our own classroom and tried to set the conditions of the classroom for success," he said.
The prototype classroom includes all of the computers, televisions and technology the future classrooms will have. It is because of all of this technology that the model was built.
"Not only did we want to look for configur
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The finishing touches are being put on Chateau Peyrenc de Moras, the Potomac estate that has been selected for this year's National Symphony Orchestra Decorators Show House. More than 30 area decorators have applied their talents and visions to individual rooms in the residence.
This is the 32nd year for the NSO Decorators Show House tour, and it is the most successful fund-raiser for the group. According to Teresa Paul, "It raises about $300,000 each year. It's our biggest fund-raiser. We will have about 15,000 people come through during the month it's open. This is one of the oldest and biggest [show case homes] in the country."
Funds raised from the tour are applied to educational and community outreach programs for the National Symphony Orchestra.
"A lot of people come and look at the house to get decorating ideas for themselves. If you are in the market for a designer, it's a great place to see the work of 30 some designers all in one place," said Paul.
The home selected each year for the event must meet several demanding physical requirements. "It has to be at least 10,000 square feet and unoccupied for seven months. We find it's often a house that's for sale," said Paul.
Chateau Peyrenc de Moras is modeled after the Rodin Museum in Paris, France. It features twin flying staircases in the foyer
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The meeting is hosted by MIT's House_n Consortium, a research group that is focused on evolving homes with technologies, products and services; and TIAX, a collaborative research and development company.
Hal Stratton, chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, will deliver a keynote speech. The event will also include narratives from members of academia and industry, and a panel discussion about evolving technology development for health and well-being.
"As the home continues its evolution from a living space to an epicenter of healthcare, commerce, work, entertainment and communication, there is tremendous opportunity to develop new technologies, products and systems for the home," said Kenan Sahin, president of TIAX. "By bringing together thought leaders from industry, government and academia, we can effectively assess the needs of the changing home environment and identify the challenges and opportunities associated with creating new innovations that will improve our lives."
The focus of the event is the changing dynamics of the home environment, the challenge and opportunities associated with developing new technologies and systems for the home, and the movement of healthcare into the home. William Mitchell, director of MIT's Media Lab, and Dr. Barry Bloom, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, will share their insights and perspectives on t
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The competition involves designing an Urban Center.
The Urban Center has become a real factor of innovation within the urban reality. It is gradually becoming a place for coordination of information, promotion and communication. It can even orientate urban policies, to the extent that it can be considered to be a significant actor influencing the city's transformation.
The competition is aimed both at students and graduates in disciplines dealing with territorial and urban development (economics, sociology, urban geography, architecture, planning etc).
Material required: report describing the project in word or pdf format (max. 5 pages); 4 A3 format tables (project, sketches, scenario, images...); overall presentation of the project in powerpoint or pdf format (max 15 slides).
As well as the material, participants will have to provide a detailed curriculum vitae.
The papers will have to be submitted to Domus Academy ¯Ideas Spring Competition, Via Watt 27, 20143 Milan, no later than the 25th of October 2004. The winner will be informed via e-mail by the 10th of November. The deadline for the acceptance of the prize will be the 25th of November 2004. In case the winner renounces the scholarship, it will be assigned to the next student on the list of winners.
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A new scientific station in the icy wastes near the Antarctic coast may be based on the design of capsules that orbit the Earth with astronauts inside, the European Space Agency (ESA) says.
Creating housing near the South Pole involves similar difficulties to space travel. Waste has to be retained it cannot be ejected to rot. The building must not only withstand extreme cold, but also ride to the top of the ice as fallen snow accumulates year by year.
The new German Antarctic station, Neumayer-III, has to meet stringent rules to protect the Antarctic environment.
The Alfred Wegener Institute, which is building it, saw the initial design of the "ESA SpaceHouse" in 2001 and wanted one too.
The two bodies did further work on the design and unveiled it at the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research in Bremen.
The idea of designing a SpaceHouse for use on Earth was actually born five years ago, after a huge earthquake wrecked Izmit, Turkey in 1999.
"We started wondering whether some of our advanced technologies for space could provide completely earthquake-safe housing", said Fritz Gampe of ESA's technology transfer programme.
The team tried out carbon-fibre-reinf orced plastic (CFRP) composites. Ultra-light CFRP is used in space to make large self-sustained structures such as antennas and solar panels. On ear
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