Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Innovation

Innovation comes from the Latin innovationem, noun of action from innovare. The Etymology Dictionary further explains innovare as dating back to 1540 and stemming from the Latin innovatus, pp. of innovare "to renew or change," from in- "into" + novus "new".
Innovation can therefore be seen as the process that renews something that exists and not, as is commonly assumed, the introduction of something new. Furthermore this makes clear innovation is not an economic term by origin, but dates back to the Middle Ages at least. Possibly even earlier.
The central meaning of innovation thus relates to renewal. For this renewal to take place it is necessary for people to change the way they make decisions, they must choose to do things differently, make choices outside of their norm.
Although this definition is from Wikipedia it is poignant in that it relates to issues brought up on our trip to The Resource Recovery Corp. (renew as the next step after reduce, reuse and recycle...)

Saturday, March 5, 2011

hierarchy

A hierarchy is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another.
e.g.  A clear hierarchy of line weights makes any drawing more effective and communicative.

Friday, March 4, 2011

remediate (v) / remediation (n)

(v) remediate - set straight or right, to correct or bring back to original state

(n) remediation -The act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency

(we can bioremediate garbage-juice from the dump with plants and oxygen)

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Isometric (Projection)

Isometric projection  is a method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions in technical and engineering drawing.  It is an axonometric projection in which the three coordinate axis appear equally foreshortened and the angles between any two of them are 120 degrees.

The term "isometric" comes from the Greek for "equal measure", reflecting that the scale along each axis of the projection is the same.
[Image]See CUBE in isometric


As with all types of  parallel projection, objects drawn with isometric projection do not appear larger or smaller as they extend closer to or away from the viewer. While advantageous for architectural drawings where measurements need to be taken directly, the result is a perceived distortion, as unlike perspective projection, it is not how our eyes or photography normally work. It also can easily result in situations where depth and altitude are difficult to gauge.



(edited) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Axonometric

a technical drawing representing a structure's vertical and horizontal lines accurately, but distorting diagonal dimensions

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Flush

flush is when two pieces of something are connected together and are smooth, no bumps or edges