Physicists describe how vascular networks, collections of vessels that move fluid, nutrients, and waste, balance robustness with “cost” to create a diverse array of structures and designs.
Beyond its implications in biology and evolution, this theory could also prove useful in designing engineered networks such as power grids.
The “Parasite” filmmaker’s favorite movies include works from some of the best American, Japanese, and South Korean directors who ever lived.
Bong Joon Ho has long been one of South Korea’s best filmmakers thanks to acclaimed movies such as “Memories of Murder,” “Mother,” and “The Host,” but it wasn’t until 2019 that Bong become a worldwide cinema superstar to the general public with Parasite.
The masterplan responds to the city’s need for new social and resettlement housing, offices, hospitality structures, retail spaces, and public facilities.
The overall program, are the result of a 10-year effort spent in market studies, trend assessments, and consultations with the local community.
First, it is lifted above street level to ease traffic flow, facilitating access to public transport as well as to retail and hospitality units.
Second, the layer offers large parks, civic spaces, and sport facilities for the whole community of residents, workers and visitors alike.
Third, the layer houses all major infrastructure, organically connecting the site’s gateways and all other parts of the masterplan.
As a recent BBC story reported, 83 percent of cellphones lost in Tokyo, for example, are eventually retrieved.
The scheme for reuniting unlucky people with their wayward valuables relies on a complex mix of infrastructure, carrot-and-stick legal encouragement, and cultural norms.
In 2003, University of Michigan professor Mark West conducted a famous lost-wallet study comparing return rates in New York City (10 percent) versus Tokyo (80 percent).
Amazon’s fulfillment center network is just one of several ways it has become a growing player in the logistics and shipping industry, taking on the likes of FedEx and UPS. The company has been ramping up efforts to launch its own delivery network, via growing fleets of airplanes, delivery drones and vans.
