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Movement is an expression of non-verbal communication. Technological development and progress favour people moving less in the future. It therefore requires the free desire, will and drive of people to want to move. To find the motivation to do so.
We inform ourselves and give signals, we nourish ourselves, exercise and take shape. Form provides support and boundaries. In this we are free. Clothing is a medium. Those who move create awareness of form, create impact, shape space. Aesthetics is a great basic need.
That means:
– „Find the beauty in your heart, so that you can discover it in every heart“ – Rumi
Sports, fashion, smart textiles and thus also artificial intelligence, in their impact on the individual and their participation in education and society, as well as a means of expressing profound communication
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Effortless robot movements
Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without con-sciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool developed by researchers at the Tech-nical University of Munich (TUM) can now utilize this knowledge for the first time to make robots move more efficiently. Munich, 11, 18, 2024. Four-legged animals…
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Cause of the yo-yo effect deciphered
Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory based on epigenetics. Zurich, November 18, 2024 Anyone who has put on a few extra kilos and tried dieting is familiar with the phenomenon: the pounds tumble off, but after a few weeks they are back again. The…
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Robotic shorts support people when walking
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed robotic trousers that enable people to walk more easily while expending measurably less energy. The aim is to keep frail individuals and in particular the elderly mobile and healthy for longer. “You can walk slowly with the shorts but you can also jog,” says TUM…
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Where self-awareness has its limits
People can bend their wrists further than they think. This is what researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Université catholique de Louvain have discovered. They asked 87 people to estimate how far they could move their hand in different directions. The test subjects systematically stated that the mobility of their wrist was less than it…
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Origin of life A new scenario for replication
LMU researchers discover a plausible geological constellation that could have triggered the origin of life on Earth Munich, October 25, 2024 – The origin of life on Earth is still an unsolved mystery, but a common theory suggests that the replication of genetic material – the nucleic acids DNA and RNA – was a central…
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Cyclists are the real drivers of innovation
Maximilian Hoor on Berlin as a hotspot of urban cycling culture and how knowledge of the city’s diverse cycling scene would promote a transport transition towards a bike-friendly city Berlin, October 29, 2024. Achieving a transport transition that aims to transform cities to make them safer, more liveable and ‘greener’ is not feasible without a…
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