Instead of belonging to particular nations that happen to possess coastlines, these outward-facing coastal settlements -from the Shetlands and the Orkneys all the way round and down to Galicia in Spain - become a continuous territory of their own: Atlanticist in nature, sharing culture, technologies, crafts and language.
But wander awhile, and the showy surface gives way to a wondrous thing: the gathering of folks from all walks of life who blend science, technology, craft and art to make things both goofy and grand.
New technology and craft collide with surprisingly satisfying results in Meridith Pingree's "Worm Decoy" (2005) a bizarre, jittery sculpture made out of power door-lock activators, hand-dyed fishnet stockings, toy motion sensors, wire and wood.
Many of today's directors, although skilled in technology and craft, never served in combat and their films at times sacrifice understatement for hyper-reality. .
He essentially "made" the world he wanted to see -- one that uses technology to craft fun, artistic solutions to interesting problems.
The Mozu platform provides the flexibility and scalability needed to grow our business, and Echidna is helping us leverage technology to craft a differentiated customer experience.
A full agenda awaits a rejuvenated official dialogue, including further trade liberalization in the advanced technology sector, crafting a treaty governing the expanding investment relationship and devising cooperative policies to address each country's human capital challenges.
The technology they crafted allows Vuclip to deliver crisp, non-jerky video or audio over congested mobile networks and onto dumb-phone screens, assuring that the video on these screens is roughly comparable to those on a smart phone.
I think we will address the climate problem through new technology, but crafting the policies needed to [create incentives for] that transition is a lot messier and more fragmented.
Professors Behrokh Khoshnevis (Engineering), Anders Carlson (Architecture), Neil Leach (Architecture) and Madhu Thangavelu (Astronautics) from the University of Southern California (USC) have won a prestigious Nasa grant to explore the potential use of the robotic fabrication technology, Contour Crafting, for building structures on the moon.
Blanchard, the self-confessed technology addict, crafted his own solution.
