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BEN'S PENS: Buckeye Burl Fountain Pens

Some Buckeye Burl fountain pens I made recently.

Buckeye Burl Pens

The Honey Bee

The inspiration for this pen is pretty easy to identify, a honey bee. My friend, Darius,…

The Face of Modern Slavery

When 6-year-olds are sold to be tortured and raped, it’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement to end human trafficking.

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Custom Olivewood Prototype Pen

This fountain pen has been an idea in my head for years now, and this is my first successful attempt at it. I still have a few processes to iron out as I develop this design, but as a proof of concept I am very pleased with how this pen came out.

Thanks for looking,
Ben
http://benspens.wordpress.com

Conce[P]tual Design

This is the Cobble Phone concept, which is a 3D phone that includes a camera to track your fingers enabling a more accurate multitouch interface so that you never hit the wrong button again. I’m a big fan of the option for a wood back on the phone too.

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[P]roducts

Bamboo Keyboard & Mouse
Love it when electronics and wood are combined like this!

(Source: nca-bte)

[P]ortability

Hybrid Electric Bicycle
The battery which powers the motor, integrated front and rear lights, as well as a charging dock for communication devices, entertainment, or navigation is directly charged from the rider’s own energy output to maximize efficiency.

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[P]ossibilities

Mobile Hospital
Designer Kukil Han imagines a go-anywhere solution for providing aid to victims of natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and storms. The Mobile Hospital could be delivered to any part of the world (including hard to reach areas) in a matter of hours via helicopter, or be transported on a larger scale by ship, providing emergency medical attention to those in need.

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New Needtobreathe song, Drive All Night.

(Source: city-of-b-l-i-n-d-i-n-g-lights)

"Reason tells me about the truth, but I really cannot grasp what it means; I can’t understand it without art. Edwards said that unless you use imagination, unless you take a truth and you image it – which of course is art – you don’t know what it means. If you cannot visualize it, you don’t have a sense of it on your heart."

Timothy Keller

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Who Needs Air

The Classic Crime

(via drawingrawker)

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com[P]assion

He won $3.4 million - then went back to work as janitor.

(Source: today)

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"When you’re in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not."

Steve Jobs

(Source: wpbasti, via 9-bits)

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New song from NeedToBreathe, not sure the title, but would guess “Open Up Your Eyes” maybe. Sounds pretty good, can’t wait for a new album to be released. Keep up the great work guys, Outsiders is by far one of my most loved albums.

edit 7/5/11 : cover art added
The name of the song is, “Slumber”. Check out the new single at: http://www.needtobreathe.net/album/12d14c-slumber/

(Source: jake-owens, via needtobreathefan-deactivated201)

[P]laces

Proof that Country Life is better for You than City Life
“Compared to their rural counterparts, city dwellers have higher levels of anxiety and mood disorders. The schizophrenia risk of people raised in cities is almost double. Literature on the effect is so thorough that researchers say it’s not just correlation, as might be expected if anxious people preferred to live in cities. Neither is it a result of heredity. It’s a cause-and-effect relationship between environment and mind.”