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what happens to the physical remains of innovation? the form that remained transforms discarded prototypes, failed experiments, and forgotten fragments of scientific research into unique sculptural objects through a process of fragmenting, layering, and fusing materials. Ruben Moutinho edited by christina vergopoulou October 17, 2026 3 min prefer designboom on googleDISCARDED RESEARCH PROTOTYPES turn into SCULPTURAL OBJECTSDeveloped by industrial designer and researcher Ruben Moutinho, THE FORM THAT REMAINED transforms discarded research prototypes, experimental models, and obsolete components into a series of one-of-a-kind sculptural objects. The project establishes its material archive directly from scientific and technological development projects, preserving the technical geometries, surface treatments, and structural forms produced during iterative testing and refinement.

A puncture to the heart may be shockingly insidious. Doctors in China have shared an extremely rare case in which they found a 36-millimeter-long sewing needle stuck into the left ventricle of a person's heart. The patient was a 35-year-old man with an intellectual disability who was experiencing painful urination and blood in the urine. When he came to the hospital seeking treatment, however, his vital signs were in a healthy range. Somehow, his cardiovascular system was still functioning. When doctors imaged his chest, they noticed a peculiar shadow over his heart. Chest X-ray demonstrating a linear metallic high-density shadow projected over the precordial region (red arrow). (Ren et al., BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2026)A further CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis revealed several metallic foreign bodies within the patient's body. They were in his abdominal wall, pelvis, bladder wall and lumen, hip bone, hip muscle, and penis. One particularly threatening needle, measuring 36 mm (1.4 inches), had punctured the fluid-filled sac around the patient's heart. Its sharp tip extended quite far into the left ventricular cavity.

The Parole Board of Canada knew convicted murderer Jeffrey George Ewert had plans to attend a university and it made a decision this past spring to continue his day parole despite how he previously breached his release conditions, concerning his contacts with women, multiple times. According to a report by CBC, Ewert has been taking law courses at McGill University as recently as earlier this month. The report, published online on Friday, quotes unnamed students upset “that the university did not disclose their peer’s violent history.”

Rapidly-moving fire moved on troops ‘within 30 seconds to a minute’: Maj. Gen L. W. RutlandMilitary official names casualties of Wainwright CFB fireMilitary official says winds were ‘within standard procedures’ prior to fire39 hospitalized, 19 in critical condition. Here's the update from the Alberta premier. What happened? These were the events  leading up to deadly fire‘The nation is in mourning’: Watch Prime Minister Mark Carney's full address to Canadians