Frank Didik Art and Design DESIGN1.org Recent designs, books, photography, films and other projects by Frank Didik Photographs by Frank Didik can be found in numerous magazines and publications. For photography by Frank Didik, please go to FrankDidik.com. Electric Vehicles Innovative solar-electric, hybrid and human powered vehicles designed and built by Frank Didik Solar Energy Viable, cost efficient, solar, alternate and low polluting energy generating systems with practicality in mind. Architecture and inflatable clean rooms Inflatable structures for medical and emergency purposes as well as temporary, inexpensive dwellings. Photography by Frank Didik. On-Line commercial and editorial Photography Portfolio Virtual World project including New York City and Tokyo Interesting building art installation pieces created from the individual photographs of the Virtual Reality World project by Frank Didik. Details on this project can be found at ExpendedGPS.com. Many of the individual photographs from this project can be viewed on Frank Didik's photography websites including: www.NYCinPictures.com and www.Asia1.info and www.News1.net. Films: The Secret History of Japan, designed for public television, covering the history of Japan is still being produced. Details on this film series be at: www.Japan1.biz. Chinatown in the Shadow is a public television oriented documentary covering the concerns and feelings of recent immigrants after the World Trade Center horror. Early Frank Didik TV commercials are being transferred from old video formats and will eventually be placed on line. Lenticular 3D photography and archive: www.Vari-Vue.com Manhole and utility post stray voltage real time detection and warning systems. www.ManholeSafety.com Trans-Global Highway Proposed highway around the world including Bering Strait, Sakhalin-Hokkaido and Spain North Africa Tunnels. Electric Vehicle University Curriculum. If you represent a university and would like more information starting a program on Electric Vehicle design and engineering or to compete in races, or to have a guest lecturer, please send an email to: inquiry@design1.org Current Book Projects • Prior Business Books • Resume • Designer Statement • Send an email To Bookmark, press control D More Frank Didik designs and projects can be found at: www.DIDIK.com Design for Industry. "A design must sell the product" www.Design1.org Email Frank Didik +1 Copyright 1989-2017 by Frank X. Didik.   All Rights Reserved.   DIDIK® DIDIK is a Registered Trademark.

Frank X. Didik aboard "The Futurist" in New York Harbor. Thoughts by Frank Didik Random thoughts on science, business and society today. What if and what can or might be. Reason, Logic and intellect is not reliable. The late Christopher Hitchens often stated that we should rely on our logic, reason and intellect to determine the truth. Many people who pride themselves as educated, intelligent and progressive believe the same. As reasonable as this seems, Galileo proved over 400 years ago that our logic, reason and intellect is unreliable and that only direct experimental data, should be relied upon. Galileo had dropped two balls of the same material, but different masses, from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that they would hit the ground at the same time, rather than the heavier ball hitting the ground first, as almost everyone, including Aristotle, 2000 years ago, had assumed. Our logic, reason and intellect is not reliable and should only be viewed as speculation. Only direct experimentation and obtaining the same results, over and over again should be relied upon. The 1956 Firebird was to be self driving. Self Driving Cars? If you have an accident with a self driving car, who is at fault? The car manufacturer, the owner of the car or the occupant "driver" of the car? I have enjoyed owning and driving some of the most interesting cars made and have always enjoyed the freedom of driving without impediments or restrictions. Nevertheless, if self driving ...read more ... Bicycles? What ever happened to jet packs, flying cars and advanced technology that in the past, was predicted that we would be using by today? Why are bicycles being pushed by cities world wide?...read more ... Old Computer Formats and the longevity of our digitally stored knowledge. Are we entering into a "pre-history" era? How can we preserve our computer written records, books, photographs, video and knowledge? If you wanted to, would you be able to read a: 3 1/2" or 5 1/4" or 8" floppy? cd-rom or a dvd? 12" optical disk? 9 track tape? IBM punch card? Paper punch tape? If you can not read these one or two generation old formats today, how will society be able to read these documents in 200 years from now? ...read more ... What if the decay rate of elements varies rather than being a constant? Imagine, if this is the case, it would mean that all archeological dating is in question. How old are artifacts? When in fact did the dinosaurs really die out? Further, consider that ... read more ... \ What is the speed of gravity? If it is instantaneous, then what if gravity can be modulated? Today most scientists, assume that the speed of gravity is the same as the speed of light, but what if the speed of gravity is instantaneous? Further, if gravity can be modulated, it might allow for instantaneous universal communication. Thus it might be possible to communicate with space craft instantly, rather than waiting for minutes for transmissions to reach the craft or earth. Perhaps computer chips can be made to operate vastly faster. And this is just the beginning since ...read more ... The playgrounds are empty but the dog runs are full. No children, only dogs. I have noticed that in New York City, the playgrounds are empty but the dog runs are full. People are no longer getting married, and having families. Where will this all lead to? When I was a child growing up in NYC, there were children everywhere and the stores catered to families, rather than individual single people. The best boutiques along Madison Avenue on Manhattan's upper east side, always had play areas for the children, so that the children could play, while the mothers shopped. We children knew which stores had the best toys and demanded to go to those stores, which in most cases, were the most expensive stores! This website displays designs, projects, proposals and innovations by Frank Didik, but this site has also served to inspire people to bring their ideas to fruition. All too often, people have great dreams in high school and college but within a few years after graduation, these ideas gradually become a distant memory. I encourage everyone to do what ever you are good at and try to make your dreams a reality. What people do today represents the future of our great planet. Go out and do whatever you can do, to the best of your ability. Question: If people who are protesting are paid to protest, is it really a protest? Question: If a charity receives most or all of its money from the government, is it really a charity considering that the tax payer is paying for their services? If a humanitarian organization is paid for their services, are they really a humanitarian organization? On Business Investing in Startups. Good idea or bad? Is investing in a Startup, that has never proven itself in the market place, a good idea or a waste of money (and talent)? Historically, investors invested in companies that were swamped with orders and making money, but needed additional money to ... read more ... Most efficient brain-storming method and how to make morning office meetings more productive and interesting ... read more ... Superior advertising results Producing the very best and most effective TV commercials The single purpose of a television commercial is to sell the product or service. The fact that an advertisement might be interesting, funny, informative or well produced is secondary to the main purpose, which is to sell the product or service. One should never leave the creation of the television commercial to the television producer or the video editor. ... read more ... Building the most effective business websites Never let a "web designer" develop the website for you. A web designer should be produce the website under the supervision of an on line marketing master, usually working with ... read more ...   There is an alternative to population control. Restricting and discouraging the formation of families in order to stabilize or reduce population infringes on the freedom and rights of every human. There is another much better approach...read more ... Questioning the results of modern science. For the last 100 years, we have been experiencing the collapse of real science. Theories, speculation and fantasy is the norm today. By definition, the scientific method is the ability to test and re-test and always get the same results, over and over. If an idea or a theory can not be tested, the idea must be viewed as speculation and not considered true, till that idea is proven without a doubt. Scientific theory has moved to areas that are beyond our present capability of testing and gradually a number of unproven theories have become accepted as fact without any real proof. Further, new theories have been developed based on old theories. Thus we have a situation where science today is largely based on theory upon theory. If something can not be proven, it falls into the realm of philosophy rather than science. This has led to...read more ... What if time varies along with all things, rather than being a constant? Consider that...read more ... Can the speed of light vary, even if traveling under the same conditions, or in other words, is the speed of light really a constant? According to Einstein's theory of relativity, the speed of light is a constant but ...read more ... Science and media hype: Any sudden "revolutionary" scientific discovery, even if such discovery is written about in every newspaper and scientific journal, should be greeted with skepticism. Such a discovery should only be accepted after the bulk of scientists have have had a chance to review the discovery and confirm that it is in fact correct. Such things that come to mind include cold fusion, the so called "God Particle" and even the recent stated discovery of a "gravitational wave". All too often such media hype has come and gone without any real discovery or fundamental change. ..read more ... What percentage of information, contained in science books is accurate and true? Are we in a post science period? Many science books today present ...read more ... It is time to retest scientific properties. Verify results. I suggest that the properties of all materials be re-tested using modern technology and certify the results. Melting and boiling points, conductivity, hardness, and all physical properties of materials should be re-tested ...read more ... Honesty and integrity in scientific research is essential in order to advance our knowledge base. When a scientist has worked for years to prove a particular theory and finds out that their work has been in vain, it is difficult to admit that their original assumptions were wrong. Still it is vitally important ..read more ...

Frank Didik's Predictions for the scary world of the future   No one really knows what the future will be like and rarely have predictions made in the past, become a reality in the same way that it was predicted. Nevertheless, certain generalities of what might happen, can be foreseen based on what is happening today read more 1. In the future, self driving trucks will change society and millions will lose their jobs ...read more 2. In the future, robotic friends, including intimate friends will prevail ...read more 3. In the future, dating and marriage may greatly decline read more 4. In the future, populations may drastically decline ...read more 5. In the future, pet ownership will decline read more 6. In the future, natural child birth may decline read more 7. In the future, Licenses may be required to have children ...read more 8. In the future, virtual living will take precedence to real life read more 9. In the future, aroma, heat, wind, moisture and taste will all be recorded read more 10. In the future, wealth will be concentrated among a tiny group of people read more 11. In the future, technological advancement may slow down ...read more 12. In the future, planets will not be colonized read more 13. In the future, people will travel less in the future ...read more 14. In the future, transportation networks will gradually be reduced ..read more 15. In the future, there will be a Loss of optimism for their future ...read more 16. In the future, people will rarely interact, face to face ...read more 17. In the future, microscopic robotic "bacteria" will be injected into the body to cure diseases and repair or remove internal body issues ..read more 18. In the future, robots will perform medical procedures including surgery more 19. In the future, doctors will be able to operate from anywhere on the planet ...read more 20. Radically changed moral values and decline in human dignity awaits us in the future ...read more 21. In the future, society may gradually fall into a stagnant, non advancing epic ...read more 22. Future crises in Human Dignity ...read more 23. In the future, medicines will be specifically designed for the individual ...read more 24. In the future, robots will do most factory work and manual labor, including farming and cooking, as well as the jobs of professionals such as doctors and accounting, just to mention a few chores and will cause the loss of millions of jobs and make large populations unnecessary .. read more  ---Predictions for the future by Frank X. Didik, December 2, 2016 On Education Rethinking school and our education system Should everyone attend college or university? ... read more ... Can a college or a university really teach a person to be a businessman or an artist or good in any particular field? ... read more ... How come all college undergraduate degree's require four years? Should some degrees require only one year while others perhaps six years? ... read more ... What courses should and should not be taught at college or university? Can college or a university teach a person how to be a good business person, or how to be creative? ... read more ...   WEAK STUDENTS: I have long believed that in a classroom environment, the weak student holds the better students back. The idea of putting a weak student with better students is a disservice to both the weak as well as the better students. ------------------------------- ON TEACHING: I feel that it is not possible to teach a person to be creative or a good businessman and the same applies to many other fields. You can only expose that person to what has already been done and the current understanding of the tools and materials of the trade and perhaps with this understanding, the student can expand upon this knowledge. ------------------------------- ON LEARNING: My view is that almost all learning is through observation and questioning. This underscores the importance of parents to teach their children and expose their children to the parents daily lives. In today's society, most parents are forced to work and thus the child has only limited exposure to the richness of the parents understanding of things. I would also argue that when a parent is walking with a child, that the parent should not be using their cell phone or texting and instead be devoting their full attention to the child. Schools, as they exist today, have a limited ability to truly train/educate a student and most of what is taught to the student is repeated over and over with little practical use for the student after graduation. So many students today study for years and yet after graduation, never use what they have learned or what they have learned is of little relevance to their lives. ------------------------------- Wisdom: I believe that wisdom can not be taught, but rather wisdom is a unique gift of understanding that a person is born with. ------------------------------- Op-Ed Cell Phone Etiquette Advice for the modern person - December 9, 2016 read more Time to rethink bike lanes Advice for bicyle based cities  - August 3, 2016 read more