Archive | December, 2010
This mechanical link is based on Theo Jansen's designe. LCX was designed to allow 360kg static weight and able to locomote with 90kg(tested). It is controlled by both wired remote controller and center of weight sensor. It's power sorce is 7.2V Ni-H battery that is used to RC and locomote 45min with human ride."
Bosch’s Corkscrew Opener
16 Dec
The cool gift for the wine lover! The Bosch IXO Vino($40) comes with an exclusive corkscrew attachment for quick and easy opening of wine bottles, and it's also a cordless screwdriver with 10 screwdriver bits.
Land Crawler eXtreme
16 Dec
"12 legs may better than one". Yes, this is the Rideable Robot, called the Land Crawler eXtreme, a 12-legged mobile platform that can transport up to 175 pounds. Created byVagabond Works. It is designed at the request of its creator's son. Watch the video of it in action!
"I made this just for my son (2 years old), because he told me "Dad! I wand to ride on a robot". This is just a toy for my son.
This mechanical link is based on Theo Jansen's designe. LCX was designed to allow 360kg static weight and able to locomote with 90kg(tested). It is controlled by both wired remote controller and center of weight sensor. It's power sorce is 7.2V Ni-H battery that is used to RC and locomote 45min with human ride."
Prosthetic Arm
12 Dec
Kaylene Kau, she writes:" For this project we were pushed by our Professor to push the boundaries of current upper-limb prosthetic design. Through extensive research I found that the prosthetic functioned as an assistant to the dominant functioning hand. The prosthetic needed to be both flexible and adjustable in order to accommodate a variety of different grips."
The Kone
5 DecThe Kone is a beautiful object, simple and stark. More to the point of the design, the coffee it makes is rich and full. The filter is cleaner than a mesh basket, and the photochemically machined holes let oils that would be absorbed by a standard paper filter flow through. It gives you the control of a Chemex and the tannic cup you get from a French press: a Frenchmex.
Whether you like it is a matter of taste. For most of my adult life, I was a French-press partisan. But in the last few years I’ve been experimenting with different filter methods, and now I’m accustomed to drinking coffee with bright, floral flavors. When I started using the Kone last week, it was strange to find such an aggressive coffee sitting in my Chemex. It was like pulling the top off a bamboo steam basket and encountering a piece of grilled meat.
The Kone was introduced just this month, and there are already 900 orders. It’s an impressive number for a supergeeky coffee gadget introduced by a two-person company with no history of product development that manufactures the Kone entirely in the United States: Ohio steel, formed and welded in Connecticut, is distributed through Oregon. "
Whether you like it is a matter of taste. For most of my adult life, I was a French-press partisan. But in the last few years I’ve been experimenting with different filter methods, and now I’m accustomed to drinking coffee with bright, floral flavors. When I started using the Kone last week, it was strange to find such an aggressive coffee sitting in my Chemex. It was like pulling the top off a bamboo steam basket and encountering a piece of grilled meat.
The Kone was introduced just this month, and there are already 900 orders. It’s an impressive number for a supergeeky coffee gadget introduced by a two-person company with no history of product development that manufactures the Kone entirely in the United States: Ohio steel, formed and welded in Connecticut, is distributed through Oregon. "
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