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An infographic about how much Americans eat
a quick exercise in making an infographic about how much and what Americans eat every year. Info from here and icons from Noun Project. Made for and best viewed on an iPhone. [break]
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Designing a Chair Prototype in a week
I’ve been inspired by many chairs over the last week or so and spent far too much time in my head and on paper sketching ideas. Last night I cut and assembled the chair I designed in six hours using 2 2x4x8’s and a 4 foot by 4 foot piece of 1/2″ plywood. Here is…
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Bubbly concrete
I was experimenting with ways to let concrete set formed around bubbles. Basically, I blew bubbles in a cup of setting Rockite with a straw. This is the result. It feels awesome but cracks easily when touched.
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playing with stretch resistors
Today we’re building a simple voltage divider where the output is read using an analog input on an Arduino Nano. I’m following a similar project that uses a thermistor instead of conductive cord. We use the equation Vo = R / (R + 10K) * Vcc to measure the expected voltage output at various resistances.…
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kinetic sculpture prototyping
Taking a class called Kinetic Sculpture this quarter. This is how I made it.
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Prototyping the O3 Music Controller
Testing out how our music controller will fit together and what it will feel like is essential. Prototyping is made of Duron cut on the laser cutter and uses hardware ordered from SparkFun and bought at Ace Hardware. See the final project here.
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Custom His and Hers Luggage Tags
I made these on a CNC. materials: plastic.
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Cutting an Erlenmeyer Flask with a Dremmel Flex-shaft
I’m using a diamond cutter on a Dremmel Flexi-Shaft and a jig I made really quickly out of plywood. And Quickclamps…
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Making waxes
Shooting wax into my silicone abalone wax mold.