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Levers mechanism design, Levers & LinkagesWatch part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2ZR3N3mOCU#veproject1 #mechanicalmechanism
The art and philosophy of the junk yard builder. Building machinery from junk the low tech way.
Gardening Toronto Gardens: Idea File: Matt Gil's garden works with the constr... http://torontogardens.blogspot.com/2013/07/idea-file-matt-gils-garden-works-with.html?spref=tw … Brace yourself: remove staking from trees! https://sharepoint.cahnrs.wsu.edu/blogs/urbanhort/Lists/Posts/ViewPost.
Demonstrations and Ideas for creating some cardboard levers, linkages & sliders in the classroom or makerspace.
With Simple Machines, museum-goers build gear and pulley assemblies on a galvanized steel peg wall. Various lengths of stretchy bands and multiple size pulley combinations allow children to construct complex belt and pulley assemblies with ease.
Via @NigelDunnett a stunning habitat wall in the Castle Gardens public park, Malmø, Sweden. A Sign of Silver Lake is Gone: The Happy Foot/Sad Foot comes down via @TheEastsiderLA The history of the train — once a symbol of capitalism, now socialism — contains lessons for nationalizing digital in...
Check out this amazing library of 3D animated mechanical linkages and contraptions.
Today, we're going to look at some linkages designed to mimic the walking behavior of living creatures. They are designed to lift a strut up off the ground, plant it farther ahead, and pull it back (which is the power stroke that actually moves an object -- or animal -- forward.) One inventive person in this area is Joe Klann...
Linkages: Eszter Bornemisza Eszter Bornemisza’s recent work explores linkages between physical or virtual places and memory. Layers of clear and chaotic map fragments visualise the city as palimpsest, the present built on top of the past, physically as well as embedded in its cultural and social life. Her works reflect a spirit of cartography where […]
DIY Beer Cap Bathroom Floor http://www.dudecraft.com/2013/04/beer-cap-bathroom-floor.html … Lecture on stone-wall building, with miniature stone wall built: http://boingboing.net/2013/04/02/lecture-on-stone-wall-building.html … Plants! Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land http://j.
A blog with an eclectic mix of tools, techniques, and brain farts in the games using maya and python
Gardening Straw bale gardening in the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/10kt1Hf DIY How to fix a bicycle tube http://www.afrigadget.com/2013/02/22/how-to-fix-a-bicycle-tube/ … Bike headlight displays speed: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/bike-headlight-displays-speed.
B. Thomaszewski, S. Coros, D. Gauge, V. Megaro, E. Grinspun, M. Gross: Computational Design of Linkage-Based CharactersWe present a design system for linkage...
The Solar Tracking Mirror puts 25 square feet of focused sunlight at visitors’ fingertips. Visitors move a large exterior mirror to bounce concentrated sunlight into the museum. The light coming through this window is then reflected down by a secondary mirror onto a solar activity table.
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Low-tech Bike Shift Lever http://www.notechmagazine.com/2013/10/low-tech-bike-shift-lever.html … Before The Age of Automobiles, Cyclists Fought For Better Roads http://paleofuture.gizmodo.
Governor vane on 3 1/2 hp Briggs and Stratton engine. Video shows linkages to throttle plate. Full comprehensive article about solving problems with lawn mow...
The next generation of da Vinci I discovered that there exists a mathematical theorem and formulas that integrates every voluntary movement of natural animals.…
