RUSTY NUTZ

2009-07-23T10:02:00.000-07:00

2009-07-19T17:45:00.000-07:00

connection to steel frame for fencing

just a little something something

click pho da link

Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness

2009-07-18T15:15:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzGR-ApHWAM

2009-07-18T14:05:00.000-07:00

MOMA opening

2009-07-13T00:39:00.000-07:00

opening at the MOMA soon, lets hit it.
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/12/ron-arad-no-discipline-at-moma/#more-34321
Ron Arad: No Discipline at MOMA
august 2 to october 19

reality virtualized

2009-07-12T11:38:00.000-07:00

“By making the real world a playground for the virtual world, we can make the real world much more interesting.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/business/12proto.html?ref=technology

You may be able to view the real world through the lens of your camera phone, utilizing technology to virtually apply information on the screen onto whatever image you are actually looking at. Pop up displays can add labels to the picture of a block of buildings, telling you where atms are located, if jobs are available, names of restaurants with information. Virtual reality is in the palm of our hands now, applying information onto the real world instead of creating an entirely virtual reality. The real world is becoming virtual.

2009-07-10T10:49:00.000-07:00

A mobile and wireless phone kiosk in Kamapala draws its power from a car battery (in the red box, photo below). Despite its bicyclesque design they were not particularly mobile - one or more tyres were often flat and they remained tethered in one place for the duration of the day.
www.janchipchase.com/blog/archives/2006/07/

Prayer Wheel Energy Generator

2009-07-10T09:59:00.000-07:00

" Tibetan designer Taikkun Li is using tourists as an energy source for his Prayer Wheel Energy Generator, envisioned for Tibet. This is how it works - when tourists spin a multitude of prayer wheels, the positive energy can be harvested along Tibetan streets, turned into electricity, and used to provide evening lighting along those streets and inside the adjacent homes.
The prayer wheel generator is built on a base of used bicycle parts and a discarded surplus fan motor, making it ideal for use in the developing world. Hence the combination of three elements - low-cost efficiency, LED lighting and the efficiency of a bicycle, the Prayer Wheel Generator is a perfect alternative for countries that is so beautiful to succumb to the global warming conditions."
http://www.greenlaunches.com/alternative-energy/tourists-inspire-low-cost-energy-producing-prayer-wheel-energy-generator.php

2009-07-10T09:30:00.000-07:00

"Capella, as Truong Minh Nhat calls his creation, is an electric bike made with light composites that the Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture student says can be folded and put into a backpack."

http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=45066

video link: beijing SMOG

2009-07-09T21:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/apr/02/beijing

vacuum forming

2009-07-07T16:14:00.000-07:00

http://www.iaacblog.com/AAC2007-finalists/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/c2bd4epanel1.jpg

2009-07-06T19:56:00.000-07:00

"How often do you miss the train to your office locale in finding a parking space for your vehicle on the railway station? Addressing the issue, the designer of the sleek Feltphone (covered on the blog couple of days back), Matthias Pugin, has designed a vehicle that takes personal commutation straight to the rail track. Pretty cool! Dubbed “Paracite,” the single seater is a 3-wheeled vehicle that moves the commuters to their destination with the comfort of a personal luxury vehicle. However, considering the fact that usually there is a 5 miles free space between two trains on an average rail track, fitting the Paracite on the busy tracks will definitely be a headache for the rail track controllers." courtesy of http://www.thedesignblog.org/page/4/

2009-07-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/stem-short-distance-city-vehicle-for-a-green-ride/

drift wood

2009-07-05T15:56:00.001-07:00

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/03/driftwood-pavilion-by-aa-unit-2-opens/#more-33831

the future is coming

2009-07-05T15:52:00.001-07:00

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/04/autonomobile-by-mike-maaike/#more-33839

Where is the future headed?

2009-07-05T15:51:00.000-07:00

The future is actually heading backwards in time towards the present.

for your reading pleasure

2009-07-02T21:24:00.001-07:00

an information map about information mapping...

yeah

http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/three_lessons_from_tufte_special_deliverable_6

exhausted bleed

2009-07-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

breached refinement

2009-07-02T12:39:00.000-07:00

incremental convulsion

2009-07-02T12:38:00.000-07:00

casted offspring

2009-07-02T12:36:00.000-07:00

convex interchange

2009-07-02T12:35:00.000-07:00

2009-06-28T15:03:00.000-07:00

so in asia...

although these sections were constructed in a simulated vietnamese hotel room in brooklyn - minus the 20000 dong iced kaffee.

but still

more rusty shrouds to come

FASHIONABLE technology

2009-06-25T21:36:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od7zmLLTcXc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eminispace%2Ecom%2Fen%5Fus%2Farticle%2Frachel%2Ddoyle%2Dfashionable%2Dtechnology%2F106%2F&feature=player_embedded

The Cap-Sac: fanny pack for your head.

2009-05-25T15:20:00.000-07:00

Capsac website

Movement Map

2009-05-25T01:41:00.001-07:00

_traced diagram from original 1:1 movement map of bicycle

_piped version of diagram after being apart sectionally

green machine.

2009-05-24T23:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/green-machine-ultimate-commuter-bike.php

bike.SHOCK

2009-05-24T23:16:00.000-07:00

Mike: check out the animation of the shock absorber....

http://www.howstuffworks.com/mountain-bike.htm/printable

2009-05-24T23:08:00.000-07:00

whos in?

2009-05-24T19:40:00.001-07:00

Nueroscience is FUN!!

2009-05-23T21:03:00.000-07:00

Great video on memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMxkFd4PdWk

Mapping Memory

2009-05-23T20:32:00.000-07:00

Great site! You can stroll through the brain with making memories, storing memories, and forgetting.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/11/memory/brain-interactive

EP has two types of amnesia—anterograde, which means he can't form new memories, and retrograde, which means he can't remember old memories either, at least not since 1960...

bamboo bikes

2009-05-23T19:54:00.002-07:00

check this ou t

Waffle bike by Tom Sachs

2009-05-23T19:54:00.001-07:00

Watch the video:
waffle bike

WOODEN BIKE BUILT BY 16 YEAR OLD

2009-05-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/01/boy_builds_bicycle_entirely_ou.php

2009-05-23T19:34:00.000-07:00

kenya check this out

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/chain_length/derailleur_triangles.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/chain_length/bicycle_derailleur_alowances.html&usg=__S8bRdrPWjwbLZHYQITqfcXEoQAw=&h=216&w=549&sz=3&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=ht0y9sj4x_G6IM:&tbnh=52&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbicycle%2Bderailleur%2Bdiagrams%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DKUS_enUS311US311%26sa%3DX%26um%3D1

fancy rubber

2009-05-23T19:18:00.000-07:00

walking bike' by max knight

2009-05-23T19:15:00.002-07:00

are you thinking what I'm thinking?

more strange BIKES and HUMANS

2009-05-23T19:15:00.000-07:00

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/more_strange_bikes.html

can't decide between walking or bicycling?

2009-05-23T19:10:00.000-07:00

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/read.php?CATEGORY_PK=&TOPIC_PK=2686

Map and example pieces

2009-05-23T19:06:00.000-07:00

http://groups.google.com/group/prefab-bcvcb-09/web/phase-2-sarcophagus-cartography

map assignment

http://www.aadip9.net/erandi/archives.html

examples they linked

BLOG IT
just cause:

a light weight bike for hard terrains

2009-05-23T18:23:00.000-07:00

Featuring the frame finished with aluminum and carbon fiber with a PC plastic body, designer Morteza Faghihi has popped up with a bike concept dubbed “DH Bike” that not just boasts a stylish and durable design but also meets the standard of UCI (Union Cycling International) and JIS dimension for size 26. Especially designed for DH racing, the futuristic bike touts better controls and more flexible suspension system. Presenting a simple hydraulic system for smooth steering, the racing bike presents a front fork with a 4-links mechanism, together with one shock absorber to prevent transfers of the shocks on the frame. The hydraulic system decreases the effect of road shocks to the driver’s hands and makes the bike easier to control on the rocky roads.

2009-05-23T16:24:00.000-07:00

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kiberpipa.org/gallery/album82/Etienne_Jules_Marey_Kronografije_mo_a_ki_hodi_in_te_e_ter_ptice_v_letu_1880.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kiberpipa.org/modules/gallery/slideshow.php%3Fset_albumName%3Dalbum82&usg=__3d76jAF2XmV9LrISe6kaq0Pg0Hg=&h=1104&w=1568&sz=283&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=09NuWcuPM6FEpM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Detienne%2Bjules%2Bmarey%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DKUS_enUS311US311%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

YBike

2009-05-23T16:18:00.000-07:00

Yahoo’s Buzz Marketing team asked Uncommon Projects to research and develop 20 photo taking bikes in 10 weeks. Uncommon was responsible for developing the underlying technology to make the bikes work. The bikes were designed to operate both domestically and internationally and were shipped to 12 locations including Tanzania, Denmark, Tokyo, Lebanon, and England. When ridden, the bikes automatically snap photos and upload them to flickr every 60 seconds. Every photo is tagged with the bike’s GPS location so it can be viewed on an interactive map. Each bike is: Weatherproof, Location-aware, Net-connected, Solar-enabled and works for up to two weeks on a single charge. The research, fabrication files and source code have been freely shared for anyone to use and modify.

SPIN CYCLE -check it out

2009-05-23T08:04:00.000-07:00

Spin cycle: a new kind of washer (Video)

February 19th, 2009 By David Chandler

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MIT students and residents of Ventanilla, Peru work on the bicilavadora, a novel, inexpensive bike/washing machine. Photo / Gwyndaf Jones

(PhysOrg.com) -- In many developing countries, electricity is unreliable or unavailable and water must be carried by hand, so conventional modern washing machines are not an option. Washing clothes can take up a significant amount of time, and doing laundry in open streams or lakes can add to water pollution, so the availability of a human-powered washing machine could make a big difference to the quality of life.

A pedal-powered washing machine that MIT students and staff built mostly from bicycle parts and empty barrels could solve many of these problems, and at the same time could be built locally and thereby create jobs.

Under development for almost four years, the new machine -- dubbed "bicilavadora," combining the Spanish words for bicycle and washing machine -- got its most rigorous workout last month when a team of MIT students took the latest prototype to an orphanage in the slums called Ventanilla outside Lima, Peru. With 670 resident children, the home generates enough laundry to keep the washer perpetually busy.

"The orphanage was like an oasis in the slums of Ventanilla," says Lisa Tacoronte, a junior in mechanical engineering who worked on the project. As the MIT team worked to set up the machine, "many of the children would watch us work, ask us questions at the same time or try to help us by holding things, or handing us tools while we built it."

The machine was designed to be easy and inexpensive to manufacture, mostly using parts and tools that are readily available almost everywhere in the developing world.

An earlier version of the washing machine, developed by mechanical engineering graduate student Radu Raduta, won first prize in the MIT IDEAS competition in 2005. That resulted in some funding for further development, which led Raduta to improve the design of the machine's inner drum so that it could be more easily manufactured and transported.

The machine's outer housing is made from a standard oil drum cut apart and welded back together to make a much shorter barrel, because "a full 55-gallon barrel is more laundry than any human can pedal," explains Gwyndaf Jones, a D-Lab instructor who worked on the earlier version and who led this year's Peru field trip. The inner, rotating drum is made from a set of identical plastic pieces bolted together, which can be taken apart and stored flat for easy transportation. That was the key part of Raduta's design.

"The hardest part to build is the inner drum," Raduta explains, "because it's submerged in water, and full of clothing that can have metal buttons, which abrades the inner walls. It has to be stiff enough to keep its shape, but if it's bare steel it will rust, and paint will peel off." The key part of his thesis research was figuring out how to make the drum strong enough, cheap enough and easy and inexpensive to ship. His latest version is made from molded plastic panels, and when disassembled it is compact enough to fit in a suitcase -- which is how the students took it to Peru for the January trip.

The "motor" of the machine consists of a bicycle frame, minus its wheels, with the chain running forward to a gear at the end of the washer drum's shaft. "It uses a standard mountain bike gear range," Jones says. "The highest gear is the spin cycle, and the lowest gear is the wash cycle."

The test was not a total success: Some water leaked around the edges of the barrel, which could cause rust, and very inexpensive bearings used for the shaft were too stiff. But the basic design was well proven out, and with a few small changes an updated version should be able to handle the intensive workload. Further tests will be carried out this spring by other students.

While crucial pieces such as the inner drum segments were brought along from MIT, others including the outer drum and its supporting structure were built on-site. "We improvised for whatever we didn't have and often learned how from locals like Wilbur and Gennard," two of the older orphanage residents, Tacoronte says. "For example, we were unable to cut the two sides for the door on the outer drum that were parallel to the curved surface. Wilbur took up a chisel and went at it with a hammer. The door was done in seconds."

She found the experience very inspiring. "The more time I spent there and the more amazing people I met, the more passionate and determined I became about finishing the lavadora and making sure it worked," she says. After the first test run, with the high-gear spin cycle successfully eliminating most of the water from the drum, she says, "The moment they pulled out the merely damp sheets was exhilarating."

Provided by MIT

technical drawings of a bicycle

2009-05-23T08:01:00.000-07:00

http://www.technical-illustrations.co.uk/bike-project.html

Our Itinerary in cambodia, vietnam, and china

2009-05-23T07:59:00.000-07:00

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajhch2jmjrpw_179d6tnfgdg

SPIN CYCLE

2009-05-22T16:04:00.000-07:00