TC_Chu's Point

Touchy: The Human Camera

http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/touchy-the-human-camera

3D Printing as an Art Form

The world of Chicago based digital artist Sophie Kahn is firmly embedded in 3D. Originally from Australia, Sophie trained as a photographer and came to perceive 3D scanning and 3D printing as post-photographic processes. Much of her work over the last eight years has revolved around these digital processes, either in the course of project progression or form of project resolution.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/04/19/3d-printing-as-an-art-form/

Inside Instruments 樂器的裡面

via bookofjoe --> 更多樂器

Animated LED Necklace

http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/animated-led-necklace

Make little, Make often: ideas for the future of manufacturing in the UK

Make little, Make often: ideas for the future of UK manufacturing

View more presentations from Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino

New ways of making
This should be a golden age for UK manufacturing. People are making things everywhere at various scales. In Hackspaces, studios, universities, at home, in their sheds. This is a nation on tinkerers after all. People are coming up with an idea using an Arduino, building a prototype, redesigning the electronics using Fritzinggoing to Tinkercad to build a box for the prototype. Then they will have the box made by a Makerbot, Ponoko, RazorLab, i-Materialise, Shapeways or other rapid prototyping manufacturers around the world who understand their users want to click a “upload” button and have something sent to them in the post.

That is a different kind of customer for UK manufacturing. It is a digitally-empowered one and to understand him/her, the industry has to adapt. Once that customer has a product they are happy with, they will look for funding throughKickstarter or sell their product online through Etsy or Folsky. (Most of these digital services were not developed in the UK, I hasten to add.)

http://designswarm.com/blog/2012/02/make-little-make-often-ideas-for-the-future-of-manufacturing-in-the-uk/

Bacon Roses

via http://alice-wang.com/design/bacon-roses/

The Art of Eating Insects (昆蟲比牛肉效益高）

via core77

Very very good idea!!

相關

via Boingboing

Intelligent Design And The Modern Cellphone

The manufacturers’ fear is palpable and it’s time this parade of phones, designed to mimic one major phone, stopped. It’s bad for the consumer, it’s bad for the carrier, and it’s bad for the manufacturer.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/24/intelligent-design-and-the-modern-cellphone/

 

 

Synoptic Office : 1—Alphabet Topography

via Synoptic Office

DrinKlip — The car cupholder comes indoors at long last

via bookofjoe

這是好東西!

"Go" a better BG meter

via Core77

舊書可以用來.....

更多有趣的作品作品

Steve Job 1955-2011

Follow your heart!

and

Think Different!

Core77 Design Awards : Simple Bots

 

via Core77

很多有趣的設計 (把Servo裝到各個地方去)

Studio School

Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, "for real."

Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School via TED

The Studio School educates the hearts and minds of children as we nurture the unfolding of their authentic spirit and character. Our students learn to value intellectual and creative ideas, and to take pleasure in the process of discovery. We seek a deep and lasting academic excellence, one that is achieved when children are motivated to embrace for themselves the journey of learning.

http://www.studioschoolnyc.org

簡單的說就是"做中學"的一間學校!

New health-tracking apps, devices, and platforms from the Health 2.0 conference.

After studying 600 people over five years, researchers have identified a pattern most common to people who would later fall. Ultimately, they hope to use the program to identify these people early on during routine office visits. Physicians could then prescribe strengthening exercises to mitigate that risk or recommend cognitive tests that assess the part of the brain responsible for balance.

more interesting service via MIT Technology Review

NTT Docomo’s Cases Make Smartphones Measure Radiation, Body Fat, Alcohol

These jackets essentially turn smartphones into dosimeters, and there are three of them: one to measure radiation, another that keeps track of the user’s body fat and muscle bulk, and a third model that measures the alcohol content in the user’s body (plus bad breath).

http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/ntt-docomos-cases-make-smartphones-measure-radiation-body-fat-alcohol/

Architects Using Robots to Build Beautiful Structures

via IEEE

Coool!  我覺得這就像一台大型的3D Printer 只是Printer的原料是磚塊和木頭!!!

Swiss Army Knife Stone Age Prototype

via bookofjoe

Your Heartbeat on an iPhone

ECGs are used to diagnose irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmias, a common type of medical problem that can also be the result of a heart attack. AliveCor's monitor is built into a case that slips onto an iPhone. It has two electrodes that pick up voltage changes on the skin—the ECG signal—produced by the contraction of the heart. A low-power wireless transmitter sends the signal to the phone. Power comes from a lithium watch battery that Albert claims will last for 180 hours of continuous use.

via MIT Technology Review <--- Check the video!

Meet The Tacit Project. It’s Sonar For The Blind.

It's wrist mounted and senses objects from about 1 inch (2 cm) to 10 feet (3.5m).  It has generally fast response time (fractions of a second) to quickly navigate complex environments. It's designed to help a vision impaired person to navigate complex environments.  Mounted to the back of the hand, the force feedback means it doesn't interfere with other assistance devices that mount elsewhere and use audio feedback cues. The learning curve is measured in seconds, everyone who has worn it has figured it out immediately.

http://grathio.com/2011/08/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-for-the-blind/

好東西!

筆記本筆套

via bookofjoe

設計的真好!

Carzor

The Carzor (card + razor, get it?) features a small, lightweight razor with detachable blades and a tiny mirror on the reverse side of the blade storage space. When you find yourself stubbly before a big meeting, you only have to rotate the head of the razor, attach a blade and scrape those pesky chin hairs into oblivion.

via gajitz.com

真是好東西ㄚ

Science DNA-based artificial neural network is a primitive brain in a test tube

via Engadget

好多有趣的書籤

想看其他的請按這邊

Sharpener Jar

via bookofjoe

好東西 我喜歡!

空瓶的25種創意用法

剩下的24種在這邊

圍繞著一棵樹的幼稚園

http://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/ring-around-a-tree/

這個真的很棒ㄚ 我也想去念這家幼稚園

Red Cross Charity Donation Vending Machine

via Japan Trends

利用自動販賣機來做小額捐款是不錯的方法ㄚ

Insert Coin: Social Bicycles bike sharing system

via Engadget

Mobile Phone + Web Access Control + GPS Tracking = Good public goods mangement system

Mini Maxwell

There are now about half a dozen Mini Maxes running around across the United States. As our software development is starting to calm down, I thought I would take a moment to showcase a few of the robot's features.

As you probably have guessed, this robot runs ROS (on a netbook). We're using an ArbotiX to control the arm and neck servos (7 AX-12s total), while the Create base connects directly to the netbook. Two demo buttons are attached through the ArbotiX allowing users to quickly add user input to programs.

http://www.showusyoursensors.com/2011/06/introducing-mini-maxwell.html

Arduino to Android IO on the cheap (aka Poor Man's NFC)

via jdesbonnet.blogspot.com

PS.是利用手機上的指南針sensor 來收資料 ! 真是巧妙ㄚ

"Schrodinger's Hat"

via bookofjoe

Creative and Cool Polaroid Inspired Products

via cookedbrain -> more products

GAMA-GO and Hello!Lucky print to benefit Japan

The print - titled “Japand-Aid” - is a 15” x 20” three-color letterpress poster.

via Boingboing