Faves from the feeds: February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

OpenKnit: An Open Source Knitting Machine

In a lot of ways hand-knitting can be seen as the original form of 3D printing, so it makes perfect sense that artist and designer Gerard Rubio, with some help from Knitic creators Mar Canet and Varvara Guljajeva, made this incredible open-source knitting machine called OpenKnit.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Black Nazerene

March of the Black Nazerene, Manila, Jan 14

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Down by the river today

The weather has been glorious today and the flowers have burst forth even more. For me it is the very best thing to sit or wander somewhere in the gardens and observe the beauty and abundant teaching that the plants give. If it be the wild or those that we have planted, it is brilliant to be living amongst them all. We went for a stroll down to the river before the Sun went down and we came across this Orchid. Over the next few month [...]

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A blossoming Centre

The centre is transforming and it feels good. Much of the flooring has been done downstairs, with preparation of walls progressing. Now with the terrace doors finally in, this teaching space has become more alive and real.Very soon, for at least three months the Equipa Quatro team will stop work at Ceratonia. This is good. Pause and take time to feel our feet on the ground, Breathe.Then later, [...]

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Add Patterns to 3D-Printed Objects with Hydrographic Film

Tap this technique that has been used by manufacturers for years to add patterns to your prints.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Wealth from Waste: Protoprint’s Fair-Trade 3D Printer Filament

This social enterprise based in India empowers urban waste pickers with the technology to convert waste plastic into 3D-printer filament.

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instrument-a-day 24: reed/whistle

[video link] I stuck a clarinet-style reed mouthpiece onto a whistle (day 1). It’s possible to get both the whistle and reed to sound at the same time, resulting in … funny noises. Having the reed on there also seems … Continue reading →

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my research considers programming ‘in the round’

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Monday, February 24, 2014

instrument-a-day 22: metrogrand mini-organ

[video link] A tiny little electric organ (using JelTone technology) made from one of Margaret Leng Tan‘s MetroGrand Piano sculptures.

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instrument-a-day 23: metrogrand midi controller

[video link] A 7-note USB MIDI controller made from one of Margaret Leng Tan’s Metro Grand Piano sculptures. Come see the MetroGrands and much more this Friday evening at Barbés in Brooklyn! Details: http://ift.tt/1hM8o1N

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Flowers!

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Tasty!

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Some before and afters, with more afters to come very soon!

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New Project: Making a Simple Soundboard with Raspberry Pi

An introductory exercise for Raspberry Pi.

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

instrument-a-day 20: trumpet whistle

[video link] Can a whistle be used in place of a trumpet mouthpiece? …no.

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instrument-a-day 21: square whistle

[video link] Found a piece of square aluminum tubing lying around. It already had holes in it. It needed to be a whistle.

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Here I go again

And once again, as I did many moons ago, I find myself surrounded by half-packed bags and slightly too much kit, contemplating my imminent departure with the same mixture of nervousness and excitement, even though I should really have grown out of this by now. [Thanks to Genesis for the bike and Alpkit for the [...]

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Dentaku OTOTO

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Action on “Cyclists stay back” stickers

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Open online course: Teaching online

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New online Video Tutorials for learning software

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

instrument-a-day 18: drummed sticks

[video link] Sequel to yesterday’s bowed bow.

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Obrigada!

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Early Shoots

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instrument-a-day 17: bowed bow

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Physical Data India 2014

It’s great to be back at the world’s most important place for design – The National Institute of Design India . I’ve been here before exploring Physical Apps India and this time I want to disrupt things in another way. I want to start to think about data and the digital economy in India. Consider […]

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Frequency

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Street Feastival: Gordon Street

Friends of the family, KILTR, are hosting another Street Feastival with Glasgow's Bier Halle on the last weekend of Feb. Get on down.

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Sunday, February 16, 2014

instrument-a-day 14: tocattamatic for four disklaviers

[video link] I had a short time to make something with the Disklaviers before it was time to put them away.

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instrument-a-day 15: rubber band minizither

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instrument-a-day 16: metro clarimpet

[video link] A pocket trumpet with a clarinet mouthpiece and a reed made out of a metrocard. Probably would be played better by anyone who knew how to play a trumpet or a clarinet.

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Why £10 per head is not enough

This week saw the launch of British Cycling’s Choose Cycling report. A lot of it we’d totally agree with – many of its 10 recommendations match our own manifesto – but there is one headline figure that we do take issue with: that the UK government should spend a minimum of £10 per head on […]

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