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TC Makers: Inside Will Rockwell’s Steampunk Workshop
Author: jos
Hidden amidst the winding pathways of Llewelyn Park, New Jersey, America’s oldest gated community, steampunk designer Will Rockwell is building a future that never was. He began his career as a TV producer but he always loved to tinker with metals, leather, and wood – the three components of good steampunk. After building a set of Rocketeer-style USB keys, friends turned him on to Etsy. He opened a shop and almost immediately was flooded with orders.
These designs are a labor of love for Rockwell who scours the junkyards of New Jersey for cool odds and ends. He has two workshops, one in Pennsylvania and one in the basement of his 1912 home.
Rockwell doen’t expect to get rich with his hobby but he’s doing well, nonetheless. His unique style, nautical-themed designs, and electronic additions to his devices meld the modern and the mysterious in a quirky way. My favorite project? His electric guitar outfitted with wild effects and knife switches, although his handmade USB keys are still amazing.
Will is definitely following the maker spirit and is even making a little money. His world is one of the imagination, full of undersea starships and steaming hard drives run by pistons. It’s enough to make you think you’ve stumbled upon the world of Captain Nemo via the Jersey Turnpike.
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Shenzhen Manufacturer Coconut Workshop Gives Back To The Earth With Cases For A Cause
Author: Brian McKinnell
Long-time Shenzhen-based electronic devices maker Ben Dolgin-Gardner took an appearance around at exactly what he was building and chose to make a little a distinction. His concept, Coconut Cases, isn ’ t specifically distinct – (RED) did it prior to him – but he ’ s in the right place at the correct time to pull it off.
They have actually simply launched an Indiegogo job to raise the first $ 50,000 for their project.
The idea is simple: every few months, the business will release a new iPhone case with a design from a cool, young designer. Since they are close to the action in Asia, they can make things quickly and reverse designs in a flash. You, the consumer, can pick up a new case every couple of months (or years) and a part of the proceeds visits an excellent source.
The Coconut team consists of 2 designers, Malcolm Russell and Steve Murray, and Dolgin-Gardner is the brains behind the production.
“ I wished to use my energy to developing a brand name which other people want to see succeed as much as I do. Coconut does this due to the fact that it benefits brand-new designers and deserving causes which people are happy to support, ” said Dolgin-Gardner.
Making these things vs. churning out MP3 players makes Dolgin-Gardner feel much better about his work. “ Coconut is offered based on the quality of designs and virtue of what the brand name does and represents, ” he said.
The business is making cases for multiple phones and is including designs from Dubai, Australia, and the United States. Basically, they ’ re making the filthy business of hardware a little cleaner. Cases are about $ 30 each and been available in numerous designs for iPhones and Samsung gadgets.
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Social Robotics at the 2012 Neuromorphic Cognition Workshop
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This project focuses on the fundamental importance that social interaction and communication plays for how biological system evolve. This approach requires us to put neurobiological models of perception, decision making and learning in their functional context, ie the context of social interaction. With this aim we aimed to build a “simple” robotic pet, that displays goal oriented behavior, and that a user can interact with in a meaningful way. For more information see: neuromorphs.net
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DARPA to hold one-day cyberwarfare workshop, attendance not mandatory
Author: Angela Stephens
Oh, the fruits of the global village are many: connecting strangers with fetishes, fostering culture through memes and engendering cyber attacks via remote since the late 20th century. It’s the advanced decomposition of that latter rotten apple, however, that has DARPA — the government’s far-out research arm — taking a proactive stance and casting an agency-wide intelligence net to shore up on future defense protocol. To do this, the DoD offshoot’s holding a one-time workshop next month, dubbed Plan X Proposers’ Day, with the aim of bringing personnel together to brainstorm and implement infrastructure specifically centered around cyberwarfare analysis and research. One area the project, which just received $ 110 million in funding, will specifically avoid is the creation of actual cyberweapons. So, yeah, while this effort’s less Goldeneye and more of a strategic think tank initiative, it still warms the heart to know our nation’s best, brightest and most secretive are hard at work protecting our digital butts.
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Author: Mark Jeffries
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do you need to buy the Lego license to start a Lego robotics workshop?
Author: Buck Howard
Question by : do you need to buy the Lego license to start a Lego robotics workshop?
trying to teach kids how to build stuff out of Lego and trying not to get sued at the same time. Anything will help. Thanks!
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Are you talking about Mindstorms? If yes, then you don’t have to buy the license. But you do have to buy the kits yourself. If your doing a private workshop, its okay.
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Bag Week Review: Mission Workshop Sanction
Author: Matthew Baker
Bag Week continues with our review of Mission Workshop’s Sanction backpack. It’s a weather-proof pack made for short trips on your bike or long walks in the rain. It’s their smallest backpack, far smaller than the Vandal I reviewed last year. But at 1000 cubic inches, it’s still big enough day-tripping. Let’s take a closer look at this thing.
Mission Workshop Sanction
Type: Backpack
Dimensions: 12” x 18” x 5” / 1000 in3/ 16 liters
Pockets: Main cargo area, zipped laptop compartment (up to 15″), 2 zippered pockets, 1 slip compartment, one external easy-access velcro pocket
Features: Zippered compartments and main cargo area are weatherproof, double enclosure for top flap (velcro and buckles)
MSRP: $ 179
Style
A very handsome bag, though a bit strappy. The grey color I reviewed is unfortunately sold out at the moment, but generally MW is tasteful and in their color selections, which are muted and not over-shiny. There are no unnecessary flourishes, and the little external pocket is nicely proportioned. The extra material from the shoulder straps and top buckles tend to hang loosely and flap all over the place, so you might have to improvise a way to secure them. I found the shoulder straps stuck nicely into the little utility loop on the bottom.
The bag is a bit flat and not very large, so if you’re concerned that you won’t appear manly without something big and bulky, this isn’t for you.
Utility
The Sanction is a more everyday, urban bag than the other weatherproof bags I’ve used from MW and Chrome. It’s got enough room to make it a decent overnighter, but it’s more practical for around-the-city biking and such. The big main compartment flattens down a lot, but will actually accommodate items up to five or six inches tall, so a big book or some groceries will go in no problem. It’s lined with thick tarp material, but doesn’t zip or roll down at the top, so I wouldn’t trust it with my top secret treasure maps in a gale. It does have a little bit of a lip at the edges to prevent any leakage from the top of the bag, but I would have preferred it to fold over or something.
The laptop compartment fit my 15″ MacBook Pro easily and smaller laptops with perhaps a little too much room to spare. The little zippered pockets aren’t as roomy – the top one is more of a pen and pencil holder, and the bottom one would hold a trade paperback or a few DVDs. The one that doesn’t fasten closed has the most room; it’s very deep but not very wide. I’m not sure what you’d put in there, a 2×4? I like the little outside pocket, though. It looks exposed but there’s lots of velcro and a similar “lip” to the top pocket’s, which helps keep moisture out. It’s the perfect size for a power adapter, a toothbrush, a book, or whatever.
Having two means of keeping the top flap down is reassuring, and there’s space under the straps and flap to secure things lengthwise, like a bedroll or something.
In my opinion it could have used a little extra love at the very bottom, though, maybe a grippy or extra-waterproof material.
Who is it for?
The weather-conscious urban bicyclist. So, me. It’s a good, compact day bag for getting around the city with a laptop, a book, and a sack lunch or a few groceries. Though it served me well as an overnight bag, I don’t think it would do well for trips over two or three days, and it’s not roomy enough to keep clothes folded crisply.
Lastly, if you’re feeling rich, there’s a hardcore version of this bag with improved waterproofing and lining for a hundy more.
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Author: Jesus Sargent
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