plastic – Product by Process

the amazing automated manufacturing-assembly line of the Steam Controller.

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Get behind Valve’s fully automated assembly line for the Steam controller, “one of the largest fully automated assembly lines in the US”,including molding of the parts and assembly, it’s not only impressive, it’s almost sexy. “When we first started designing hardware at Valve, we decided we wanted to try and do the manufacturing as well. To achieve our goal of a flexible controller, we felt it was important to have a similar amount of flexibility in our manufacturing process, and that meant looking into automated assembly lines. It turns out…

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The China diaries by Moment

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If you are interested in product development and manufacturing, take a moment to check the China Diaries by Moment. It’s a series of short films explaining some of the necessary steps test and tools necessary to produce, assemble and package their latest Kickstarter successfully funded battery case, as well as their proprietary lenses. Moment is a Seattle based startup focusing on phone accessories for photographers, every accessory they come up with turn your mobile phone into a better camera with the Moment Lens, the moment Case, and their moment App. works with iPhone,…

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sunglasses manufacture : retrosuperfuture

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A quick look into sunglasses manufacturer “super” factory from cellulose bids for the frame, to custom made lenses, to fully functioning sunglasses follow the manufacturing and assembly of those made in Italy eyewear pieces.

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Organic and printed electronics

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the printing process of electronic functional materials, , Printed electronics can be used for multiple purposes – either for light design or touch sensors, for solar cells or battery technologies.

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3d printing : shapeways

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Shapeways opens up 3D printing to the masses, allowing us to design and share our ideas as well as realize them as physical objects.

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recycling plastic the right way : TED talk by Mike Biddle

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Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled — compared to almost 90% of metals — because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can, and does, recycle any kind of plastic. Read Mike’s responses to questions about this talk. Discarded plastic, too often, ends up buried or burned, not recycled (it’s just too complicated). But Mike Biddle has found a way to close the loop.

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Improvisation rotomolding machine by Annika Frye

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German designer Annika Frye incorporated a cordless drill in the rotational moulding machine she built for making one-off items using a process that would normally result in an identical series From Dezeen

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Sun Optical

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Making Sun Optical glasses in Japan.

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Super Sunglasses

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We want to share with you the manufacturing side of our production: the craftsmanship process and different steps involved in our made in Italy quality.