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

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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Shinola Audio : The Runwell Turntable

We always said if we could build watches in Detroit, we could build anything in Detroit. We might actually be right. Introducing the Runwell Turntable, the first product from Shinola Audio, built in the US using US and imported parts. Designed in collaboaration with Astro studio/SF california the new high quality turntables are a combination of wood and steel materials, and fit perfectly into Shinola’s modern American aesthetic. https://www.shinola.com/audio.html?gclid=CPGcqa3vj9ACFVSSfgodUjQDxQ      

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The Rolls-Royce Assembly Line

Rolls-Royce very kindly let me do a short time-lapse movie of their assembly line. It is just an amazing site to see these incredible cars come together. And it is not a quick process, as only 15 cars are produced per day of the Phantom and Ghost models at the Goodwood plant. But at about £165,000 for the Ghost and £235,000 for the Phantom what do you expect. The time-lapse was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II at various setting depending upon the light in the factory. I mainly…

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Adidas Adizero Primeknit

Using the latest design tools with our new seamless engineering technology, adidas has created this first-of-its-kind running shoe, the adizero primeknit. While sport shoes are usually made from lots of separate pieces, this breakthrough method digitally knits the entire upper in just one. Knitting fused yarn allows us to fine-tune the exact amount of flexibility and support needed in every part of the shoe. This means lightweight comfort that wraps seamlessly around your foot, whilst fewer materials produce less waste.

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Fender Stratocaster

New short film “A Strat is Born” takes you on a high-speed ride through the creation of a Fender Stratocaster guitar at Fender’s U.S. manufacturing facility in Corona, Calif., showing you every step from bare wood to onstage and set to a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Wayne Kramer

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