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Leafted / Wirtz – the 4 elements – Field knives

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Check out the process video of the Leafted/Wirtz falcon field knives element series , handmade in Wa. \ The 4 Knives represent the 4 elements – AIR, WATER, EARTH, FIRE Leafted collaborated with Randy Wirtz on this unique and ultra-limited series of 4 field knives – the element edition 01.The element series is a series of essential tools inspired by our relationship to nature. A good tool is a reliable tool first and foremost, but it’s also a tool that will help you create memories, a tool that will follow you in your every…

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Jonathan Yeo, sculpting a Bronze statue in VR

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Artist Jonathan Yeo used 3D scanning and virtual reality painting app Tilt Brush to create his latest self-portrait, which he then cast in bronze. In this behind-the-scenes video, he explains how he used these new tools to create the sculpture. “For the last 18 months, Jonathan’s been experimenting with various innovative technologies related to image making, including virtual reality and advanced 3D scanning. Through a partnership with Google Arts and Culture, Yeo has been collaborating with Google’s engineers on their Tilt Brush software, which lets users paint in a 3D…

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Soft fabric sensors

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This textile-based sensor effectively registers fine motor movements of the human body, taking researchers one step closer to creating soft, wearable robots. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University For more information, please visit: wyss.harvard.edu/soft-and-stretchy-fabric-based-sensors-for-wearable-robots A team of researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has created a highly sensitive soft capacitive sensor made of silicone and fabric that moves and flexes with the human body to unobtrusively and accurately detect movement.

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Tung Chiang – director of Heath Ceramics

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A documentary from Jake Strangel featuring Tung Chiang, the clay studio director of Heath Ceramics in San Francisco. “I met Tung four years ago when I was commissioned to take his portrait for AFAR Magazine. We had a pretty instant connection, and mutual curiosity and admiration for each other’s respective mediums. The shoot ran way longer than expected, as we chatted film cameras, light metering, ceramics work, and our backgrounds. Tung and I kept in touch over the years over lunches and coffees and show openings; I was overjoyed to come…

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Local manufacturing of high quality and affordable trailers for Ugandan farmers

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Design without Borders aims at enabling local manufacture of high quality and affordable trailers for Ugandan farmers. DwB intend to involve 3WM as well as producer in the design process in order to transfer design skills and knowledge on the production of trailers and plows.

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The art of shoemaking

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The first stage of the manufacture of a shoe implies visualizing what will be its final design. Choosing the type of skin and each of the materials with which we are going to make it is as important as selecting the most suitable form in which to be mounted, which will define the line of the shoe and the comfort of your fit. In order to obtain the most exquisite finish and the proper refinement for a classic shoe by excellent you can’t take shortcuts. Each and every of our…

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Khanh Adams, fishing rod custom builder

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Short biopic of Khanh Adams, local bay area rod builder and angler. from his own words : Started in Summer 2014, after my friend’s father had stopped wrapping rods and retired. Before,I watched him wrap rods growing up so it came easy to me. I needed a new hobby to keep me busy in my free time when I’m not out on the water fishing. I built my first bass Rod with a little start up Rod wrapping kit in my small bedroom. I eventually started advertising myself and looked…

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The Making of “Schwarzes Gold”

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One material, one form – one story. To me, a product should not attract attention through overloaded design. Instead, it’s about the thought – the idea – coupled with intelligent design, which helps bring the product into existence. The product’s final design should be about elaborating things more deeply and understanding the world around us better. In short, it’s about designing a better future. An example of this is the product development of “Schwarzes Gold:” “Schwarzes Gold” does not begin with its material nor end with its form. The lamp…

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The Art of Making a Nixie Tube

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The nixie tube is a vintage display device which had been used until 70s when it was replaced with LED displays. The complex knowledge of manufacture of nixie tubes literally died with tube factory’s engineers, glassblowers and machine operators. I discovered nixie tubes in 2011 and since then, I’ve devoted all my time to studies of nixie tubes and its manufacturing processes. After years of intensive work, with help of many people, I eventually succeeded and have revived the knowledge and equipment for production of nixie tubes.