Archive for the 'Manufacture & Fabrication' Category

Frankendork Tall Bike

Constructed in an a mere two days by custom frame builder, Marty Walsh (of Geekhouse Bikes), the Frankendork is a tallbike of gorgeous proportions.  The bike is a custom one-off, and not for sale…just for riding around the city and being a “dork”.  That’s Allston for you!

via animal

SLS Chair

Sustainable Skateboard

EVO and materials developer Fibra Sustainable Design have joined forces to create a sustainable skateboard.  Extract from treehugger.com

“The cover layers are from Papunha Veneer, produced from the waste of the sustainable palm-heart industry. The second layer is a composite formed by 70% natural fibers (jute, malva and curaua) and 30% post-production recycled polypropylene. The natural fibers of this material are also produced on a fair trade model. Finally, the heart of the board is from 3-ply Organic Mosso Bamboo, grown without chemicals and in a sustainable model.”

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How Golf Balls Are Made

Making An Injection Molded Steel Tool

Making a Filing Cabinet

How Propane Tanks Are Made.

From the “How it’s Made” show via techeblog.com

Solar Panels Working At Night?

Researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory are close to a new manufacturing process that will allow new solar panels to work at night absorbing the infrared energy radiated out at night. Click here to read more because the potential is huge. Posting from inhabitat.com

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