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Lanna Factory Makes You Work for Your Lampshade

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A woman sits at a wooden table with a set of pedals attached. A large frame sits on top of the table with a lampshade form spinning in it and five strings run through an apparatus to the frame. A shelving unit with finished lampshades sits behind the woman.

While you could 3D print a lampshade, there’s something to be said for having a more active role in the process of creating an object. [THINKK Studio] has made custom …read more Continue reading Lanna Factory Makes You Work for Your Lampshade→

Human Power, Past and Future

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Al Williams

We will assume you’ve seen The Matrix — it was from 1999, after all. The surprise, at the end, was that humans were being used as human batteries to power …read more Continue reading Human Power, Past and Future→

Assistive Gloves Come in Pairs

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Brian McEvoy

We have to hand it to this team, their entry for the 2020 Hackaday Prize is a classic pincer maneuver. A team from [The University of Auckland] in New Zealand and [New Dexterity] is designing a couple of gloves for both rehabilitation and human augmentation. One style is a human-powered …read more

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