Collaborate Disseminate
As home to a waste-to-energy power plant topped by an artificial ski slope, while featuring running trails and a rooftop bar, the CopenHill facility in Denmark was already a particularly versatile space. Some finishing touches have now been added to th… Continue reading World’s tallest climbing wall takes shape in Copenhagen
Every ounce matters for climbers hauling gear up big walls, so essential items billed as the lightest in the world are always going to attract a bit of interest. That is very much the case with the G7 Pod wall ledge, which has breezed passed … Continue reading Inflatable G7 Pod sleeping ledge lightens the load for mountain-climbers with no fear
When it comes to 3D printing, functional prints are still few and far between. Sure, you can print a mount for anything, a Raspberry Pi case, but there are few prints out there that are truly useful, and even fewer that are useful while taking advantage of the specific capabilities of a 3D printer.
The Bouldering Brush from Turbo SunShine turns this observation on its head. It’s a useful device for getting the grime, sand, and sweat out of handholds while rock climbing, and it’s entirely 3D printed using manufacturing techniques only 3D printers can do.
If you’re thinking you’ve …read more
Volunteer engineers and architects want to solve Mount Everest’s most unsolvable problem: its landfills of human waste. Continue reading The Man Trying to Fix Mount Everest’s Towering Poop Problem
Only a Human would understand the pithy sarcasm in “You had one job”. When [tterev3]’s RopeBot the Robot became sentient and asked “What is my purpose?”, [tterev3] had to lay it out for him quite bluntly – “You cut the rope”. He designed RopeBot (YouTube video embedded below) for one job only – single mission, single use.
A couple of years back, [tterev3] had put up some thick ropes for a low ropes course in his backyard. Over time, the trees grew up, and the ropes became embedded in the tree trunks. Instead of risking his own life and limbs …read more
Augmented reality meets indoor climbing Continue reading Watch People Play ‘Pong’ on a Rock Wall With Augmented Climbing
