A recent article in The New York Times describes a work by Amor Muniz, called Maquila R4, which consists of a mobile factory she transports by bicycle to temporarily employ people to work on electronic embroidery pieces.
Continue ReadingAlan at Hacked Gadgets found this neat video that shows how ball bearings are made.
Continue ReadingThe Steel Yard Blog has posted some information on Pawtucket Rising, a documentary that profiles the rebirth of Pawtucket, RI, the birthplace of the American industrial revolution: The documentary profiles the birth and evolution of Pawtucket’s arts district through adaptive reuse of empty century-old factory buildings as an engine of economic revival. The birthplace of […]
Continue ReadingDo i hear ‘remake’? Put that CNC router project on hold – the hot dog assembly machine could simplify all our very busy days (even more than mustardayonnaise). Anyone seen plans/schematics/Arduino code for this one?
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