Teaching Resources at Middlesex University (MUTR) is a UK-based online store with a mission to support technology teachers. They provide wonderful materials at affordable prices: from expancel, carbon nanotubes, SMAs, SMPs, photochromic and thermocromic materials, paper-making sets, to motors, solar panels, electronic components, as well as traditional materials such as paper, wood, and metal - [...]
Read Full Post...June 17, 2009
Papercrete is a construction material made from waste paper, for affordable, sustainable housing. The name implies a mix of paper and concrete, hence paper-crete. Papercrete can be mixed in many ways. Paper is principally wood cellulose, which is considered a fibrous material. Cellulose is the second most abundant material on earth after rock, and is [...]
Read Full Post...June 16, 2009
Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores creative reuse through the recycling of used clothing. The website has ideas for clothes swapping, fashion parades and DIY workshops, along with suggestions for rebranding your creations with ‘100% Recycled’ or ‘Modified by Me’ labels. The event was started in [...]
Read Full Post...June 14, 2009
SMART TEXTILES SALON September 25, 2009, Ghent, Belgium The programme is organised together with 80th Anniversary of the Department of Textiles at Ghent University and 6th International Conference on Textile and Polymer Biotechnology. The exhibition introduces the latest demonstrator and prototype developments in the field of smart textiles and intelligent wearable systems. The displayed items will [...]
Read Full Post...June 13, 2009
Video of ‘Computational Sketch’, made with electronics, paper, conductive paint, magnetic paint, and magnets by Leah Buechley.
Read Full Post...June 13, 2009
Just found a great site ‘animated knots by grog‘ which shows you how to tie a variety of different knots. Each knot automatically “ties itself” when the page opens. The complete list has 119 knots, though some are duplicated due to being known by more than one name. It’s also lists knots via different categories: boating, [...]
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June 22, 2009
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