Wood Sports Car from Japan

Posted: December 8th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , | Comments Off on Wood Sports Car from Japan

hand-crafted in Japan to achieve speed! If you can read Japanese check it out here.

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Wood Induction Charger

Posted: November 21st, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , , | Comments Off on Wood Induction Charger

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Tech + Natural Materials = great.

So I like Jason Valalik’s hack to retrofit a Powermat induction charger into wood.

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Motif Cubes

Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , , | Comments Off on Motif Cubes

Motif Cubes
I like wood, I like games, I like colors, I like clever.
Motif Cubes – what’s not to like here?

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RFID + Wood =

Posted: November 10th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , , | Comments Off on RFID + Wood =

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Sure it looks like a bunch of cute Scandinavian wood blocks and maybe a Red Hot Fireball. But its actually a media triggering system developed by Jørn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen and Timo Arnall from Architecture-og designhøgskolen in Oslo. Put an object in the little bowl and it triggers an attached computer to do different stuff – play a movie, or start a kid’s game. Check it out here on belowtheclouds.com.


Wood Love from Maine

Posted: November 9th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , , | Comments Off on Wood Love from Maine

About six years ago a friend bought me my first japanese pullsaw from the Shelter Institute in Woolwich, Maine. I had forgotten the name of the place until recently but I have not lost my weakness for the lusty wood-love of this Timber Framing school. You can tell from their tool selection. This little item is a Starrett stair marking guage (ah Starrett…)

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