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Electolux Design Lab 2011 Winners

Electolux Design Lab finnaly anounced the  winners. From third to first the winners are:

Roseanne de Bruin from New Zealand's Massey University with her Smoobo Blender, in which anyone can make a smoothie by throwing a rubber ball.  De Bruin receives 2,000 euro.

Enzo Kocak, Australia's Monash University student whith Ribbon. Ribbon is  a portable combination heater and cooler that features a flexible ribbon form factor that allows it to be wrapped around food or drink containers. Kocak receives 3,000 euro.

Finally, Adrian Mankovecký  won the firts place for his Portable Spot Cleaner. Comprising two components that are separated and placed on either side of a garment, the pint-sized washing machine would be powered by a sugar crystal battery and use negative ions and steam to clean stains. Mankovecký receives 5,000 euro, and a six-month paid internship at an Electrolux global design center.

Just found this awesome information. Using stencils to make my own design on a T-shirt makes me happy :D. I might only need to find where to buy good quality fabric paint so that they last a while. Anyways, what images would you print on your cloths?

Rubik's non-cube

A few months ago I started modifying a conventional Rubik's cube. Finally around June I finish it, the tetrahedral Rubik's which i would like to show you. This modification adds a bit of difficulty if you already adapted to the normal Rubik's cube. Here I leave you with some photos of the puzzle. 

On a previous post I talked about this 3d printer. Now Junior Veloso uploaded recently this video and I think  this one shows better the way it works. Needless to tell, definitely I will buy this printer. Although I might need to sell things to get some money :( . Anyway wish you like this video as much as I did.  

My First Engineer Project :3

Just as I dreamed, my first engineer project has arrived but not as I imagined. First of all there was not a main objective to achieve with this project (well maybe just making us involve on things such as electronics and mechanics). After a long research I finnaly came up with a (what I think it would be) interesting, fun, and quite good for starting with microcontrollers and electronics ... The Back to the Future POWER LACES!!!!!!!!!

Although there are already a guide on how to build a Power Lace, I will try to build it without any help of that information. Anyways, lets see how this first project ends.
 

A use for those useless Tetra Paks

Maybe you don't know but Tetra Paks are such a pain when you try to help the planet. They can´t be used for composting neither for recycling them after they achieve their main purpose. And this is basically because the composition is a series of paper, plastics and aluminum layers. But Ed Chew brought us a new idea, building lamps out of them. 

1. Start off by unfolding your empty drink cartons and cleaning them. Cut along the line at the top and bottom of the box and discard these strips. Then, cut along the natural creases visible in the unfolded carton. You should end up with four “main” strips measuring 2.1cmx13cm and four “tie” strips measuring 1.8cmX13cm.

2. Fold each “main” strip into six squares. Then, following the creases of the squares, shape the strip into a triangle. You can use another piece of strip as a guide to make the first square.

3. After you have made two triangles, take one “tie” strip and thread the two triangles together.

4. Snip off the ends, leaving just enough of the strip to fold back into the 2.1cm width.

5 & 6. Fold the strip neatly into the triangle.

7. Repeat the steps until you have six triangles linked together to form a hexagon. Continue making the hexagon until you have about 108 (to make a lampshade similar in size to Ed Chew’s).

And you will obtain some beautiful lamps out of unused materials, isn't that awesome?

I had just started recollecting Tetra Paks for starting this project. Can't wait to have it ready to use. Here I leave the Tetrabox Community facebook page.