October 6, 2009

Halloween Hanging Mobile Project

  The Halloween Hanging Mobile Project was lots of fun. Hand drawn images were cut out using a Fireball V90 CNC machine as pieces of the spooky mobile. You can see more details of the V90 CNC machine here. Here are the basic steps of what was done: Drawings were made on sheets of paper The drawings were scanned into the computer and touched up using MS Paint Artcam was

Gyrowheel - Next Generation Bike Training Wheel

  The goal of Gyrowheel might be to enable our children to learn how to ride a bike as well as MURATA BOY. The Gyrowheel will probably not spell the end to normal training wheels because of the increased complexity and therefore cost. But it certainly has many advantages over conventional training wheels so I would not be surprised to see it come as standard equipment on small bikes in