small heat wave

This radiator by Joris Laarman was well known for sometime which was firstly introduced by Droog. The tube is in plant shape and the tap as a flower. The work is very huge which is not considered for small space. But now, a smaller version is available and surprisingly, it looks nice even at a smaller scale. Radiator is not common in HK, I am wondoring if it can be used for other purpose. hehe
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Designer Chair

Bear Lounge Chair

my retro usb typewriter

Finished a lot of works and it looks almost no difference with original. But if you look closer, you can find Ctrl and Fn key on the low end of keyboard. Now I can quit a program by pressing Alt F4 or restart a machine by pressing Ctrl Alt Del........

I have not tried it with a tablet yet. Must be very fun.

flight trolley

Did I miss something? Yes, I first saw this idea in yr 2007 and it was quite clever but was not well presented. That was my impression, unit now it has changed a lot: more accessories, more like an end-product AND the company can customize the appearance pattern for you!. So this re-cycle furniture obtains red-dot award. There is another smaller verion available as under table cabinet but it is all brand new.

Coffee or Tea or me?

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I need an old phone

To get a refurbished rotary phone is one of my rough shopping mission. Telephone was so frequently used in the past and so personal that required absolute sterile. Also most of the rotary phone are used items, there are not only scratches but change of color on the plastic mold. I actually do not mind some character sign on the phone but thinking of hygenic issue, I prefer to pay a bit more to get a seriously refurbished phone. But this comes to an issue: it is really rare to get a clean phone and also good looking style. I almost give up then I found a UK online shop selling these range of telephone. All are design icon of the decade and the most important thing is they are " refurbished internally and fit in branded new moulding and cords". So what is the price?

folding bikes from Japan (part 2)

And this is even awesome and integrated with shopping cart. Waiting for it's debute.

folding bike from Japan

I browse this bike link accidentally. The man in the demo video is a bit stern: this bike may be designed for people who need to work and travel around. But no doubt, this small bike is awesome! Looking into the price....too pricey for me.
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Vacuum cleaner choice

I am tried of cleaning the dust filter and bag that degrade my vacuum cleaner. Considering to get better with my allergy, I want to get a better cleaner that encouraging to do housework. There are three models that attracting me:

1. Dyson DC26- pros: small size (foot print A4 paper), HEPA filter, cyber feel, easy to clean and dust bag free. It comes with different hose. I have tried it is convenience. cons: expensive, expensive, air-flow may be lower than Miele. Finally, I bought this one because it comes with car kit, a air driven brush which I think it can intake more dust proactively. This unit is quite noisy as many forum mentioned. Also, the exhausted air direction may be in my cleaning side and blow my "target" away. Also the unit is quite hot, I am not sure if this is normal.




















2. Karcher VC 1902 - pros: steam and vacuum cleaner, water + HEPA filter, steam and iron mattress and sofa !!! industrial brand. Cons: more expensive as expected. large as expected (A3 paper), cleaning filter is comparative complex. I looks the same as OSIM.... which one is the OEM? I heard a lot comment that the OSIM filter needs to be change so I give up












Electrolux Twinclean - pros: Twin HEPA filter, high power 500W air flow, self clean filter, bagless. cons just aware bagless cannot intake water.....is it real? And it is very huge in size. so I gave up as well.

beautiful rosewood desk

I really cannot believe there is such a perfect piece that presents the scandinavian vintage image to such extend. Really eye catching!! http://inside-room.de/news/arne-wahl-iversen-rosewood-desk/

Farewell Milk Tea

RIP

re-paint my bird alarm

Turning from beige into green. It looks perfect.

plastic stamp

spending three hours to finish. I can start this business when retire.........

Thinking of new toys again :P

While we spend a lot of time in discussing IPad2 and latest gadgets, there are so many wonderful thing in the past that we should not miss. This time I am fallen in love with vintage typewriters. Actually, I have been attracted by these acient machines for long time especially the Olivetti Valentine. But I cannot persuade myself to get one till now simply because other than decoration, it is no use to me.

So, someone brings up an idea http://www.usbtypewriter.com/, and I decide to build one myself. Now, I have a good excuse to own a vintage typewriter as a usb keyboard to interface with my ipod/ipad!! what a reason.

Here comes my favourites





















Another brilliant machine. Very hot!

first trial

Seems working well and good progress

New tool arrive from Germany

A micro CNC kit!! for a mini robot

show off day

new DOFs really make cool & attractive pose.

The 23rd DOF

This is not an easy move and I definitely need proof of concept before I do anything to this small belly. So what would be the 24th? a. head, b. roller shoes, c. cat ears

Controller board

Please take a look

new gosh arms (pls vote)

Picture worths thousand words. Three days were wasted to build several servo adaptors and here comes two final candidates. There are two design requirements: 1. align with upper arm servo 2. make the shape compact. Each design can only meet one and there is no perfect solution. So, please vote for the design 1. on your left, 2. on your right and share your opinion.

my gosh hand

After several weeks of struggling, a pair of small robot hands is built though it is not nicely presented. Spending time in building palm and finger is not a big deal. Finding the right servo is really a painful job, and there is no off-the-shelf solution. It comes up with a lot of modification with extra effort and money spend in return. I can now move one step further to connect the hand to the arm. This will add 4 more DOF to the robot. exciting!!!