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kotasu metal table

working in winter on a metal table isn't that nice. as maarten molenaar discovered a few years ago. we both agreed on it and though about a "fix"for it. Today i implemented it and I have to agree it works nice and a pleasure to work on it. under the metal table i made a wooden structure to support it and them mounted a kotatsu under it with ventilation holes ...

Cheap “IPOD Nano” mp3 player

<br />Last week i came across this wonderful cheap mp3 player. and i was amused what it could do for the price of only 4000 yen. but the interface was so ugly and after some research on the web i found the chips firmware and a group of people who make mods for them. I downloaded the software for importing/exporting ...

Glasses

bril2.jpgwhen the time came for mechanical adjustment of my focus length i couldn't find a model of glasses i liked so i made my own.the frame is made from carbon fiber and the "glasses" them self are bought from a 100yen shop from cheap reading glasses and cut by a fine saw. The whole construction is glued together with 5 second crazy ...

passive dynamic biped walking robots

denise.jpgBiped walking robots (TU Delft) or how complex can one make a simple function? Since the start of the Delft Biorobotics Laboratory research has been done on the development of walking bipeds, based on the principle of passive dynamic walking. The backgrounds and history of this research are given in a separate document. All the walking biped prototypes ...

refueling car robot

refueling-robot.jpgCame cross some innovated dutch robots. could not have image Japanese robot makers would done this too. Homepage is here and a Video

chair

pict0408.JPGThe chair/table was designed by Rob Oudendijk. The need for designing it came form his living situation in a old Japanese house and not having a dedicated place for putting a "standard" height table and a standard chair. Table needed to be easy moved out of the way for enter and exit of the chair. Simplicity was ...

abiko house

homefinalsm.jpgAbiko house was original a classical Japanese house. Free standing with a garden. Build just after the second world war. With tatamis, shoojies, 2.40m height ceiling, dark, simple. Monique van Kerkhof and me modified the home to make it more open and let sunlight be our friend in many ways. We took out the ceiling and where ...