Another short video describing a concept design.
Author: Mr Sully
Mr Sully is an educator in Canberra Australia. He teaches Industrial Technology, Design, Computing, Graphics and Construction. He’s trying to use this blog and Twitter to promote Design and Technology education and all the good things we do.
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Concept Vehicle Design
Here are some longer videos on the design process. From ideation to full scale concept car. It’s a pretty good introduction to some of the concepts and ideas we cover in Design & Technology related courses.
SOLUTIONISM – A Design Documentary
New CNC Software
Easel looks to be an all-in-one solution to rapid prototyping. It’s almost ready for release and you can sign up for early access now. I haven’t tried it yet but here’s hoping it lives up to its promises.
Game design resources (sprites)
Two websites that may be of use to many teachers and students out there working on game design units that I’ve recently been using are Sprite Land which has several great tutorials and The Sprite Resource.
A $20 CNC machine built from old floppy drives
Amazing ingenuity, a use for old e-waste and a return of the sweet sounds of the 80’s and 90’s.
I might start scrounging around for some pieces, I’m sure there’s a pile of floppy drives in a storeroom somewhere around here.
via. Hacked Gadgets
Learn all about CNC
I’ve just stumbled upon a relatively new website which aims to teach people about CNC technologies. It looks very clean and well laid out, I’ll be keeping an eye on it.
The webmaster also runs a Youtube channel which you should definitely subscribe to and a blog.
Another great project
Steve Ramsey does it again. Another great project that would work well as a student project. Check out his website Woodworking For Mere Mortals.
Jakes Water Bottle
A young man named Jake is suffering a terrible loss, please join his struggle. #findjakesbottle
Or read more about it on Facebook
The image below has started to appear online as Jake’s bottle takes to Twitter to find it’s lost soulmate, Jake.
Going paperless
Scanning documents and collecting evidence of learning and assessment for a teacher is becoming more and more necessary, and will only continue to do so. I like many others use a multifunction printer/scanner to do this, however, it’s at home and when out of ink (which is always) it won’t co-operate and scan anything. At school there’s a few options, most taking quite some time and like so many other tasks done during school hours very susceptible to interference or distraction. My phone camera doesn’t give me the results I want, ie. they’re ‘crappy’, I’d much prefer ‘not crappy’.
Well I’ve just found the Doxie, I know it’s nothing new, but it looks to be catering for teachers and students directly, so maybe I’ll give it a go.
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