Archive for the ‘design’ Category
When my family and I went to Saturday’s Opening Day event in Seattle, I didn’t expect any surprise. We just wanted to have a fun day during the event that kicks off the summer boating season in the region.
We saw the annual event last year and, as a journalist, I once covered the parade of boats.
But then I saw a custom-designed rowboat pass in front of us – with two tall guys standing. I thought: Hey, I think I interviewed those guys. The shape of their boat – with two enclosed ends – looked familiar.
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There are times in life when I’m trying to keep track of various ideas, goals and tasks to complete.
My wife and son, though, might be reading or playing. I hear them and wander out of our office. I discover new things.
It’s actually rewarding that I left the computer to see what they were doing. Today was a prime example of this.
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Researchers in China have designed a robotic wok - capable of serving hundreds of dishes. What about mapo tofu? That remains unclear, according to a Xinhua news article. Photo source: Xinhua
I’ve said this many times: I know there are serious topics in the world today.
But since I launched this blog last year, I’ve talked about how mapo tofu – and its spicy, sweat-inducing, numbing taste – is one of my favorite foods around.
With the right amounts of garlic, chili and Sichuan peppercorn, your cold can be down on the ground in minutes.
And robots? Well, robots have found new popularity – thanks to the online world’s ability to connect homosapiens with mechanical discoveries.
Now, thanks to Alaric Bien, a friend who pointed this out, it looks like there’s a robot that can use a wok like the best chef around and knows how to whip up more than 600 dishes.
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I’ll post more entires soon. In the meantime, feel free to look at my previous posts.
And thank you for visiting. If you live in the Seattle area, stay dry.
If you think Portland architect Robert Harvey Oshatz is fascinated with round and curved shapes, it’s probably a good idea to look to China’s Fujian province for circular sightings.
Because in this eastern province, across from Taiwan, visitors can drop by Hakka round houses – or Earth Buildings, as Chinese call them – in Yongding.
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The Fennell Residence, in Portland, Ore., incorporates contours from a river. Image source: Robert Harvey Oshatz Architect, oshatz.com
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The winning entry to redesign Bruce Lee's house in Hong Kong came from a Hong Kong team. Image source: bruceleeresidence.com
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The sun also was out on Friday. So, my son and I stopped by a park before we returned home.
The temperature was still cool – so we didn’t use any sunscreen.
I hope the sun will help our gardening efforts, including our garlic stems and blueberries.
It’s safe to say: We like parks.
This prototype design for a DSLR camera, Nova, lacks the traditional body and is made for use in either hand. It is designed for beginners or hobbyists. Image source: Erin Fong's Web site on coroflot.com
Sketches that gave birth to the DSLR protoype, Nova. Image source: Erin Fong's Web site on coroflot.com
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