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Drink! - A grammatically correct coaster set with pronouns to distinguish whose drink is whose. This is a set of 4 coasters made of White Wool Felt with a series of pronouns laser etched with Scho...

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Drink! Coaster Set - Grey Felt Ponoko

I just got my prototype back from Ponoko and I love it. I've added it to my Show Room on Ponoko, so go and check it out!

Rob Edwards Resume LEDs

Robert C. Edwards

Website: coactlab.com


OBJECTIVE: To obtain position in a collaborative, open, and innovative workplace and use technical knowledge to help improve efficiency while gaining experience in various fields.

SKILLS: Adobe
CS4 Suite. HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP. ArcGIS and Google Earth. Mapping web apps, data visualization.

AWARDS:

2003 Second prize in RTD/Art in Transit. University of Denver Light Rail Station Public Art Installation- Interactive LED Mirror

2008 Maker Faire, Editor Choice Award for Coactlab and Becausewecan - Interactive LED Coffee Table

(2004 - Present) Owner, Coactlab, specializing in Internet and Web Technologies. Claremont, CA

• Built, maintain, and host a number of local organization and business websites including East Los Angeles College Foundation.
  
• Worked with Because We Can on a interactive coffee table designed and cut with CNC technology. Performed all technical aspects of the project.
• Kelvin Slider LED Powered Lamp
• Line of Bike Products and Accessories

(2003 - 2004) Co-Founder, BK Drafting Services, Full service drafting to both commercial and residential clients, Claremont, CA.

• East West Stone Company, full redesign of stone line in order to facilitate a new production line in Thailand and China.

• Hellbound Steel Custom Motorcycles, technical drawings for their line of custom motorcycle parts and accessories.

(2001- 2007) Technology
Development, Schiff Associates, Claremont, CA. Projects
with various clients with emphasis on data and info visualization,
cartography, web applications, and databases.

• Pipeline corrosion assessment of Crystal Springs/San Andreas Pipeline. Led
  sub-meter GPS work, data analysis, and subsequent mapping of
  information collected in the field.
  

• Expert Witness presentation work for various legal clients. Created data
  visualizations in Google Earth that included pipeline assessment
  photos, failure data, and chronological info.
  

• Google Earth 3-D Data Visualization based on field data in order to pin point trouble spots on 70 year old water pipe for SFPUC.

EDUCATION: University of Denver, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering- 2009 (in progress)

DIY Timelapse Mirror

I was working on a bunch of time-lapse videos and needed a view of my desk in order to capture what I was working on. I had done some research and seen some pretty awesome examples of ways to capture making in action.

This is one that I really liked, I plan on building on of these eventually.














I found this "Craft cam" on the Creative Synthesis Blog which is an awesome place for anything new, nerdy, and internety. "At distancelab last week I saw Elena Corchero’s Handmade" -leo



















This idea is pretty sweet, I really like the hand free approach to being able to document yourself as you work, but for time-lapse I'll need something a little more steady.

This is another solution that I found that provides a nice hands free way to record your work. A head mounted camera is great for recording Instructables or other how-to's. Make Magazine featured this article on building this camera and mount.


Once again this was a great idea and a wonderful projects, but it didn't meet my requirements in terms of a steady mount for my time-lapse.

I had a few pieces of mirrored acrylic from TAP Plastics in SF and my trusty heat gun. I set out to bend a couple different angles and play with the design.
This is the design I ended up with, I'm using a iMac so I need a way to mount it to the top of the computer and have the other face at a downward to capture the desk below.




I use Quake Hold! for pretty much everything, so I used a little to mount it to the top of the computer.








Here's is nice little vanity test shot with the mirror in place and the image up on the screen.






...and finally, a time-lapse video to show off the finished product.


DIY Time Lapse Mirror for iSight iMacs from Robert Edwards on Vimeo.

Flickr notes + Del.icio.us mp3 player = Goldenness

What you are seeing above is a Flickr Image where I have made an audio note that you can click on to listen to!

I had seen a project called Audiosticker.com by Tangible media group and Creative synthesis @ MIT that was similar, but you had to open the audio player in another window and wasn't very seamless. I wanted a solution I could use on my own blog, with my own embedded images, and my own notes.

This is the solution I came up with. I plan on rolling it all together to truly make it seamless, but this DIY article is all you get for now.

Step one:

I uploaded a mp3 to my Wordpress blog and created a href link inside the note on Flickr.

Step Two:

Use this bookmarklet from Yuan.cc when you are on the Flickr photo you want to embed.

I found a php script that would allow you to embed your Flickr images with the notes on a remote site.
Yuan.cc is a web site with lots of web experiments. This is where I found my solution. He even had a nice little bookmarklet that gives you the code to copy and paste your embedded image with your notes! Just drag that link to your bookmark bar and click when you are on the flickr photo page you want to embed.

Step Three:

Create a new blog post, or page with the code from above.

Step Four:

You will also need to add the a bit of javascript from del.icio.us in order to play the mp3 directly on your site.

This is the code to add to your page (you can add it inside the post):

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.delicious.com/js/playtagger.js"></script>

There you have it, now go out there and voice annotate your images!

DIY Front Bike Rack

I needed a front rack for my bike. The standard rear rack no longer fit on the back (I don't have any eyelets) so I decided to take it and modify it for the front!

Here we have a fairly standard rear bike rack. We need to bent the front half out of the way in
order to fit on the front of the bike.

I bent the metal with my knee. You could use a vise, its probably a lot easier.

It should look something like this–>








The next thing I needed was to construct a mount for the top. I went to Home Depot and bought some Aluminum bar stock. Then I hand bent the bar into shape:

Next I mounted the bar stock to the rack, and then to the stem of the bicycle.

This is the mount that I used. I was from a motorcycle bar end mirror.

I would suggest using

something a little easier to find.

This could be an option in order to hang them from your handlebars instead of the stem. Mc Master Catalog Page #1474


The skewer for the bike is now going to go through the rack and wheel.



That's All Folks, not much to it. Now go on out there and enjoy the rack!

DIY Magnetic Potholders from Robert Edwards on Vimeo.
Take your run of the mill pot holders along with some super stong magnets and a little hot glue to hold it all together.