Last week we had a beautiful, sunny day in Park City. Wes, Devin, Minnie, and I decided to strap our skis on and do a little boot-pack at Parley's Summit. We naturally strapped on The Goat, and climbed with ease. Check it out:
More after the jump.
The NECTAR and ELIXIR are live on Kickstarter! Check it out today!
Everybody head over to Kickstarter to check out the NECTAR and ELIXIR seat clamp / bottle opener for your bike. If you want every ride to end well, you'll definitely want to get your own NECTAR fixed seat clamp, or ELIXIR quick release seat clamp. They both have a built in bottle opener, look sweet, and will bring a smile to your face every time you ride!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swarm/nectar-and-elixir-bike-seat-clamp-bottle-openers
Nectar and Elixir launching on Kickstarter Feb 7!
Remember those sweet new products we introduced about a month ago, right here- Nectar and Elixir? Well, we are finally ready to launch! Like we explained, we are trying out Kickstarter as a launch platform, since it connects cool projects with cool people. Make sure you head over there and check out our project. If you like it, donate, and we'll send you your very own Nectar or Elixir in April as a thank you! Check out the other cool projects, too. Kickstarter has a bunch of awesome people with great projects, and they need your support, too.
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Prosthetic tentacle
Check out this design project by Kaylene Kau on Coroflot. She has taken the traditional prosthetic arm and shaken it all up.
Why make a complicated mechanical hand with actuaries and joints when you can just make a simple tentacle? And besides, who wouldn't want a sweet sweet robo-tentacle? If I was missing an arm I'd definitely go for it!
The beauty of this design is that it is willing to break from tradition and try a completely new way of giving amputees some dexterity. Instead of creating a complex duplicate of the missing part, she has opted to augment the human form with octopus technology. Mechanically this is a much simpler solution- built like one giant finger with many joints instead of an entire hand. Two "tendons" and a simple motor are all that are necessary.
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Great design, Kaylene! Via Wired.