Posted July 23, 2009 in News
MWD is about to undertake the renovation of an iconic Stanford work space, The Product Design Loft. Over the course of the next three months we will be designing and fabricating tons of furniture and other things that foster creative collaboration.
Posted July 23, 2009 in News
MWD just finished a custom chair for the Stanford Children’s Hospital, to be used in x-ray studies. It has power lift and rotation capability, and fully supports its patient from the head to the feet. It is intended for use with patients from the ages of 8 to 18, who have minimal to no control over the motion and position of their bodies.
Posted July 23, 2009 in News
MWD is now working on developing an art installation with Gorbet and Banerjee, LLC that will be displayed in the new San Jose Airport terminal for the next three years. It’s a really quite complicated and will be awesome when complete and installed on 1-10-10.
Photo by Flickr user Snuskie.
Posted July 23, 2009 in Projects
MWD, created the RotoMax, a robotic time lapse camera arm/tripod/mount, for Bay Area designer Andreas Braendhaugen. See some of the results of the RotoMax here.
“The Rotomax is a tool for filmmakers, photographers, scientists, and artists. It is programmable and well suited for time lapse photography and high-definition documentation of objects and people. The stand gives fine-grained control over rotation speed, and it can revolve as slowly as once per twelve hours. The Rotomax can also control the shutter release frequency on the camera as it revolves.”
Posted July 23, 2009 in Projects
The Beancat is an all-wheel drive, battery powered bean bag chair, controlled by a Wii nunchuk. Getting a drink from the fridge has never been so much fun. The low profile drive, frame and controlling hardware are completely concealed so at first glance it’s just a simple bean bag.
