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http://ssbxfab.org Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:19:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en JuWilCu is a young design-build group composed of local designers JUwariya Abdul-Karim, Gabe Williams and Carlos CUlly.  Their focus on construction projects that address socioeconomic and environmental issues led them to become collaborators with us during the pilot phase of our fab lab initiative.  JuWilCu has been able to ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/08/14/portable-collapsible-street-vending-system/ This past week we moved the trailer from The Point CDC down the road to the Jose E. Serrano Riverside Campus for Arts and the Environment, next to Hunts Point Riverside Park.  At the site we share space with a community boat building program called Rocking the Boat, which has ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/08/05/trailer-move/ The bottle caps put me in a chess set frame of mind during which time I also made a completely cardboard set. The inspiration that set me making this set was to make one side be “positive” shapes and the other side “negative” shapes. I had to modify the board ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/06/23/cardboard-chess-set/ A very important subject that SSBx FabLab has been looking to explore is recycling, again with the goal to show how individuals can give a new life to things that would otherwise be destined to become scrap or waste. At lunch I saw a lot of bottle caps lying around ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/06/23/recycling-materials-bottle-cap-chess/ I have spent much of the last two weeks exploring things that transition from 2D to 3D. Recently I remembered just how cool balsa wood gliders were. I searched around our FabLab and found that we had some balsa wood stock. I set out to make a simple laser cut ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/06/23/balsa-wood-gliders/ I saw a birdhouse over the weekend and decided to build one out of cardboard, again using press fit construction. The desire and motivation for these projects are to engage children and adults alike with a physical object, here a birdhouse. Hopefully, it will not only pull people in but ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/06/23/cardboard-birdhouse/ From here I began to explore more ambitious projects which had similar themes for me. This was cardboard construction without glue. My next piece was a Newton’s Cradle constructed out of cardboard but using magnets instead of conventional steel balls.  The idea in this project was to explore two different ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/06/23/newtons-cradle-magnetic/ My position with the SSBx FabLab falls somewhere between design resident and employee. I am working full time for the summer as an intern with the FabLab and doing a UROP (undergraduate research opportunities program) with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a collaboration between the Public Service Center (PSC) ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/06/23/introduction-to-the-fablab/ Sustainable South Bronx recently co-hosted a neighborhood block party, as part of our work with the Active Living by Design Program. This was a great opportunity to have a good a time with our neighbors and also get the word out about all of SSBx's programs, including our ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/05/30/cardboard-carpentry-gik-at-block-party/ There's alot of photos that have yet to make the SSBxFab blog, so I created a flickr stream with various pictures from the first few months here. SSBxFab is still in phase 1. We're doing fundraising and program development for Phase 2 (which will be in a permanent space, with ... http://ssbxfab.org/2008/05/15/ssbxfab-flickr-albums/