Turning Information Center
Welcome to Michigan Technological University's Turning Information Center!! We hope to educate and inform the public about current technology and research relating to Turning. Below are the areas that we currently have on the net.
Lasersaur by Nortd Labs
Lasersaur The Lasersaur is an open source laser cutter. We designed it to fill the need of makers, artist and scientist who wanted a safe and highly-capable machine.
Beehive
Beehive has been using 3D printing to make eyewear for a long time. Now we want you to do it too. We’re developing an online interface for you to create glasses frames with some really simple tools. We mean really simple. Even my mum can use it. Check out what’s on offer here.
YouTube
Heated "One on One" debate between Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks) and Ann Coulter at the 2015 Politicon Conference in Los Angeles. Friday October 9th Hour 1: Power panel live at Politicon, Cenk, Ben, Iadarola, and Jimmy in front of a live audience. Talk about another shooting at another college campus this morning. One person is dead at Northern Arizona University.
resilience.io – Supported by The Ecological Sequestration Trust
resilience.io is an open-source, cloud-based regional platform, which gathers satellite/earth observation, open government and crowd-sourced economic, social and environmental data together in one place, in an understandable, palatable and visual format. Backed by an advanced systems model1, resilience.io integrates human-ecological-economic systems2 and calculates the current resource flows from economic, human and ecological activity and the impact on human well-being. With this base, it can be used to visualise and predict the outcome of different scenarios which results in better planning and decision-making for a achieving transformation to a more resilient city-region.
The Metalworks Workshop
In this section I am including a large number of designs for workshop equipment that I have had published in the Model Engineers’ Workshop magazine over the twenty years that I had been writing for it. In addition to the workshop items, many of my articles on workshop processes are also included. The additions are an ongoing project and new pages are still being added. All the necessary drawings are included together with details of the manufacturing methods. Further pages includes workshop tips, workshop data such as drill sizes for tapping and the gallery showing a few of the items I have made.
The Coconut Revolution
This is the modern-day story of a native peoples remarkable victory over Western Colonial power. A Pacific island rose up in arms against giant mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) - and won despite a military occupation and blockade. When RTZ decided to step up production at the Panguna Mine on the island of Bougainville, they got more than they bargained for. The islands people had enough of seeing their environment ruined and being treated as pawns by RTZ. RTZ refused to compensate them, so the people decided it was time to put an end to outside interference in the islands affairs.
Wohlers Associates - Terry Wohlers
Terry WohlersShort Biography Industry consultant, analyst, author, and speaker Terry Wohlers is president of Wohlers Associates, Inc., an independent consulting firm he founded 27 years ago. The company provides technical and strategic consulting on the new developments and trends in rapid product development, additive manufacturing, and 3D printing.
RAMPS 1.4
Release status: Working In RAMPS 1.4, the resistors and capacitors are now surface mount to fit more passive components. This does add another set of steps to assembly, but we stuck with larger sizes to make it fairly painless. Reference board orientation is component side up, power inputs to the left.
Publications
Cities Alive looks at how we can build nature into our urban systems at all scales through high quality landscape design, via new development or retrofitting through a green infrastructure design approach. The publication analyses existing research and trends in landscape design, drawing out key elements which can help deal with rapidly rising urban populations, mitigate climate change and produce integrated solutions. It shows how the creation of a linked ‘city ecosystem’ encompassing parks and open spaces; urban trees, streets, squares; woodland and waterways can help create healthier, safer and more prosperous cities. To realise this vision, green infrastructure has to now take a more influential role in the planning and design of cities and urban environments. Cities Alive is a collaborative initiative by our Landscape Architecture practice and our Foresight + Innovation + Research team.
