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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      That's a wonderful idea...
      Presumably the 'rods' are in varying lengths and choosing the right combos forces the curvatures... I can see where the nodes evolved from your earlier space-frame ideas... 😄

      TIG

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      • F Offline
        fbartels
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        TIG and Dave,

        Thanks for your comments! The New York Times ran an article today about Quirky and its 24 year old founder.

        nytimes.com

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        (www.nytimes.com)

        Re TIG's question about the rods, yes they would be adjustable in length.

        Fred

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        • mitcorbM Offline
          mitcorb
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          Hi, Fred:
          I am glad you are back. Congratulations on your venture. 👍

          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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          • R Offline
            Roger
            last edited by

            Fred, I really missed your contributions. What about doing a second type of connector that would allow you to connect at acute angles? It might be an interesting addition to the kit. Also why does it have to be a toy? As soon as I saw it I was thinking little shade structures to keep my plants from frying in the desert heat.

            http://www.azcreative.com

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              fbartels
              last edited by

              Hey Roger,

              Thanks for your comment.

              Sorry about the slow response. For the past three weeks I was up at http://www.yestermorrow.org/ doing a three week intensive design/build course and was totally focused on the work for the course.

              Regarding improving the toy idea, the cool thing about Quirky is that you can make suggestions to improve a product idea and if they are used then you can earn a percentage of the profits if the product ever makes it to market, so if you want to share your ideas have at it... http://www.quirky.com/products/168-product-0168

              Warm regards,

              Fred

              @roger said:

              Fred, I really missed your contributions. What about doing a second type of connector that would allow you to connect at acute angles? It might be an interesting addition to the kit. Also why does it have to be a toy? As soon as I saw it I was thinking little shade structures to keep my plants from frying in the desert heat.

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              • F Offline
                fbartels
                last edited by

                Quirky is currently doing some market research about this proposed building toy.

                They are looking for some input about how possibly to market the toy. Any input from the SketchUp community -using the link below- would be very much appreciated!

                http://www.quirky.com/projects/1085

                Thanks,

                Fred

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                • R Offline
                  Roger
                  last edited by

                  Give demonstrations at or in front of mall toy stores. Build a web site and supersize the kit of any buyer who contributes a gallery worthy photo of a unique use or construction.

                  http://www.azcreative.com

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                  • F Offline
                    fbartels
                    last edited by

                    As I've noted in the previous posts, I have a building toy idea http://www.quirky.com/ideations/82529 that is making its way through the potential product process at Quirky. http://www.quirky.com/

                    If you are interested in building toys, design as a social process, or you're just curious, please consider checking out the design and possibly providing some input.

                    http://www.quirky.com/projects/1397

                    Thanks for considering.

                    Fred

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                    • boofredlayB Offline
                      boofredlay
                      last edited by

                      Congrats Fred.

                      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        How the hexagonal yellow part and the hexagonal blue part are joined between them?

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                        • F Offline
                          fbartels
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          How the hexagonal yellow part and the hexagonal blue part are joined between them?

                          With a nut and bolt, probably made of plastic. The SketchUp model doesn't show this as it was made at an early conceptual stage. One advantage of this approach is that the hubs can be stacked which allows for the easy creation of irregular space frame structures like this. http://dws.editme.com/files/JulyAugust2009/space%20frame%202.jpg

                          One question that keeps coming up is how to skin the framework. Since the toy is designed to create TINs, all the triangles in the frame will likely be different. I haven't come up with a good solution.

                          Fred

                          To Boofredlay: Thanks!

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                          • daleD Offline
                            dale
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                            I don't think this would just appeal to kids, in fact when I was a kid, we always had a puzzle going that anybody , family, neighbours, whoever, could sit and work on.
                            AS well in larger scale being applicable to the love kids have for fort building.
                            I see this as having a lot of appeal.
                            Great fun.
                            Congratulations

                            Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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