by news | Feb 23, 2015 | Design, Engineering, Pictures
I had a long conversation yesterday about the project and we also discussed the concept of having quick release panels. The original plan was to have connectors that bolt the panels together, this is strong but a reasonably ‘permanent’ solution. It also...
by news | Feb 21, 2015 | Design, Engineering, Pictures, Planning
Readers who have followed the project from the start know we’ve followed the maxim that heave (or up and down motion) is nice to have, but not essential. Lifting the whole platform, and user, is very expensive in terms of power and engineering strength which is...
by news | Dec 4, 2014 | Engineering
Although Aluminium is pretty cool we also get some useful properties if we use plastic panels instead. Not everyone has room to keep a large sphere in their house 24/7, so if we had a simple way to connect and then disconnect the panels they could be stacked and...
by news | Nov 28, 2014 | Engineering
I think I’ve figured it out 🙂
by news | Nov 27, 2014 | Engineering
The edge of the sphere will be reinforced with two overlapping pieces of aluminium extrusion, but will the rest of the sphere be strong enough? Well the sphere will be primarily supported by 8 castor wheels and the omni chains will also spread some of the weight onto...
by news | Oct 23, 2014 | Engineering
