Pomme::TAB

A compilation of alternative accommodation, trendy because labelled as “green”.
I actually like the Loft Cube (too easy to mispronounce as ‘Love Cube’) , and if installed on the rooftop of a London building, the views from all side must be amazing and I quite see myself in such dwelling. It’s not expensive, especially compared to London prices.
It also happens that the first Loft Cube has been installed in London, on the 8th storey of a building near Tate Britain …
Now, if only the cube could come with an instruction manual on how to approach local authorities and building management companies …


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The video mentioned in the quote below is quite impressive.
I wonder how the detection of human skin works.
It works for the sausage, may be it detects the resistance the material is applying against the saw?

Table saw that stops when it touches skin: “Mark Frauenfelder:
I posted something about the SawStop table saw on Boing Boing a couple of years ago. It has a mechanism that makes the saw blade stop rotating an instant after it comes into contact with human flesh (watch the amazing video of it in action here). Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools has a review of the SawStop from a happy user (who has not had to test out the safety feature yet.)

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(Via Boing Boing.)

Going to Etech, SXSW?
That’s so “pass�”. The place to be is of course the Ideal Home Show ….

There, I’ve seen the mundane, the boring but also some great ideas to feed my dreams.

things I liked includes:

* aqarium as furniture
* A double oven range cooker: I *want* one. But I need the room for it. May be I need a new house then.
* Decorative use of wax crystals