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Ergonomic work station (for the knowledge worker)
- problematic
  - the normal keyboard is not ergonomic, wrists are bended forcing the rest of the body to follows which, stressing it over time
- solutions for fixed desk
  - 2 keyboards on the sides of a kneeling chair
    - carton box (or light wood) cut the right way and stuck under the laptop/screen to hold, suspended
    - boxes placed on the floor under the desk
  - keyboard "pants" or "towel" with conductive thread
  - improve with
    - thin rollable plastic keyboards, half-keyboards
    - considered mounted screens
    - calibrate the ideal distance (probably separated by about 30cm)
      - put your hands on your thighs then let them fall in the most relaxing position on each side of yourself
  - Wikipedia:Dvorak Simplified Keyboard
  - Professional II-USB Mouse by DataHand
- not mobile and expensive
  - FrogPad, HalfKeyboard, etc...
- inspired by
  - PostureMinder "Treat and prevent back pain"
  - Emperor Series by NovelQuest
- check Design
agriculture tools
- Tiny Meteorogological Station
  - set of sensors to provide a constant flow of useful information for proper gardening and eventually remote consultancy (with Paola)
    - wind meter
    - temperature of the air, of the soil
    - humidity
    - webcam
  - USB output for wiki exporting
  - How to make a grow box controller The Cheap Vegetable Gardener 2009
- arkfab appropriate biotech collective located in Atlanta
  - moved to Biology
pedagogical tools
- Feeling Complexity device
  - from discussion in ##philosophy "I think pain, like effort, provides precious information regarding the underlying substrate one uses as if resistance helped to map the substrate, the space you are exploring in the same way that a serie of exercises in biology in school helps one to shape his main in related problem-solving (and for the aphorisms fans "One stands only on what resists." by Malraux, originally "On ne s'appuie que sur ce qui resiste"
  - to send to Gwenael to forward it to LIX teachers
  - check CPUs with native step-by-step computation (Z80 ?)
    - directly thus having to turn the handle a lot
    - indirectly, thus having to turn the handle harder through mechanical brake (maybe not pedagogically the best)
- manipulate an hypercube with your hands
  - using higher dimensions teaching resources and augmented reality tools
  - see also Grand Arche de La Defense
domotic tools
- corridor/entrance information display
  - display daily tasks, tomorrow's tasks, ...
  - source from wiki using bluetooth of USB
  - low-energy consumption (e-ink, LED, ...) with indepandant source (solar pannels like solib)
  - lightweight
  - check picture panels
  - high-low tech projects at MIT media lab
    - e-Textile craft, computational wallpaper and other low-cost DIY principles
  - consider much lower-tech version
    - crontab + diff + inkjet printer
- Wireless Switchs
  - existing solution
    - Quick cheap remote outlets by Caleb Kraft, Hack a Day 2009
    - SPRIME controlled AC outlets by Jakob Griffith, Hack a Day May 2010
  - eletrical adapter + wifi + switch on/off
  - Nanoradio products NRG731 - 802.11b/g single chip SiP (System in Package)
    - 802.11b/g complieant Wireless LAN System-in-Package (SiP) solution
    - Total system footprint 7,95x7,95 mm
  - Zigbee/802.15.4 starting at $23 at SparkFun Electronics
    - Build your own Zigbee / 802.15.4 device. by Logboek van Ivo, 2004
  - centralized control pannel
    - echo "* * 1 * * * cleanhouse" >> crontab
      - generic device (IP + API + wheels + connectivity) in houses with plugs for electricity but also water, etc
      - different roombas with wifi/bluetooth support (at least their docking stations)
- basically each main component (eventually room) of Projetautonomieenergetique should follow the principle of Cognition#OptimizableModelPerPage
  - meaning that each component should have a model of itself, it's activity data and an optimization process
- Smart Home Automation with Linux by Steven Goodwin, APress March 2010
architecture tools (for my Projet autonomie energetique)
- Category:Free computer-aided design software on Wikipedia
- Archimedes The Open CAD
- freeCAD a general purpose 3D CAD modeler
- BRL-CAD modeling system that includes interactive geometry editing, high-performance ray-tracing for rendering and geometric analysis, image and signal-processing tools, a system performance analysis benchmark suite, libraries for robust geometric representation, with more than 20 years of active development.
  - active IRC channel #brl-cad on freenode
- QCAD computer aided drafting in two dimensions (2d)
- Current Projects from Architecture for Humanity
  - started the former Open Architecture Network, no update since 2008 arccording to Archive.org
- Blender
  - active IRC channel #blender on freenode
  - BlenderWiki Uses Architecture
    - "It's quite possible to do architectural design in Blender, but the standard tools are not exactly easy to use."
  - Blender 3D Architect Using Blender 3D for Architectural Visualization
    - Converting CAD files for architectural modeling in Blender 3D by Allan Brito
- A is For Architecture by Ann Seltman Smart, mid 1960
- Archicamp Collaboration et innovation en architecture
- a is for architecture architecture, design, urban planning, interiors, art, photography, sustainability
- Open Architecture Network Community-focused design and construction
- Autodesk Freewheel web service/application built to provide CAD model viewing, printing and collaboration, through the dynamic rendering of DWF file data and graphics information.
- check Design
- Revit Architecture Building Information Modeling Software (BIM) Autodesk
  - Wikipedia:Building Information Modeling
Electronics tools
- moved to its dedicated page Electronics

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Inspiration

my original Cookbook.Food habit and the more SKDB "apt-get for real stuff!"
- eventually use the CandyFab to mix the 2 concepts ;)
having to "mentally prepare myself" for /tmp/lab thinking we would be creating (but it was in fact hosting Hacker Space Festival, 26-30 June 2009)

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