Gerard Thomas

Owner and madman, ELEVEN vélo
Sydney NSW, Australia

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  • "Brand killer to me. That said, they have always had a strong commercial line, unlike say BMW, so I can't say it's totally out of left field for them to go down this road.Would I buy one? No, I have a Benz commercial which it actually useful, unlike this poser machine."
    on: Mercedes-Benz Pick-Up Trucks are On the Way
  • "The SPFX are, without question, brilliant. Even more so considering how little was not CG but live action. The film as a film, well, enjoy the SPFX."
    on: Mad Max: Fury Road Kicks Every Other Movie's Ass Even Without FX
  • "Plywood versions of the 2D dinosaurs have been around for several decades now...."
    on: A Look at Flat-Packed Dinosaurs, Virtual Reality Meditation and the Making of a Luxury Candle 
  • "One side of me says that just because you can, does not mean you should. The other part thinks it's pretty cool, not efficient but cool."
    on: Airbus 3D Printed An Electric Motorcycle That Looks Like An Alien
  • "LOL! Got me :)"
    on: Got an Idea for a Lego Set? Submit Your Design and Earn Royalties!
  • "1%... that's a lot I bet if it's a good seller. One more thing to try and fill up my spare time with :)And OK, I'm going to be a pedant because this really grates me (and if there are any English major's out there, happy to be corrected). 'Lego' I am sure is both plural and singular - a piece of Lego, a box of Lego, he has a a lot of Lego, do you have any Lego? Like coffee - one coffee, two cups of coffee. One sheep, two sheep."
    on: Got an Idea for a Lego Set? Submit Your Design and Earn Royalties!
  • "I am not sure why this would be a surprise, they designed for use, not looks and armour that didn't allow one to do the job at hand would have been pretty useless. That said some of the armour used by mounted knights had serious weight issues, as in fall off and not get back up. Samurai armour is something that should be looked at, it was not only lightweight and flexible but also highly effective."
    on: 15th-Century Suits of Armor are Way More Ergonomic Than You'd Think
  • "I saw this a few days back. I love the whole analogue idea but agree with Sean below. And yes, the $500 price tag puts it squarely in the realm of Fred riders with all the gear and no idea. "Mobile device running Strava, in the jersey pocket, screen OFF, leave it alone until the ride is over and then find out how fast you are going." = yup."
    on: The OMATA One Makes Cycling Computers Look Tacky
  • "Fail.If you are too lazy to push a 'proper' jogging stroller, you're either too lazy to jog or too lazy to actually have kids... maybe both.My mind boggles when I see this sort of 'stuff'. Where in the process has the simple question of whether or not a sane parent would trust the safety of their child to a 'intelligent' stroller not come up? I don't know a single parent, myself included, who'd trust something like this."
    on: Yea or Nay? A Self-Propelled, "Intelligent" Baby Stroller
  • "An interesting student project but it seems to be one of those that fall under the category of "I wonder if we can..?" which does not always mean we should.A bicycle is one of those products that is so hard to deviate from the 'norm', because the norm is based on such efficient and basic engineering principles. If you are going to step outside the box, then, really, composites are the answer for so many different reasons.This just seems to to take the welding part of an existing process and takes it further than it really should go, with seemingly little if any benefit and without even the aesthetics of a highly skilled welder.As far as "build on their research when designing 3D printed metal bicycles", again, nice at the student level but seeing how refined and efficient the current processes are, both for metals and composites (with and without the use of other 3D printed assets), it's hard to see something like this going anywhere beyond what this is."
    on: Robots 3D Print a Stainless Steel Bicycle Designed by Students from TU Delft
  • "This is seriously interesting. For doing small stuff on the side, a good package is just too expensive. This may be a very real alternative to all the overpriced usual suspects."
    on: How Onshape's 3D CAD System is Setting New Standards for CAD Software
  • ""gargantuan replica of Noah's Ark"... would imply they know what the original (!?) looked like."
    on: The World's Largest Timber-Framed Building is Almost Complete—and It's a Replica of Noah's Ark
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