George Mokray


Cambridge, MA, USA

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  • "There are plastic airtight bags that you can buy which allow you to squeeze the air out of them to reduce their size.  I've found them to be rather flimsy.  However, I have used regular ziplock plastic bags to do the same thing which reminds me I have to buy the bigger ziplock bag size at the supermarket for my next trip."
    on: Airback: Backpacks and Luggage That Can Shrink Their Contents with a Vacuum
  • "Does Lego know about this?  Either to sue the designer or make/market his product."
    on: Industrial Designer with a Sore Throat Gets a Product Idea
  • "Allow Buster Keaton to demonstrate how to ride a Draisen or velocipede, from his film "Our Hospitality":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gC7ykhs2cgThe waterfall stunt at the climax of the film is marvelous and real, no CGI for Mr Keaton."
    on: The Precursor to the Bicycle: The Running Machine, a/k/a the Draisine
  • "As I recall, a reclining position allows a cyclist to apply more power to the pedals than the usual seated position but check with David Gordon Wilson's Bicycling Science.I'd like something like this based upon the form factor of a folding wheelchair not a cargo bike, light enough to carry up three flights of stairs."
    on: Rethinking the Form Factor of the Cargo Bike
  • "High energy radio frequency guns can bring down drones as well as "kill" other electronics.Some older references that can probably be updated:https://boingboing.net/2003/05/09/diy-herf-gun.htmlhttps://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2004/05/journal_homemad.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Fm9PM6qrV9M"
    on: As Drones Change the Nature of Warfare, U.S. Military Opens Anti-Drone School
  • "I attended a design seminar at RISD with writer Bruce Sterling years ago.  One of the ideas students were working with was bamboo.  They made sure to plant the bamboo, however, in ways that they couldn't spread, for instance by planting only inside buried tires.Bamboo is great and very versatile but, like everything else, you gotta be careful."
    on: How Bamboo Can Invade Your House
  • "I've used roller shades in a similar way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEh9Bq4qQB8"
    on: European Roller Shutters: A Domestic Version of Rolldown Gates
  • "I've used one of these solar rear lights for over a decade now:https://www.google.com/shopping/product/1?client=safari&q=solar+bike+light&prds=epd:11233196149220296760,eto:11233196149220296760_0,pid:11233196149220296760&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiw9prhxaD_AhXNGFkFHU3_BvIQ9pwGCAo#sgro=om"
    on: Form Factor Fun for Lightweight, Rechargeable Visibility Safety Lights for Pedestrians and Cyclists
  • "Hokusai produced 15 volumes of manga, not modern comic books but collections of miscellaneous drawings also called "manga."  They are as remarkable as the rest of his work.In fact, he also produced a set of books to teach others how he drew:Hokusai's Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawing in Three Volumeshttps://cdn.flipsnack.com/widget/flipsnackwidget.html?hash=ftcsgji5x&bgcolor=EEEEEE&t=1481362893https://cdn.flipsnack.com/widget/flipsnackwidget.html?hash=fti4xlqen&bgcolor=EEEEEE&t=1481363446ashttps://cdn.flipsnack.com/widget/flipsnackwidget.html?hash=fdcj01ckg&bgcolor=EEEEEE&t=1481364640Article: https://inaminuteago.com/free-drawing-lessons-great-master-hokusai/Catalogue Raisonne of Hokusai: http://www.hokusai-katsushika.org/index.html"
    on: Incredible Manga-Like Drawing by Hokusai from Early 1800s
  • "Nesting pots can also serve as a double boiler?"
    on: Industrial Design Student Work: Space-Saving Cookware
  • "I wonder if this roof truss offered as a gift will be used in the renovation:https://www.handshouse.org/work#/notre-dame-truss/"
    on: An Architecture Student's Project Made Notre Dame's Restoration Possible
  • "Shared this post with a milliner friend who is also a professional theatre crafts person, both practicing and teaching.  She came back with theatre seats which had hat presses on the bottoms for gentlemen's toppers.Must have made it awkward if to be in the middle seat and have to reach the aisle."
    on: Different Designs, Vintage and New, for Hat Presses
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