http://www.michaelang.com/a/100/adaptive-design-site-visit.html A breadcrumb trail of project notes Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:02:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.michaelang.com/a/100/adaptive-design-site-visit.html/comment-page-1#comment-85 TikiRobot!, Mai Tais and Blinky Lights, Ahoy! » mang’s Adaptive Design Site Visit Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:46:50 +0000 http://www.michaelang.com/?p=100#comment-85 [...] Mang visited the Adaptive Design Association, a NYC non-profit that builds custom equipment for children with disabilities, and posted pictures of their workshop. mang writes: ADA primarily uses cardboard as their building material since it is easy to work with, easy to obtain, and fairly durable. Since each piece is basically custom they need to be able to build and adapt quickly. They have developed techniques to give the pieces a finished appearance and you’d hardly guess it was cardboard. ADA is a non-profit and you can get involved and help out! [...] [...] Mang visited the Adaptive Design Association, a NYC non-profit that builds custom equipment for children with disabilities, and posted pictures of their workshop. mang writes: ADA primarily uses cardboard as their building material since it is easy to work with, easy to obtain, and fairly durable. Since each piece is basically custom they need to be able to build and adapt quickly. They have developed techniques to give the pieces a finished appearance and you’d hardly guess it was cardboard. ADA is a non-profit and you can get involved and help out! [...]

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