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Old 12-11-2012, 03:40 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Wikispeed is open sourced
18 minutes of awesome. He addressed my main objection to their design (tha lack of doors) and showed substantial progress with the modular frame connectors. It shows the power of the open source design method. (ship early, ship often)

Still, it's just gusseted rectangles, not a truly triangulated frame. Not even round cornered rectangles. Maybe an iteration or two down the road they will be doing 3D-printed, sintered and heat-treated modular connectors.
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