Category: Design

Designing the electrical

I’ve hinted at this before, when covering grease conversions, but I’m faced with two conflicting goals: I’d love to do as many energy-smart things as

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Latest truck design

Awning (click link for movie) John and Jinhee have been working overtime to realize our ambitions for the truck in very short timeframe we’re working

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Tent poles

I’ve been talking to John and Jinhee (Single Speed Design) about awning designs. I’ve long loved the way simple tents look (see above), and we’re

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LP tank installed

I’ve been having trouble with parking this week. Last week the truck was getting the ventilation installed. Next week the body work will take place. This week

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Running on oil

Today I drove the truck down to Walpole, MA to meet with Mark at SVOlink (formerly alt energy oasis, www.svolink.com). Mark used to do vegetable

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IDEO meets Clover

I did a “tea time” at IDEO Boston today. I guess they take time periodically to step away from work and sometimes have a guest.

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Hood fixed

OK, so it took showing up at 7am Monday morning with a “Box ‘O Joe,” a dozen assorted donuts, and a lot of energy, but

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Thoughts from Erik

Here’s an excerpt from a recent back and forth with Erik Joule (Erik, hope you don’t mind me posting this). Iteration on the “manifesto.” Clover

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