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links for 2008-06-24

• How the physical form of Olinda evolved
  Olinda, the internet radio appliance concept, shown here in a range of iterative mock-ups and prototypes. Have to love the bamboo plywood concept.
  (tags: process prototyping electronics product design olinda physicalcomputing)
• Olinda (Schulze & Webb)
  Fascinating on multiple axes: open-source hardware, internet-enabled BBC radio that remembers your habits, with a modular interface that allows plugging new functionality on, like lego.
  (tags: physicalcomputing socialsoftware olinda radio product design opensourcehardware)
• Business Networking that Doesn’t Suck - Biznik
  Like linkedin, but for people who run a business, not people looking for a corporate job. Found via the Ruby on Rails podcast
  (tags: socialsoftware business freelance networks rails)
• The Involute Curve, Drafting a Gear in CAD and Applications
  How to plot a gear in a CAD application, using tangents and curves.
  (tags: cad design gear howto math)