Tech Talks: Rob Ives on Automata and Good Air Canaries

I speak with maker and inventor, Rob Ives on Paper and 3D Printed Automata. We discuss whether the Canary’s ’magnetic linkage’ is really a ’first’, and how to design in such a way to get the most out of a 3D Printed mechanical part. Rob shows how you can make ingenious springs, gears and other mechanisms - and explains how the process of inspiration needs room to breath even when working on a client brief. Find out more about Rob’s work: Find out more about the Good Air Canary: