{"id":2146,"date":"2015-05-02T15:31:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T15:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2015-05-02T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T15:31:18","slug":"just-for-fun-and-smart-ecology-thunderbird1-coffee-sleeve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2146","title":{"rendered":"Just For Fun (and smart ecology) – Thunderbird1 Coffee Sleeve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Usually when I get a coffee in a paper cup I have to use two cups. The cup is usually too hot for me to hold. Most coffee houses now fix this by supplying a corrugated cardboard sleeve which makes holding the hot cup bearable.<\/p>\n

I decided to stop wasting extra cups and extra sleeves and print one of my own. (Yes, you can buy them too, but where’s the fun in that?)<\/p>\n

So I adapted one element of the new Thunderbird 1 (from the new TV series “Thunderbirds Are Go”, based on the original 1965 series “Thunderbirds”) as you can see here, and make a Coffee Sleeve based on Thunderbird 1:<\/p>\n

\"tag-coffee-cuff-01\"<\/a> \"tag-coffee-cuff-02\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s great about this is that inside the mass of the sleeve (what would be solid if this were an injection-molded part) is a lattice of support material, not a solid plastic interior. So that lattice works as a insulating material, with air to prevent the transmission of the heat to the hand. It’s like magic.<\/p>\n

You can see the honeycombing and the number “1” which are taken directly from my recent 3D model of Thunderbird 1<\/a> seen here:<\/p>\n

\"tag-tb1-3dprint-wings-assembled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Which is taken from the ship in the show:<\/p>\n

\"tag-tb1-cgi-model-02\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is an image of the honeycombing as seen on a physical model WETA\/ITV is displaying at shows and their offices all over the world:<\/p>\n

\"tag-tb1-physical-model-underside\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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