Stories by Ed Werner

Human Powered Pneumatic Air Cannon

Written by Ed Werner on Sat 05/03/2008 at 4:16 pm

I can only speak for my friends and I.

Growing up we tended to have a destructive streak (i.e., building enormous slingshots and launching objects from our front yards, tempting fate, etc.). From what I saw today, I think the Human-Powered Pneumatic Air Can is a direct extension of this behavior, albeit at the college level.

It's Segway Time!

Written by Ed Werner on Sat 05/03/2008 at 1:02 pm

RIT public safety officers have a new tool at their disposal. The electric “Segway” is an upright, self-balancing, 2-wheel human transport vehicle that’s helping them respond to calls for help and rescue.

Innovations in Book Design

Written by Ed Werner on Sat 05/03/2008 at 10:52 am

Found on the second floor of the Wallace Memorial Library “Imagination Unleashed” is a must-see display of special and inspiring artists' books from the Cary Graphic Arts Collection. A sample of what can be found there includes:

“(Poem by) Jerome Rothernberg – A Mertz Sonata” by Debra Weir (Rosendale, NY/Emanon Press and Women’s Studio Workshop, 1985)

From Paper to Pixels

Written by Ed Werner on Sat 05/03/2008 at 12:16 am

In the digital age, there is an increasing demand for assets to take the form of electronic documents that change the way in which print media is viewed and experienced. In particular, the demand for the digitization of printed books is on the rise. “Moving knowledge from books to bytes” is the motto of Kirtas Technologies, Inc., pioneers in the transition from analog to digital media.

Coptic Bookbinding Workshop

Written by Ed Werner on Fri 05/02/2008 at 9:27 pm

Copt |käpt|
noun

1) a native Egyptian in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
2) a member of the Coptic Church.
ORIGIN from French Copte or modern Latin Coptus, from Arabic al-ḳibṭ, al-ḳubṭ ‘Copts,’ from Coptic Gyptios, from Greek Aiguptios ‘Egyptian.’