Key concepts of sustainability in the contemporary consumer society include cradle-to-cradle, slowfashion, locally-made, re-use, recycle and re-make (or upcycle). Each of these concepts focuses on the design and manufacture of products that are essentially made to comply to a theoretical sustainable framework, thus enabling people to live in harmony with our planet. In an ideal world we would c...

Craft involves the application of human skill and invested time. Some have argued technology has undermined human expertise by replacing craftwork with automation, disposing of human ingenuity and proficiency. Can new technologies integrate skill, materials and labor with the products of craft? How does technology affect the use and significance of the crafted artifacts? Conversely, how does th...

The data presented in this article is an original data on "Investigating the role of onsite learning in the optimisation of craft gang's productivity in the construction industry". This article describes the constraints influencing craft gang's productivity and the influence of onsite learning on the blockwork craft gang's productivity. It also presented the method of data collection, using a s...

This presentation seeks to contextualise current work by makers using new technologies by discussing ways in which technology can be defined and the theoretical frameworks within which these definitions sit. It will briefly highlight some of the common ways in which we discuss technology and technological mediation, and relate these beliefs to particular characterisations of technology. This wi...

of Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF MARINE CRAFT: AN ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH By Patrick S. Walters May 2015 Chair: Warren E. Dixon Major: Mechanical Engineering Advances in sensing and computational capabilities have enabled autonomous...

Currently beer is booming, mainly due to the steady rise of craft breweries worldwide. Previous surveys for occurrence of mycotoxins in beer, were mainly focussed on industrial produced beer. The present survey reports the presence of mycotoxins in craft beer and how this compares to industrial produced beer. More than 1000 beers were collected from 47 countries, of which 60% were craft beers. ...

Juvenile offenders with substance use problems are at high risk for deleterious long-term outcomes. This study evaluated the capacity of a promising vocational and employment training program in the building sector (i.e., Community Restitution Apprenticeship-Focused Training, CRAFT) to mitigate such outcomes through enhanced employment and education. Participants were 97 high-risk juvenile offe...