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President Barack Obama has officially declared June 18th as a "National Day Of Making." The Local Motors crew is thrilled to join the #NationOfMakers at the White House Maker Faire tomorrow to celebrate U.S. manufacturing, entrepreneurship, & innovation.
"I call upon all Americans to observe this day with programs,ceremonies, and activities that encourage a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills," said the President of the United States.
The White House announced its intent to celebrate America’s students and entrepreneurs who are inventing the future at its first-ever Maker Faire. The event will take place at the White House on Wednesday, June 18th, It will feature “makers, innovators, and entrepreneurs of all ages who are using cutting-edge tools to bring their ideas to life.”
Mobifactory will demonstrate how Local Motors empowers innovators using crowd-powered, distributed, advanced manufacturing
The White House Maker Faire will highlight the remarkable stories of “Makers that are driving the next era of American innovation, as well as commitments by leading organizations to help more students and entrepreneurs get involved in making things.”
Founded by US Marine and Iraq veteran Jay Rogers, Local Motors is helping to drive the Third Industrial Revolution by accelerating the pace at which ideas move from mind, to market.
As a pioneer in crowd-sourced design and distributed micromanufacturing, Local Motors disrupts traditional product development practices by reaching out to the broader, global community of designers, engineers, enthusiasts and makers in order to deliver innovation literally, at the pace of conversation.
I may be wrong, but that appears to be an intermodal container on a step deck flatbed trailer. Why woud they do that?
ReplyDeleteyour terms aren't familiar to me, so I can't answer. Looks like a typical shipping container on a flatbed. So, what's wrong? How would you deliver a shipping container? It's a self contained shop for building and displaying.
DeleteThey have special running gears specifically for containers,consisting of not much more than a frame, suspension, and wheels. When a container is on one, it appears much more like a regular van trailer rather than a container sitting on a flatbed. Here's a comparison of standard van trailer and a shipping container on a running gear:
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Containers are almost always transported on running gears designed specifically for them. The picture in your post is the only time I can remember seeing one being transported on a flatbed. The step deck trailer would gain some head room. Maybe this container had to go under some low bridges or other obstetrical where overhead clearance was an issue.
now I see what you mean by step bed... goose neck type two level to hitch to the semi tractor... and intermodal... meaning shipping container I think... and I can only guess so they can ship it easily to overseas countries for display and marketing... also, shipping containers are cheaper than 53 foot tractor trailers I bet. No axels, no DOT compliance.
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