LA to San Bernardino and back again.

Last Friday, May 2nd 2008, Jeongsun and Oliver (me) took the dive.  After Chiahwa booked a 23′ U-HAUL truck, we were well on our way to C-PAK, in San Bernardino, to pick up the roto-molded blob brick pieces.  It took some time to adjust from driving a generic 4-door sedan to a 23′ long truck.  For once, WIDE TURNS actually meant something.  And staying in the slow lane and watching dozens of cars pass up took some getting used to as well. 

Driving to C-PAK took roughly 90 minutes.  Arriving just on time, 2:30pm, we were excited to see where these bricks were born out of: giant heated machines that heat, rotate, and cool each brick.  It was an amazing site to see.  The pickup consisted of seven boxfuls.

After picking up it was time for the drive back!  Driving a 23′ truck during the peak hours of downtown LA traffic takes a lot of patience and a strong reliance on those rear-view side windows, plus some instinct.  Eventually, we made it to Machineous, met up with Andreas and Jeff, and unloaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machineous is now seven boxes of bricks happier as the path programming team begins this Monday, May 5th, 2008, with the first 20 bricks ready for Mr. Robotic Arm to cut on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008.

*FUN Fact from C-PAK: Workers from C-PAK didn’t know what our blob bricks were so first they called the blue ones “MICKY” and now the pink ones “MINNIE“ 

 

Guest blogger: Oliver Liao

Photo: Jeongsun Oh