The MX3D bridge at Dutch Design Week

On Sunday I flex across to Amsterdam, once again, this time to take the train down to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week. Alex Tessier and Michael Lee – colleagues who had barely recovered from the last trip across before coming back to help the project with one last big push – had arrived a few days before me.

When we got to the bridge – on oversized cycles borrowed from the hotel but clearly intended for giants – the sky was still a little overcast.

When we arrived it was a little overcast

Alex and Mike got cracking on fixing some stray sensors and connectors.

Fixing a sensor

Our “home” for the duration is a shipping container that houses the PCs running our database and a number of screens showing Dasher 360, a usage dashboard and some videos of the bridge’s build process.

Inside our container

At times it was a little chilly inside, the early(ish) morning and evening being the worst.

Some changes needed for Dasher 360

Here’s a quick video showing you some more about the bridge:

When the sky cleared the bridge was even more gorgeous.

A nice shot of the bridge

It was nice to finally see it with the end…

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