Brian Chan Making The Ukulele Musical Instrumen From Bamboo

An artist of Massachusetts known for its art of origami, Brian Chan, create a work like no other. This time he did not make the origami but making a ukulele out of Bamboo. Ukulele is one musical instrument that originated from Hawaii. Ukulele discovered in 1879.

 

Uniqueness contained on ukulele Chan made ​​not only from bamboo material only, but it turns out the ukulele can also be folded making it easy to carry anywhere and saves storage space. To add to the beauty of the sound of the ukulele, Chan added some electronic instruments into it so that his voice could be better instead of the lack of room resonances on the ukulele.

For folding ukulele, consists of two steps, ie folding area between the neck and body of the ukulele and the area between the neck and head. More details you can see in the picture.

Very interesting :-)

UK Student Create Smartphone Case from Bamboo

When we hear the word Smart Phone, the name that comes to our heads is a small object that is not at all sophisticated timber elements contained in it. But make no mistake, there was also Smart phone that his case is made from Bamboo. Mobile looks natural and seem very natural and elegant. Want to know what?? The following pictures
 

That makes this Bamboo Smart Phone is a student from Middlesex University in the UK called Kieron-Scott Woodhouse. This smart phone is basically a Smart Phone Samsung Exynos quad-core 4 are deliberately changed using Bamboo. Very interesting it :-)

Making Unique Toys from Bamboo

If we are creative, Bamboo can be made ​​into just about anything, including children's toys. Besides it's cheap, toy from Bamboo is no less interesting with the toys of other materials that are more expensive. Bamboo can be created and combined with other materials to be formed into a toy. For more interesting we can paint it to make it look more festive. Here are some of them

Bamboo, Plant Could Be Made of Various Products

Bamboo is a plant that has many benefits. Bamboo is common in Asian countries such as Japan, China, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Bamboo is a type of plant-jointed grasses from the family Poaceae consisting of 70 Genus. Bamboo is a plant that can grow very quickly, some of which can grow to 60 cm in a day.

This plant is widely used by man because it has a strong stem, resilient, straight, flat, easy to cut and shaped into a versatile variety of goods ranging from building materials, furniture, accessories, transportation equipment, musical instruments, and so on.

Bamboo plants can grow in the lowlands to the mountains with an altitude of about 300 meters above sea level. Usually they are found in open areas with no puddles.

Bamboo plants grow in groups. Such as sugar cane, bamboo and books have sections on each side branches will grow much smaller in size and the segment is also growing roots so that they can reproduce themselves of the pieces on each side. Bamboo itself is known as the material is quite durable and can last a long time.

Here are some types of bamboo that grows in Indonesia

• Arundinaria japonica Sieb & Zuc ex Stend found in Java.
• Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Wild. (Pring Ori) in Java and Sulawesi.
• Bambusa atra Lindl. (Loleba) in Maluku.
• Bambusa balcooa Roxb. In Java.
• Bambusa blumeana Bl. ex Schul. f. (Bamboo Duri) in Java, Sulawesi and Lombok.
• Bambusa glaucescens (Wild) Sieb ex Munro. (Bamboo Fence; cendani) in Java.
• Bambusa horsfieldii Munro. (Bamboo Embong) in Java.
• Maculataand Bambusa (Bamboo Tutul; Pring Tutul) in Bali.