Plytop Shell is a project started in 2016 with the aim of creating a Raspberry pi powered laptop. Originally Rory Johnson was working on a 3D printed design, but he encountered many issues on printing the laptop case in one shot. So the design needed to be broken up into multiple smaller pieces and then…
The NSynth Super is an open-source, experimental project which comes from Google’s research project, Magenta. Using NSynth, a neural network that generates sounds, the synthesizer can actually generate the sounds that come from an instrument. The algorithm uses the core qualities of an instrument to create sounds instead of just generating notes. Google’s neural synthesiser enables musicians…
High-end audio equipment company Bose is developing augmented reality (AR) sunglasses. The company has demonstrated a 3D printed prototype that can provide audio information about local points of interest, and expects to launch the Bose AR product this summer. Announced at SXSW, the Bose AR sunglasses look like any ordinary pair of sunglasses. “Bose is particularly…
How can you participate in a Nerf gun fight if you’re missing a hand? The ingenious Hackerloop collective of tinkerers solved that problem by putting together a prosthetic Nerf gun that you can control with your arm muscles. The base for the project is a Swarmfire Nerf blaster with the handle removed. Using Huchet, who lost his right hand…
After a successfully launched Kickstarter campaign in 2015, the italian startup Collettivo Cocomeri, also known as Felfil srl, now offers for sale the Felfil Evo to reduce 3d printing waste and create custom recycled filament. “Plastic waste is obviously a big problem in the world today; it should tug at the conscience of any 3D…
FoxTail has recently released via Thingiverse website the 3D printing files of its Sega Dreamcast Pi Case, allowing anyone with access to a 3D printer to replicate the case to protect their own Raspberry Pi SBC. The iconic Sega Dreamcast case supports the Raspberry Pi B+ / 2 / 3 systems, and is also equipped…
Samuel Mello Medeiros may have a way to inject new digital relevance into boxy old film camera classics with his I’m Back Kickstarter project, a camera back that sports a 16 MP CMOS sensor and touchscreen display panel. The camera attachment has been designed to offer 35 mm camera owners the option to take photos…
[bctt tweet=”New FDM (Fused deposition modeling) 3D printer capable to produce 40x40x40 cm (64,000 cm3) objects.” username=”OpenElectronics”] This printer has a building volume of 400 x 400 x 400 mm; it integrates all the functions of the 3Drag, including the “hackability”, that is typical of the Arduino-based controller. When we created our…
Open Bionics is a UK-based start-up tech company. Its mission is to create affordable 3D printed prostheses. They are about 30 times cheaper than other prostheses on the market. They operate using sensors attached to the skin to detect muscle movements. The muscle movements control the hand and open and close fingers. We spoke about…
Students at Lund University have faced an exciting technological challenge: developing proof-of-concept 3D printers that could print in chocolate fast. Only after the first chocolate layer solidification the next layer can be printed on top of the first. Fortunately, they weren’t working completely from scratch, as each team was given a low-cost 101Hero 3D printer…
How many of you have a Roomba Vacuum Cleaner at home? I always wanted one of these, but I never bought it. Maybe now I have another option…I can build it! The maker theking3737 created his own robotic vacuum cleaner as part of a school project. He was responsible for the hardware design, while a…
Researchers from New York Genome Center and New York University have recently developed an open source 3d Printed microfluidic controller. The device fits on a bedside and can be obtained and assembled for around $600, so it’s really cheaper than other comparable instruments. “Most commercial microfluidic instruments are very costly; as a result, not every lab has access…
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