A cool kid’s project, looking for funds! Looks like on the way to get funded. Smiley face A low-cost, open-source, Arduino-compatible balancing robot for learning, hacking and delight How it started Last winter, I promised my eight-year-old son to build a little balancing robot that he could program. One thing led to another, and this robot…
Unfortunately the funding objective is still a bit far for this project but it’s really worth mentioning for people interested in Open Source Cinema. MoCo is nothing new. In fact, Star Wars was the first film to use it. Since then motion control equipment for film has stayed extremely expensive. Over the past couple years a…
Another beautiful open source and DIY kit for children is hitting kickstarter, it’s kinda urgent if you want to give a hand! Mirobot is a small, WiFi robotics kit that children can build themselves and then use to learn about technology, engineering and programming. It’s fun to build and easy to start programming it to…
The Mamba3D printer is an affordable, high quality, all-metal, open source 3D-printer raising funds on kickstarter. According to the project founders: “Not only are we looking for funding but we also want to built a community around our open source printer. Backers can think and develop with us in expanding and upgrading the printer in the…
Ambitious goal for these guys to build another Android gaming platform (remember OUYA?) but doing it….in Open Source (code): With our smartphones we sacrifice sound, battery life, and a tiny screen for mobility. It’s time to merge the phone, the television, and the console into one revolutionary device. Meet Equiso Play. Equiso Play takes the…
Just another Open Source 3d printer debuts on kickstarter. This time the selling point should be the readiness to integrate next generation boards: Dual ARM design AMAKER is designed from scratch to include next generation controller boards. Just as humans have a left and right brain, we designed our controller to mirror two sides of the…
This is totally a Chindōgu invention. I’m surprised the guys even it 1k$ mark – friends and family – but this is so cool, and it’s a demonstration of what you can actually find on Kickstarter. Incredible stuff. We’ve all experienced the frustration of creative drought. You’re sitting down, trying to come up with your next…
This interesting project is aiming to get funded on Kickstarter. It’s a cool I/O extension board for Linux systems: MotherBone™PiOne™ is a peripheral motherboard for BeagleBone Black & Raspberry Pi providing safe I/O expansion for Linux based systems via MotherBone™PiOne™ by APlus Mobile, Inc. — Kickstarter.
Ynvisible launched Printoo a prototyping platform to make today’s Printed Electronics technologies more accessible to anyone interested in developing interactive objects and projects. By making these technologies accessible, open and easy to prototype with, Printoo “hopes to generate a wave of innovation to make the physical world smarter and more enjoyable” Printoo boards can be used to make 3D…
This is an amazing project! it is completely “3D printed, with open-source design and very customisable”: Described in a very basic manner, the Altergaze is a simple and compact mobile phone accessory. You just slide your smartphone inside, and you’re good to go. The Altergaze design provides easy access to your smartphone in case you…
Imogen Heap is crowdfunding an Open Source version of the state-of-the-art wearable tech that let’s control sounds with your hands. “The time has arrived! We are making the first Mi.Mu gloves available to people who want to work with us to shift the paradigm of how music is made and performed. This Kickstarter campaign has…
One more project mixing music, Interaction design and opensource, in a DIY fashion! What is the Kyub? The Kyub is a maker friendly, open source MIDI keyboard that provides a new window to musical performance. Capacitive sensing gives the Kyub extremely sensitive action and an internal accelerometer allows the volume of each note to be…
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