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One of the most beautiful aspects of science ... is that while there is so much we can see and smell and taste, there is such a large universe full of things we can't directly observe. What's more, the phenomena we learn about in science class — magnetism, pressure, or chemical structure, to name a few — aren't simply present in some remote time or space, they're everywhere around us — a beautiful new world to explore. Imagine if we could see them as naturally as we see light or colour.
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OPENROV
Welcome to the OpenROV community site! We're glad you're here! We're getting a lot of new visitors and we thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce ourselves. OpenROV is a DIY telerobotics community centered around underwater exploration and education. The community has developed a low-cost telerobotic submarine that can be built with mostly off-the-shelf parts. The goal of the project is to democratize exploration by allowing anyone to explore and study underwater environments.
Ever wanted to connect your Legos and Tinkertoys together? Now you can — and much more. Announcing the Free Universal Construction Kit : a set of adapters for complete interoperability between 10 popular construction toys. F.A.T. Lab and Sy-Lab are pleased to present the Free Universal Construction Kit : a matrix of nearly 80 adapter bricks that enable complete interoperability between ten * popular children’s construction toys.
The Free Universal Construction Kit | F.A.T.
Introducing The MakerBot Replicator™ « MakerBot Industries
January 10, 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) – MakerBot Industries is excited to announce the launch of its latest product, The MakerBot Replicator™, which will debut at CES in Las Vegas, NV on Tuesday, January 10th. Available in the MakerBot store for pre-order today ! The MakerBot Replicator™ is the ultimate personal 3D printer, with MakerBot Dualstrusion™ (2-color printing) and a bigger printing footprint, giving you the superpower to print things BIG! Assembled in Brooklyn by skilled technicians, the MakerBot Replicator™ is ready within minutes to start printing right out of the box.
Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment | opensource.com
"Interdependence is an extremely powerful social infrastructure that we can actually harness to heal some of our deepest civic issues, if we apply open source collaboration." -- Britta Riley in her May, 2011 TED talk Britta is an artist and technologist from New York, and owns a company called Windowfarms.org . The company makes hydroponic platforms for growing food in city windows, designed with the help of more than 1,800 enthusiastic collaborators from all over the world. Britta took her inspiration from NASA , which uses hydroponics to explore how to grow food in space. She reasoned that many apartment windows have less than stellar conditions for growing plants, especially in a Northern winter. Conditions in any particular window would limit what could grow there—but perhaps hydroponics could contribute to food security on earth.
Making silica aerogel at home
I followed instructions in the silica TMOS recipe from http://www.aerogel.org and successfully produced some small pieces of aerogel in my home shop. The two main difficulties are: 1. Getting TMOS or TEOS (the key chemical ingredient), and 2. Building a supercritical drying chamber. The components for the chamber can be bought from http://www.mcmaster.com or another source of industrial pipe fittings.
Build a Laser 3D Printer - Stereolithography at Home
Here is how to make a Stereolithography 3D Printer. It is still a bit of a work in progress but so far it is working pretty well. This is mainly an experiment which started as a Delta Robot Stereolithography Printer but ended as a more traditional Cartesian Stereolithography Printer. "I'll be... By: RobHopeless
pointList = [ ( 0 , 0 , 0 , 6 ) , ( 0 , 30 , 0 , 6 ) , ( 0 , 30 , 0 , 6 ) , ( 0 , 30 , 30 , 6 ) , ( 0 , 30 , 60 , 6 ) , ( 0 , 30 , 90 , 6 ) ] spline. points [ i+ 2 ] . co = ( spline. points [ i+ 2 ] . co [ 0 ] , val , spline. points [ i+ 2 ] . co [ 2 ] , 6 ) #modify the y coord of each point of the curve except the first point
Tornio Digitale — FabLabItalia
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Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Express 4.0
Hi everyone, The eagerly awaited OpenPCR kit is now shipping! UPS picked up the first batch of kits and OpenPCRs are on their way to users in 5 continents and 13 countries around the world. For $512, every OpenPCR kit includes all the parts, tools, and beautiful printed instructions – you ONLY need a set of screwdrivers. A PCR machine is basically a copy machine for DNA. It is essential for most work with DNA, things like exposing fraud at a sushi restaurant , diagnosing diseases including HIV and H1N1, or exploring your own genome .
DNA is now DIY: OpenPCR ships worldwide | OpenPCR - Open source, hackable PCR machine
CERN launches Open Hardware initiative – Open Hardware License is here… « adafruit industries blog
Geneva, 7 July 2011. Four months after launching the alpha version, CERN1 has today issued version 1.1 of the Open Hardware Licence (OHL), a legal framework to facilitate knowledge exchange across the electronic design community. In the spirit of knowledge and technology dissemination, the CERN OHL was created to govern the use, copying, modification and distribution of hardware design documentation, and the manufacture and distribution of products. Hardware design documentation includes schematic diagrams, designs, circuit or circuit-board layouts, mechanical drawings, flow charts and descriptive texts, as well as other explanatory material. Version 1.0 of the CERN OHL was published in March 2011 on the Open Hardware Repository (OHR), the creation of electronic designers working in experimental-physics laboratories who felt the need to enable knowledge-exchange across a wide community and in line with the ideals of “open science” being fostered by organizations such as CERN.CNC Machines | Sindrian Arts
The 2′x4′ Kikori is out! The MDO parts are available now for just $400 , but hurry; I’m only offering five at that reward level. After that, they’ll go up to $500. The reason they aren’t cheaper is because only nine pieces actually change between the 4′ version and the 2′ version. However, this also means that the 2′x4′ Kikori gantry has the ability to upgrade itself by making only nine new pieces!As 3D printing takes on cultural currency, the London gallery gathers an array of projects that show how imaginative designers are exploring the technology A news report from London The second Maker Faire in New York is a showcase for DIY-inspired inventions, creativity and research A design report from Queens by Luisa Castiglioni Some thoughts on the links between DIY and open source: how thinkering makes contemporary design efficient, elegant and environmentally responsible A design report from New York by Paola Antonelli