Open Hardware High Resolution 3D Printer
Here is a great looking Open Hardware High Resolution 3D Printer. I think we will see a lot more 3D printers this year! The more the merrier since I would love one but I currently can’t justify the cost. With this kickstarter you could have one of these for under $2500. You can read more [...]
Steve Jobs told Rupert Murdoch Fox News is an “incredibly destructive force”
Rupert Murdoch on Fox News talking about the iPad and Steve Jobs (2 minutes in)
Reuters points us to a section of Walter Isaacson’s ‘Steve Jobs’ bio detailing the relationship between Jobs and New Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch. News Corp. is behind the iPad-only publication, The Daily, which Jobs was originally supposed to introduce with Murdoch on [...]
Halloween Orange Laser Etched into a Glowing Mini Pumpkin
When you squint a bit and loose scale these mandarin oranges look a bit like small pumpkins. I wanted to rev up the Halloween spirit around the house and without a real pumpkin to carve I settled for the next best thing. That is of course a laser etched pumpkin carving onto a mini orange [...]
AT&T’s Galaxy S II will be available Oct. 2 for $199 on contract
AT&T just announced on Twitter that its version of the Samsung Galaxy S II will be available Oct. 2 for $199 with a two-year contract and a minimum $15 data plan.
AT&T's version of the Galaxy S II differs slightly from Sprint's or T-Mobiles in that it's a (mere) 4.3-inch device. It's still got the same [...]
Hands-on with AT&T’s Galaxy S II (updated with video)
Here we have AT&T’s Galaxy S II. But seeing as how AT&T’s already done a 4.5-inch phone in the Samsung Infuse, it’s chosen to scale things down just a smidge with its Galaxy S II. The display is a mere 4.3 inches. But it’s made up for losing those two-tenths of an inch with the Super AMOLED Plus [...]
RoboCar MEV-C: Japan Gets New Robot Car
Tokyo-based robot venture ZMP has churned out yet another robot car: this time, it’s the so-called RoboCar MEV-C, which is based on COMS, a vehicle Toyota started developing back in 2000. Just as COMS, the MEV-C is a single-person, 4-wheeled electric mini car – just with a robotic twist.
ZMP says the car can actually be [...]
DIY Animatronic Eyes
This DIY Animatronic Eye tutorial by PyroElectro might be just the thing your next Halloween project needs!
“This tutorial will present a single method for controlling 2-axis of robotic eye movement using an improvised gimbal system. This will give us control for the animatronic eye to move up and down as well as left [...]
CNC Machine built using a LEGO Mindstorms NXT
Check out this LEGO CNC Machine which is built around a LEGO Mindstorms NXT system. The creator is 16 year old Youtube user Kabeltomten, all I can say is way to go and I can’t wait to see what this guy is building 10 years from now. The Z axis has some great height, looks [...]
Classic Mac FPS Marathon Open Sourced, Coming To iPad
Marathon was the Mac answer to Doom, and when I was younger I preferred it infinitely (in my innocence), lauding its creative level design, intense multiplayer, and insanely well thought-out story. When it gave way to Halo I pretty much stopped caring about Bungie, but now they’ve gotten my attention again.
As part of Bungie’s [...]
Video: Robot Lightsaber Duel
If you’re a robot otaku who happens to be a Star Wars otaku, too, then this video is for you. Japanese robot maker Yaskawa recently showcased its Motoman 7-axis robo arms at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Shanghai (which ends this Friday).
And what’s better than demonstrating the speed and flexibility of industrial [...]