Um Torno Impresso em 3D!

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Um Mini Torno Mecânico Impresso em 3D!
Impecável!

3D-printed mini lathe

It has been said that once you have a lathe you can make just about any other tool. This open-source printable mini lathe could be the perfect place to get started. With the quality of hobby printers increasing so rapidly, it is great to see complex mechanical models like this making their way out into the ecosystem.

(We’ve seen a printed mini-lathe before, but that project seems to be obsolete now.)

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/05/11/3d-printed-mini-lathe/

Eis apenas duas das 7 últimas notícias da Shapeways: 

Feed of the Future

Get your fill of trending creations from the community

There is so much amazing work being created, shared, and brought to life within our community -- with the Shapeways Feed, you now have a portal into the thick of the action. And you can share the 3D printed gems with the world!

Explore the latest and greatest from the Shapeways community, but fair warning, it's quite addictive.

Introducing Colored Ceramics!

Add a new hue to the kitchen
Now your designs can be 3D printed in a range of beautiful ceramic glazes with our new pastel palette of colors along with satin black finish to join our existing black & white gloss finishes.

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7115af9a58288aadeddb6390b&id=f0d7390350&e=fded66864c

Eis um Anfíbio para onde não há Pontes, parece-me porreiro para muita superfície no Brasil e Àfrica...

Amphibious Iguana 29 gets smaller sibling, the Iguana 24

By Gizmag Team

As forecast when we broke the news of the caterpillar-driven Iguana 29 amphibious vehicle last year, Iguana has released details of a smaller Iguana 24.

 

The 24 is near identical to the 29 and uses the same retractable caterpillar tracks for surefooted drive across extreme terrain at up to 8 km/h (5 mph). In the water the Iguana 24 boasts a performance edge over its larger sibling and has 38 knot speed (70 km/h), 3 knots faster than the 29.

The Iguana 24 being slightly smaller, has slightly less carrying capacity with room for just eight passengers compared with the Iguana 29's ten passengers. Larger versions of the currently ten-seater amphibian are planned.

http://www.gizmag.com/amphibious-iguana-24/22491/

E a corrida para o Espaço não pára, com ou sem caprichos de algum Estado, eis os ùltimos Progressos:

Blue Origin conducts wind tunnel tests on its next-gen spacecraft design 

By Ben Coxworth

When it comes to spacecraft that may take the place of the now-defunct space shuttle, it would probably be fair to say that most people probably think of the SpaceX Dragon. It’s sometimes easy to forget, however, that SpaceX is a private company, competing against others for NASA’s business. One of those competitors is Washington state-based Blue Origin, established by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos (SpaceX was co-founded by Elon Musk, of PayPal fame). Although the company has been rather secretive about the space vehicle that it’s developing, it recently announced that the design has done well in a series of wind tunnel tests.

http://www.gizmag.com/blue-origin-wind-tunnel-testing/22500/