Luz Fantástica! E Marcas e Patentes, Brinquedos Magneato, e DXF Calc

Isto é fabuloso!

Seguir a Trajectória da Luz, de forma a ter uma Imagem em 3D...

E agora, ainda por cima, agora muito mais barato, preço ao nível duma Maketbot, e vendo através de objectos translúcidos!

Fotógrafos, Engenhocas, Fablabers, aproveitem!

Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night stays MIT's new TOF camera

Brian Dodson

MIT researchers have developed a new time-of-flight (TOF) 3D "nano-camera" with the ability to work with translucent objects, motion, fog, rain, and other factors in the environment that totally confuse previous TOF cameras, such as Microsoft's second-gen Kinect. The MIT Media Lab team has added these new capabilities by introducing additional information into the illuminating light beam. The resulting camera costs less than US$500 in parts.

http://www.gizmag.com/nano-camera-mit-500-3d-translucent-fog-rain-snow/29980/

Para se informarem do porquê de patentearem as vossa ideisa, eis uma acção de esclarecimento, para dia 10 deste Mês, no Centro João Sem Medo:

Marcas, Patente e Design - Porque proteger ?, 10.Dez, 18h00

João Sem Medo Center

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:35 PM
Lisboa, Portugal

Sabia que...
Samuel Morse criou e registou a patente do telégrafo em 1837?
Marconi inventou a rádio em 1901?
A Fortran desenvolveu a primeira linguagem de programação de computadores em 1956?

Imagine que uma destas tinha sido uma invenção sua e que outra pessoa a registava antes de si...
O nosso nome, a nossa imagem é o que nos distingue dos demais. Assim, enquanto profissionais criamos e inovamos com a intenção de nos distinguirmos, de sermos diferentes!

A Propriedade Industrial é um conjunto de direitos que protege a exclusividade sobre as invenções,design ou sinais criados, para que no mercado não possam ser usados por terceiros, por forma a proteger os investimentos em inovação. Saiba PORQUÊ REGISTAR.

Esta acção será facilitada pela Joana Roque, advogada e empreendedora, da D'Almeida Roque Advogada.

Este workshop é gratuito. A presente inscrição é uma manifestação de interesse pública. A entrada no workshop é por ordem de chegada à sala, com apresentação da inscrição online. Temos 14 lugares disponíveis. Está sujeito à ética do gratuito, cuja leitura se recomenda.

http://www.eventbrite.pt/e/marcas-patente-e-design-porque-proteger-10dez-18h00-tickets-9581792399

Eis mais umas Ferramentas bacanas da DataCad:

DXF Calcs permite-vos poupar muito trabalho, esboçando as vossas ideias, sabendo, logo ali, o que vai resultar delas...

Isto é uma Suite de 3 programas que vos vão fazer muita falta, o Vídeo só ilustra um deles,;

Há também o Tolerance Calc, e o section Calc, vão ao Link, à descoberta dos outros:

DXFCALCS Suite 2014

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GrafiCalc Elements©
GrafiCalc Elements enables users to conceptualize, analyze, and solve a wide range of engineering design challenges while making informed decisions.
GrafiCalc Elements combines the disciplines of sketching and calculations in a single application that enables users to automate engineering calculations, evaluate design options, document, share, and reuse engineering knowledge.
Initial geometry can be entered directly in GrafiCalc Elements as well as imported from CAD in the DXF format.

http://www.datacad.de/602.html?&L=1

GrafiCalc Elements©

GrafiCalc Elements enables users to conceptualize, analyze, and solve a wide range of engineering design challenges while making informed decisions.
GrafiCalc Elements combines the disciplines of sketching and calculations in a single application that enables users to automate engineering calculations, evaluate design options, document, share, and reuse engineering knowledge.
Initial geometry can be entered directly in GrafiCalc Elements as well as imported from CAD in the DXF format.

 

E para se divertirem, eis uma Boa Prenda de Natal Engenhocas, da KJMagnetics, Ímanes de Hematite, não tão fortes quanto os de Neodímio, mas bem menos quebradiços... 
Eis os Ímanes Cantores!

Mag-Neato Toys

Some of our favorite toys that we often share with kids aren’t actually neodymium magnets.  See our Mag-Neato Toys section for a variety of shapes of some really fun magnets.  These aren’t neodymium – they’re made from polished hematite magnet material.  They’re a lot weaker than a neodymium magnet, but they are seriously fun.

Unlike neodymium magnets, you can toss and let these magnets hit one another without worrying so much about breaking them.  In fact, the various ways you can let these magnets come together make interesting sounds.  It is a lot of fun!  They’re a perfect size that is easy to grab, strong enough to be fun but not too strong.

In the video below, we show how to make them whistle, buzz and snap.  It's a decent demonstration, but completely fails to show how long kids can stay entertained by these magnets!

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/blog.asp?p=mag-neato-toys

Uma Plotter em Cartão!, E um PC só de teclado, um Abrigo em Cartão, comprimir o vosso 3D, e Vácuo

Eis algo de fenomenal, uma Plotter Manual, e ainda por cima, em Cartão!

Para descrever como funciona uma Plotter, e o Computador que a acciona, eis uma ideia genial, e um Vídeo fascinante... 

Building A Working Plotter Made Out Of Cardboard And Glue

Hello, world! Niklas Roy teaches students to build electronics from organic materials.

If life depended on explaining what’s going on inside of a computer at a fundamental material level, most of us would be screwed. Despite spending the majority of our daily lives using complex electronics, precious few of us have any clue what’s going on inside. Those innards are exactly what interest Berlin artist Niklas Roy. 

Roy describes himself as “an inventor of useless things,” which is a funnier way of saying “inventor of things other people will think are useless.” In fact, his work is penultimately useful: An instant camera that prints on receipt paper, for example, or a tiny sweeping robot that uses a toothbrush as a broom. Earlier this year, he rigged his Berlin doorbell with a laser gun sound and an LED calling card. His work is glitchy and low-fi in a way that some might call twee, were it not underpinned with an incredible intelligence and engineering know-how.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671975/building-a-working-plotter-made-out-of-cardboard-and-glue

Quem tiver a minha idade, ou um irmão mais velho, etc. lembra-se dos Commodore Amiga, PCs que eream um Teclado com o Computador lá dentro...

Pois eis uma nova versão dessa ideia, desta vez com o Android como Sistema Operativo, e parece ser uma solução para muitos usos:

CoolShip desktop Android computer looks like nothing more than a keyboard

Paul Ridden

Readers of a certain age will remember, probably with fondness, the computer-in-a-keyboard form factor exemplified by the likes of the Atari 800XL or the mighty Commodore 64. We've seen several impressive attempts at revival in the recent past, including efforts from Barry S Altman's Commodore USA and ASUS. Now China's FocusWill Information Technology is getting in on the act with an Android-flavored, keyboard-based desktop computer called the CoolShip.

http://www.gizmag.com/coolship-keyboard-android-computer/26461

Eis um Abrigo em Cartão, para os Sem-Abrigo, mas que pode servir também para Desalojados, que perderam as casas nalguma catástrofe, Equipas de Trabalho de Campo...

E até pode, modificado, abrigar Automóveis, Engenhocas, e Maquinaria!

 

Cardborigami fuses cardboard and origami to shelter the homeless

Adam Williams

Sadly, widespread homelessness isn’t going away any time soon, and until society works out a larger solution, ideas are needed to improve the living conditions of people without a home right now. One such idea put forward is a cardboard-constructed pop-up shelter dubbed “Cardborigami,” which is designed to serve as a transitional shelter until a permanent home is found.

http://www.gizmag.com/cardborigami-homeless-shelter/26437/

 

Comprimir os vossos Ficheiros 3D a níveis fantásticos, parece ser o que a DataCad nos oferece, agora, versão de teste Grátis:

Don't be scared of big Data – Lattice Technology
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• extremely high data compression
• MultiCAD abilities
• easy handling of big data volumes
• short loading times
• using XVL – the industry's most compressed and accurate 3D format
• proven product developed with input from many users
• free viewer for iPad and iPhone
• free XVL Player for laptops/PCs and free Lattice3D Reporter

 http://www.datacad.de/dwl_lattice_nk.html?&L=1

 

Eis algo em que eu nunca pensei, revestir Vidro com Metal, mas se precisarem de fabricar um Cinescópio, ou só para efeito, eis um Instructable!

A better vacuum chamber 

Random_Canadian

If you look back upon my previous work you will find that I have been experimenting with vacuum metal deposition.
I have been attempting to vaporize metal and have it coat glass under a vacuum. There will be more on this once I get the process working flawlessly.

Ideally this is done under a very deep vacuum using a diffusion vacuum pump.
I am attempting to do this without the use of a diffusion pump.
The vacuum chamber that I have been using is showing signs of melting and burning which to say the least is less than ideal for the task at hand.

The first problem is the type of material used for the chamber base. The second is in dealing with the heat generated and the third is the vacuum seal.
I have come up with a solution to all three in the most unlikeliest of places...

http://www.instructables.com/id/A-better-vacuum-chamber/