Ciclóides, peças avulsas, Grafenos-esponja,

Uma pequena maravilha mais do Rob Ives, esta engrenagem se Ciclóide, vão ao Link, para verem o seu Vídeo meio hipnótico:

The hypocycloid mechanism is used to make a compact, simple gear box that reduces rotational speed. In the case of this animation the reduction is 7:1. Follow one of the lobes of the six pointed rotor with your eye and see how it advances one notch anticlockwise for each rotation of the blue rotor. By adding two similar mechanisms back to back it is possible to multiply up the the gear reduction ratio

http://www.robives.com/blog/hypocycloid_mechanism_animation

Já acende a Luz!

Já podem ver no Youtube a minha Ray-Gun com o Laser e Lanterna, um clique rápido, é só Laser, para apontar, um clique mais prolongado, e acende a Lanterna, para procurarem os vosso papéis, na demonstração que façam...

...E a Luz dá um efeito dramático do caraças! :) 

Mas o que é importante, é salientar, que tive de fazer uma peça em três partes, cortada na boa da Serra Pendular, para segurar as Pilhas, e é claro, o Laser e os Leds, na Placa minúscula que tamvbém tem os 2 interruptores:

Não esquecendo a peça, em Acrílico Branco, à esquerda, na parte do meio, que acciona os interruptores, empurrada pelo Gatilho:

 

Talvez inclua estas 3 peças no Desenho que vendo na Net, mas como não sei o que vão pôr na Ray-gun, vai ser muito modificado, este acessório, por cada um... 

 

E continuando a Corrida, entre o Aerogel, a Aerografite, e os Grafenos, pelo Material mais Leve, eis este Grafeno que é uma Esponja, de tal maneira, que absorverá, no Futuro, Derrames de Óleo, e podendo ser re-utilizado!
É bom!

Graphene aerogel takes world’s lightest material crown

Darren Quick

Not even a year after it claimed the title of the world’s lightest material, aerographite has been knocked off its crown by a new aerogel made from graphene. Created by a research team from China’s Zhejiang University in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering lab headed by Professor Gao Chao, the ultra-light aerogel has a density lower than that of helium and just twice that of hydrogen.
Although first created in 1931 by American scientist and chemical engineer, Samuel Stephens Kistler, aerogels have recently become a hotly contested area of scientific research. A “multiwalled carbon nanotube (MCNT) aerogel” dubbed “frozen smoke” with a density of 4 mg/cm³ lost its world’s lightest material title in 2011 to a micro-lattice material with a density of 0.9 mg/cm³. Less than a year later, aerographite claimed the crown with its density of 0.18 mg/cm³.

http://www.gizmag.com/graphene-aerogel-worlds-lightest/26784/

Codeable Objects, Scanner 3D com Arduino, Pantógrafos e Tractores

Dica de Paulo Costa, através dos nossos amigos da DIGI-FAB USP, eis Codeable Objects, de Jennifer Jacobs, para fazerem Atrefactos usando Computação Geométrica, para adicionarem estructuras à vossa Impressão 3D:

Codeable Objects

Codeable Objects is a library for Processing that enables novice coders, designers and artists to rapidly design, customize and construct artifacts using geometric computation and digital fabrication. The programming methods provided by the library allow the user to program a variety of structures and designs with simple code and geometry. When the user compiles their code, the software outputs tool paths based on their specifications, which can be used in conjunction with digital fabrication tools to build their object.

The first case study for the Codeable Objects library was conducted with a set of methods that facilitated the creation of a laser cut lamp. To test the library, I held a workshop at the MIT Media Lab. Over the course of a day, participants used the library to design, and construct lamps of their own.  All of the lamps displayed in the images were created by people in the workshop.

http://hero-worship.com/portfolio/codeable-objects/?p=1718

Um Instructable para Fabbers, Engenhocas, e fâs do Arduino, eis uma Scanner 3D, feita usando Lego Technik, um Stepper, e o tal Arduino:

Let's cook: 3D scanner based on Arduino and Processing

cube000

 

Ever wonder of copypaste method, usable in real life, not only in virtual reality? Me too. It is  21th century, and those are nearer than most of all can imagine! This is possible thank to 3d scanners and printers. So let's try to scan something!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Lets-cook-3D-scanner-based-on-Arduino-and-Proces/

 

Eis, apresentado pelo Blog da Shapeways, uma ideia que eu também tive, e falei dela aqui, algumas vezes, usar um pantógrafo 3D, para reproduzin N vezes um Original feito dum Obecto Impresso em  3D...

E numa Figurina absolutamente... Re-vigorante!

3D Printing Reinvigorating Wood Sculpture

We get to see a lot of amazing uses for 3D printing here at Shapeways, but this technique is new to me! Ben Godi from Italian company 3D Wood shares a really interesting technique that combines 3D printing and traditional wood turning.

In his words...

Hi I'm Ben and I would like to share a production process I have developed this year, together with a local wood carving company 3D Wood. We already use this production pipeline daily now, because it has so many advantages and Shapeways plays a major role! (how could it be otherwise!) I'm going to explain the steps with the help of two models that are for sale on my website.

http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/1800-3D-Printing-Reinvigorating-Wood-Sculpture.html

 

Muáháháháhá! O sistema contraptor oferece-nos esta pequena gema de Vídeo, para além, é claro, de toda uma discussão e dados sobre um Mini CNC feito com as suas peças... É muito bom!

 

 

Mini CNC case study

Albanetc

This is what I made tonight. This is just a wheel. I wanted to test how it would come out before cutting the inertial damper wheels for steppers. It took about 10 minutes to cut, using tungsten carbide bit, speed setting 2, pass depth of 0.02" and feedrate of 12 IPM. I got these parameters from earlier mini router experiments/tests.

http://www.contraptor.org/forum/t-192541#post-755646

E como está o que os Especialistas chamam de... Frio comó caraças, aprendam como instalar uma Sopradora de Neve, nos vossos Tractores, nest caso o popular Tractor Kubota!

Installing snowblower on Kubota BX tractor

nlinventor

Fist snow of the year  this morning and more is forecast for tomorrow so I got the snowblower on just in time. This rear mounted Kubota snowblower does a good job clearing snow but getting it installed is always a bit of a challenge, especially as it's something done just once a year so you don't get much opportunity to develop smooth installation techniques.

I stored the snowblower and 3-point hitch parts under a tarp all summer, but even with that, a lot of oil and grease evaporated and some rust set in.  I live in a damp climate so that doesn't help any.

The photo above shows the snowblower fully installed, adjusted and lubricated. 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-snowblower-on-Kubota-BX-tractor/

E para que os Canitos não vos arranhem a porta toda, eis uma ideia simples e eficaz, para poupar a Porta:

Sliding Dog Gate Protects Door from Scratches

KentM

 

Anyone with a dog knows that if you let them out to do their business you better be waiting by the door when they want to come back in. If you're not, it's a sure bet that they will be scratching at the door trying to get your attention and, the bigger the dog, the greater the damage. This instructable is a classic example of my "closing the barn door after the horse got out" but, hopefully, it will save your door before it meets the same fate as mine.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Low-tech-dog-gate-prevents-scratched-doors/

 

 

 

 

Uma carrada de notícias!

Halbach!
12 Ímanes de Neodímio, e quase toda a força dos 2 Pólos, no interior deste anel!
Para uma data de experiẽncias bacanas:

The Halbach 12 magnet Array, 10 mm Cubes, Laser Cut Version!
1 - Put the Arrow piece, the one with the Magnet Axis Directions, on the bottom.
2 - Put the first Square piece, the other pieces, with the square holes, aligned and on top of that. Glue the two, on the outside.
3 - Using 4 Magnets as place holders, stack the other 3 Pieces, and glue the lot on the outside.
4 - After finding the North of each Magnet (a Compass South poit points to it) mark it with a Permantent Ink Felt Marker.
5 - Put the Magnets carefully, the arrows point to the North, put them, first 4 spaced 3 places apart, glue the top, then 4 to the right of those, glue again, then the remaining 4 glue again.
That's it! :)
http://www.ponoko.com/make-your-own/toys/halbach-12-magnet-laser-cut-8615

Os Planos estão à venda, na Ponoko.


Cortados na FabLab EDP, que têem de tudo, voltaremos a falar disso, agora, podem lá ir de Metro até Moscavide, e depois, podem ir ao AtlLab, saem na estação da Encarnação...





Querem mexer num Torno Mecânico, como deve de ser?

Cá vai uma ajuda indispensável, da parte de quem sabe, em três páginas bastante elucidativas:

INSTRUCTIONS TO LEARN HOW TO USE A LATHE

The lathe is a machine tool used principally for shaping pieces of metal (and sometimes wood or other materials) by causing the workpiece to be held and rotated by the lathe while a tool bit is advanced into the work causing the cutting action. The basic lathe that was designed to cut cylindrical metal stock has been developed further to produce screw threads, tapered work, drilled holes, knurled surfaces, and crankshafts. Modern lathes offer a variety of rotating speeds and a means to manually and automatically move the cutting tool into the workpiece. Machinists and maintenance shop personnel must be thoroughly familiar with the lathe and its operations to accomplish the repair and fabrication of needed parts. 

 http://www.americanmachinetools.com/how_to_use_a_lathe.htm

Pura diversão, dos nossos amigos da desktop Gremlins, o vosso Carro, à vossa maneira!

Desktop Gremlins is Proud to Present: Paper Projects Session 3 - The Amazing Automobile!

A brand new PAPER PROJECT is available for download at DesktopGremlins.com! Session 3 - THE AMAZING AUTOMOBILE. What fantastic vehicular invention can YOU create! Download the template, print on uncoated paper, color and build! Sure, you could make it look like a Land Rover, but why not try something bold? A cheese-mobile! Or add a radar dish so and design it to drive on the moon! Steampunk, anyone? Then cut out your automobile and push and fold the paper to give the paper fibers some MEMORY! See if you can figure out how the little slots near the bumpers slide into each other to help the automobile hold its shape. Enjoy!

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=644c9563d534a336433a1d842&id=22d2c6299a&e=bcecf0391e

Uma compacta multi-ferramenta USB, que serve mesmo para uma data de coisas!

Little Wire: the compact USB multi-tool

A look at a simple yet highly versatile multi-purpose USB tool, and an insight into the experience of creating an open source hardware project.

The Little Wire hardware comprises of only a handful of components, but don't let that fool you as it can be put to many different uses including USB GPIO, ADC and SPI/I2C/UART interface.

In the great open source tradition Little Wire builds upon the work of others, and in particular the USBtiny software implementation of low-speed USB for Atmel ATtiny microcontrollers, Limor Fried's USBtinyISP hardware, and a V-USB ATtiny in-system programmer. 

Little Wire is an open source hardware design and the schematic, bill of materials and PCB layout are hosted at SolderPad, with open source software provided at GitHub.

It would be easy enough to construct Little Wire using perfboard, you could make your own PCB from the supplied layout and Seeedstudio also provide complete kits.

http://www.designspark.com/content/little-wire-compact-usb-multi-tool

Duas Impressoras 3D Impressionantes!

A Primeira, a Pandabot, é algo fantástico, pelo preço e pelo aspecto limpo e dum Design sem mácula:

PandaBot

Introducing the 3D printer you've been waiting for. Robust, stable, affordable and elegant

From day one we've kept our design focus of the Panda Bot on our users. We want to enable the creativity of designers and help them leverage the possibilities of 3D printers. Every design decision was made in terms of how it made your life and work easier and more productive.  Because the Panda Bot has been conceived of from the start as a consumer product, it's inherently rugged. It will take interference and keep printing, dampening out errors as it goes.

Elegant 

Our printer's materials and aesthetics were chosen to ensure that our end product belonged on your desk. To get the most benefit from a 3D printer, it needs to be accessible to you and so has to look professional.  

Stable Thanks to the product focused design and key innovations, the Panda Bot keeps running, object after object. Self-calibrating Our innovations take the biggest chore out of 3D printing. Our sensors and software make it self-calibrate, just like a paper printer.

Affordable We're the industry cost leader, taking advantages of design advances and economies of scale to make 3D printing cost accessible to everyone.

Open

We have our custom print queue to make 3D printing more accessible For advanced work and researchers, our printers can take any generated G-code, letting you explore deposition strategies and quantify material properties.

http://www.pandarobotics.com/index.html

 

E esta maravilha, um Conceito Inovador que vai dar de falar:

   

COMING SOON, REALLY, REALLY SOON!!!!!!

The Rostock MAX is the newest 3D printer by us here at SeeMeCNC.  Featuring a new linear motion design by partdaddy, the cheapskate uses the aluminum extrusion as not only the structural member, but also the linear bearing surface.  The extruder is our modified "Steve's Extruder" that uses push to connect fittings for a bowden extruder setup fed down to our proven hot-end design.  The hot-end platform as well as the Delta arms are all made from incredibly strong, lightweight injection molded reinforced plastic.  The same material is also used in the extruder body to keep everything super strong and light.  Laser Cut framework, injection molded plastic and precision CNC machined parts, all made by us, to bring you what we think is the most outstanding looking "think outside the box" printer design yet.

http://shop.seemecnc.com/Rostock-MAX-Delta-3D-Printer-Kit-68399.htm

Tomem nota!

Nunca ficaram fulos da cabeça, por terem à mão o Bloco-Notas...

Mas nenhuma Caneta? 

Eis o Pen&Note...

Podem guardar a caneta, ou ao lado do Bloco-Notas, ou por cima dele;

1 - Enfiam a parte rectangular no Cartão da parte detrás do Bloco-Notas;


2 - A parte redonda, onde encaixa a Caneta, fica como na Imagem 3D (categoria!) embaixo, ou rodam-na para baixo, e empurram-na para ficar ao lado do Bloco-Notas, o que vos der mais jeito.

Pen&Note

A Pen holder for your Notebook, so you never lose the Pen! 

You can hold the Pencil/Pen/whatever on top or to the side of the Notebook. 

1 - Plug the slotted part onto the side of the Cardboard back of the Notebook; 

2 - Either place the round part, the Pen holder, on top of the Notebook, as on the image, or rotate it and slide it into the side of the Notebook.

 http://www.sculpteo.com/en/design/pennote/NfsSMPUm

Madeira flexível, Soja, ProJet,e Vacas

Da Ponoko na Nova Zelândia, vem-nos este novo Material, Placa de Madeira bem flexível:

NEW material: bendy plywood available in NZ 

Flexible timber for your curvy projects. 

We’re welcoming Bendy Plywood to the Ponoko NZ materials catalog with a big hug. And it can kind of hug us back. That’s because Bendy Plywood can curve and undulate within a radius of 250mm+. It’s an interior grade plywood made of 3 veneer layers of Fuma wood. The total thickness is about 5mm, and price starts at $2.97US for a P1. Bendy Ply is great for model making, cabinets and interior fittings, joinery, and partitions.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/05/22/new-material-bendy-plywood-available-in-nz/

Eis uma muito boa notícia, a Soja para tratamento do cancro!

Natural cancer drug available from soaking soybeans 

By Brian Dodson 

A group of plant scientists at the University of Missouri have discovered a new, inexpensive approach to extracting an powerful anticancer chemical from soybeans. The incidence of a number of common cancers (breast, colorectal, prostate, bladder, lymphoma, and oral cancers) is lower in Japan by a factor of two to ten times than in North America or Western Europe (GLOBOCAN 2008). The medical profession is edging toward a conclusion that a significant portion of the reduction in alimentary system cancers and breast cancer is associated with the importance of the humble soybean to Japanese diets. Researchers have considered the medical benefits of the soybean for centuries. However, the modern level of interest began with the identification of the Bowman-Birk Protease Inhibitor (BBI) in 1963.

http://www.gizmag.com/cancer-drug-soaking-soybeans/22605/

Eis uma Impressora 3D, para quase todos os bolsos...

ProJet™ 'crossover' 3D printers produce precision parts and patterns with the performance, accuracy and quality available only with genuine SLA® technology.

Both the ProJet™ 6000 and ProJet™ 7000 are available in 3 models - SD for affordable high-definition parts, HD for ultra-high definition precision part manufacturing and MP for dental and medical manufacturing applications. And, if you produce RTV or investment casting patterns, we can help identify the right 'crossover' printer to meet your specific application requirements.

E para acabar... Uma Vaca!

Pendulum powered nodding paper cow  

Only £2.50 at http://www.robives.com/blog/cow Subscribers of robives.com can download this and dozens and dozens and dozens of other amazing projects for free. Membership is only $14.95 / £9.95 for 12 months!

http://www.robives.com

Só para apreciar o Projecto

Aqui vai, do Site do nosso amigo Jon Cantin, Woodmarvels, uma Bizarma dum projecto CNC para construír em Madeira, só para verem o que se pode fazer:

Se puderem montar um Modelo destes, vão, logo a seguir, montar uma Impressora 3D, como a Makerbot, ou o Printrbot, etc!

Falando de 3D, eis um Material baratíssimo, Barro mais uns pózinhos, e uma dramática reducção de preço, nos Materiais:

3-D Printing Hits Rock-Bottom Prices With Homemade Ceramics Mix

ScienceDaily (Mar. 31, 2009) — This story is, literally, stone age meets digital age: University of Washington researchers are combining the ancient art of ceramics and the new technology of 3-D printing. Along the way, they are making 3-D printing dramatically cheaper.
About five years ago, Mark Ganter, a UW mechanical engineering professor and longtime practitioner of 3-D printing, became frustrated with the high cost of commercial materials and began experimenting with his own formulas. He and his students gradually developed a home-brew approach, replacing a proprietary mix with artists' ceramic powder blended with sugar and maltodextrin, a nutritional supplement. The results are printed in a recent issue of Ceramics Monthly. Co-authors are Duane Storti, UW associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Ben Utela, a former UW doctoral student.
"Normally these supplies cost $30 to $50 a pound. Our materials cost less than a dollar a pound," said Ganter. He said he wants to distribute the free recipes in order to democratize 3-D printing and expand the range of printable objects.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331153010.htm

BARRO? Cerâmica? Então, é só fazer os Negativos, e tem-se um molde para Fundição em Alumínio!

Uáháháhá!

Uma que descobri agora, a Sears vende agora para todo o Mundo, até para Portugal!

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/CountryChooserView?storeId=10153&catalogId=12605

Instructables!

O Primeiro, um Projecto muita louco, façam vocês mesmos os vossos  Bonecos Gigantes insufláveis... 

Ou até um Castelo para a Míudagem!

Giant Inflatable Robot

Otherlab has been doing a lot of inflatable fabrication lately, and we thought it was about time to write an Instructable about it.  What better subject to inflatable-ize than the Instructables robot itself?  Here's the high level view of the fabrication process.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Giant-Inflatable-Robot/

...E vejam, do site destes autênticos Génios, é do caneco, orgulho-me de ter descoberto estes gajos!

Lightweight,low-cost inflatable robotic arm

Otherlab’s “pneubotics”program has produced the world’s first inflatable, robotic arm. We’re refining fabrication techniques and design, but this prototype demonstrates the potential strength and dexterity of this low-cost, safe robotics technology.

http://www.otherlab.com/news/2011/10/27/lightweight-low-cost-inflatable-robotic-arm/

O que fazer com todos os Microondas que os Engenhocas apanham, sem parar, para desespero das Patroas?

Então, nada mais, nada menos do que... 

Uma Máquina de Soldar!

MUÁHÁHÁHÁ!

Spot Welder from a microwave oven transformer and water tank

I have seen a few projects which use an old microwave oven transformer re-wound with a low voltage secondary to make a hobby spot welder, and I decided to have a go at making one. I ended up designing my own using copper sheet to make the secondary, following an unsatisfactory experience attempting to use wire I made from about 100 strands of stripped down CAT5 cable, which at nearly 6mm diameter wasn't thick enough and melted its insulation, causing the winding to short circuit.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Spot-Welder-from-a-microwave-oven-transformer-and-/

E eis mais um projecto de Fundição de Metais, faz sempre falta, nestes tempos, em que não se sabe se não vamos voltar ao Séc. 19...

Um gajo não sabe o que é um Hobby Engenhocas Macho, enquanto não derrete Metal, é como Churrascada, mas com Esteróides, e que até nos dá coisas úteis, a temperatura, o cheirete, o perigo... Ahhhhh!

Dual Fuel Metal Melting Furnace

I got such a great response from the Easy Dual Fuel Furnace Burner that it only made sense to follow it up with the rest of the furnace.

This furnace will be able to handle melting aluminum and bronze with no trouble. In theory it should be able to melt iron too but that's probably pushing it.

I've been using my furnace for a couple years now and it has worked out quite well. My design is based on information I picked up from the backyard metalcasting forum. It's a great resource and community. There are a bunch of furnace builds there exploring a variety of ideas. I recommend checking it out. I'd also read this comprehensive guide for a general overview of metal casting and furnace design.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Dual-Fuel-Metal-Melting-Furnace/

Um novo Material da Sculpteo:

New material on sculpteo.com : White detail resine

Sculpteo is proud to announce the immediate availability of a new material for 3D printing in high definition : white detail resine.

Creations are printed by using Objet technology. It works by jetting photopolymer materials in ultra-thin layers, layer by layer, until the model is completed. In the final stage, each photopolymer layer is immediately solidified by UV light.

The printing resolution is 28 microns. The object is rigid, opaque, with a smooth surfacing, high detailed. It’s very close to standard plastic.

http://blog.sculpteo.com/2011/11/30/new-material-on-sculpteo-com-white-detail-resin/

TANGÍVEIS

Fiel ao meu empenho em divulgar toda a iniciativa conducente à maior autonomia individual, eis uma transcrição integral dum email que recebi, por achar importante divulgar isto:

TANGÍVEIS – Residência AZ 2012

A Audiência Zero vai realizar mais uma residência artística multidisciplinar em O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), entre os dias 14 a 22 de Janeiro.

Nesta edição, teremos uma novidade :) Enquanto nas edições anteriores os participantes eram convidados a desenvolver qualquer tipo de projecto, individual ou colectivamente, nas áreas de electrónica, computação física, instalações interactivas, etc., este ano propomos também um objectivo comum: o desenvolvimento de interacções tangíveis, através da construção de objectos e espaços interactivos capazes de demonstrar que um objecto pode causar interacções distintas em espaços distintos. A ideia é fazer com que cada objecto a desenvolver interaja de forma diferenciada nos espaços criados, ou que os objectos interajam entre eles próprios.

Deixamos aqui alguns exemplos de ideias a adoptar.

Imagine um objecto a ser levado para determinado espaço onde está uma luz robotizada. Quando o objecto é “reconhecido” no espaço, a luz robotizada passa a seguir a pessoa que o carrega. Se o objecto for dado a outra pessoa, passa então ela a ser seguida pela luz.

É possível desenvolver outras interacções semelhantes, por exemplo:

• Ao apontar os objectos uns para os outros, os objectos reagem com som, luzes, etc.;
• Ao alterar a sua posição no espaço, o objecto reage com som, luzes, etc.;
• Ao alterar a sua posição no espaço, o objecto faz com que o espaço reaja com projecções de vídeo, som, luzes, etc.;
• A mesma posição no espaço pode causar interacções diferentes com cada um dos objectos.

Podem ser desenvolvidas diversas narrativas – artísticas, didácticas, de “gaming”, etc.

Para o desenvolvimento destes objectos e espaços, propõem-se vários tipos de tecnologias:

• Electrónica;
• Computação Física;
• Instalações Interactivas;
• Robótica;
• Visão por Computador;
• Visualização de Dados.

A residência é destinada aos actuais membros da rede AZ Labs ou a quem se identifique com o ojectivo proposto e tenha interesse em conhecer o trabalho por nós desenvolvido. Os interessados na residência devem manifestar o seu interesse e inscreverem-se com a maior brevidade possível através doFORMULÁRIO DE INSCRIÇÃO para garantir lugar. As vagas na residência estão limitadas a 15.

Todos os participantes desfrutam de alojamento, pequeno almoço e almoço durante o período da residência.

Residência AZ Janeiro 2012

Coordenador: Maurício Martins, altLab – Lisbon’s Hackerspace

Datas: 14 a 22 janeiro de 2012

Local: O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo)

Inscrições Abertas – FORMULÁRIO DE INSCRIÇÃO

www.altlab.org

www.labcd.org

www.xdatelier.org

www.oespacodotempo.pt

Código da Propriedade Industrial - Anotado

Saíu mais uma ajuda para quem quer patentear as suas ideias:

Código da Propriedade Industrial - Anotado
António Campinos, Luís Couto Gonçalves, André Robalo, Carla Albuquerque, Inês Vieira Lopes, João Marcelino, Maria João Ramos, Miguel Gusmão, Telmo Vilela
(Coordenadores: António Campinos e Luís Couto Gonçalves)


Portanto, se querem saber mais disto, vão lá:
http://www.almedina.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=9663

Invenções Portuguesas

Eis uma ideia meritória, uma Página na Wikipédia, sobre os Inventos dos Portugueses:

Por isso, quem tiver material, contribua!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_inventions

Aeromodelismo e Oxigénio

Eis um Objcto que pode servir de inspiração a muito Modelista, um Painel de Controlo para um Modelo de Avião feito através da Sculpteo:

Eis o Avião, do qual o Modelo foi feito:

Aeromodelling – 3D Printed Plane Dashboard Replica 

Posted on 2011/09/02 by sculpteo 

User “Tortilla”, from Dijon Flying Club, modeled this Robin DR400 dashboard ready to be 3D Printed. “The Robin DR400 is a wooden sport monoplane, conceived by Pierre Robin and Jean Délémontez. The Robin DR400 first flew in 1972 and was still in production in 2008. It has a tricycle undercarriage, and can carry four people. The DR400 aircraft have the ‘cranked wing’ configuration, in which the dihedral angle of the outer wing is much greater than the inboard, a configuration which they share with Jodel aircraft. This model is considered easy to fly by many and quiet during flight due to its wooden frame” (Wikipedia)

http://blog.sculpteo.com/2011/09/02/aeromodelling-3d-printed-plane-dashboard-replica/

... E algo de incrível, nano-geradores de oxigénio para combater o Cancro!

O tamanho da coisa!

Miniature oxygen generator implants to boost effectiveness of cancer treatments 

By Darren Quick 

Some cancers, such as pancreatic and cervical cancers, are notoriously hypoxic, which means they contain low oxygen levels. Because radiation therapy needs oxygen to be effective, hypoxic areas of a tumor can be difficult to kill. To combat this, researchers at Purdue University have developed and tested a miniature electronic device that is designed to be implanted into solid tumors to generate oxygen and boost the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Once implanted into a tumor, the new "implantable micro oxygen generator" uses ultrasonic signals to generate a small voltage to separate oxygen and hydrogen from water in a chemical process called water electrolysis. The devides are just under one centimeter (0.39-in) long and are inserted into tumors with a hypodermic biopsy needle. 

http://www.gizmag.com/miniature-oxygen-generator/19703/

MUITO importante para os Países Africanos!

Isto é que é uma boa ideia, para limpar Àfrica dos campos de minas:

Video: Minesweeping Tank-Bot Shreds Land Mines, Rolling Through Explosions With Ease
Digger D-3 laughs in the face of unexploded ordnance
By Rebecca Boyle
Technology is helping de-miners find unexploded land mines in new and cool ways, like the metal detectors augmented with smartphones we learned about this spring. And now, there are mine-chomping tank robots that eat mines for breakfast.

The Digger D-3 is the latest creation of Digger DTR, a Swiss non-governmental organization dedicated to designing mine-clearing devices. It has a spinning tiller of death called a flail, made of tungsten hammers that pound 10 inches into the ground. It also has a rolling tiller that can clear vegetation. The remote-controlled tank was brought to light by IEEE Spectrum’s robotics blog.

The D-3 is fully armored to withstand land mines and ordnance up to 81mm in diameter, Digger says. It has a four-cylinder, 4.5 L John Deere diesel engine, which can crank out 173 hp at 2400 RPM. The remote-controlled robot is as adept at clearing shrubbery as it is at chomping mines, so it’s ideal for minefields with dense vegetation or in mountainous areas, Digger says.

The video below shows its predecessor, the D-2, surviving mine explosions in Sudan. The new model is designed to be easily repaired and modified, enabling it to be used in remote locations with limited resources and plenty of land mines.


http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/easily-repaired-minesweeping-tank-bot-shreds-land-mines

...E eis ondas nunca vistas:

Scientists Discover Two Never-Before-Seen Kinds of Water Waves

By Clay Dillow

Of all the things in the physical world we think we know a lot about, water is definitely among them. Nonetheless, by precisely shaking a shallow container of water, researchers have now observed two new types of waves that have never been observed before in water--and one that has never been observed in any other media either.

To conjure the waves, the researchers used what is known as a Hele-Shaw cell mounted on a small shake table. A Hele-Shaw cells is a container consisting of two parallel transparent plates separated by a small gap, much like an ant farm (see images above and .gifs below). In this case, the gap between them was 1.5 millimeters, or less than 6 hundredths of an inch.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/scientists-discover-two-new-kinds-water-waves-never-seen

...Mais uma para os que pensam que os Cientistas "já sabem tudo", o calor do interior da Terra, só 50% é que se sabe a origem!

The Best Measurement Yet of Earth's Radioactivity Shows Half the Earth's Heat Comes from Nuclear Decay
By Clay Dillow
Scientists measuring the subatomic particles flowing from Earth’s interior have taken the most precise measurement ever gathered of the home planet’s radioactivity. It turns out nearly half of the Earth’s total heat output comes form decaying radioactive elements like thorium and uranium in the Earth’s crust. But that’s an answer that begets more questions.

Previously, there were varying theories on just how much of the Earth’s heat came from radioactive decay, with many--accurately, it would seem--placing that value at about half of the roughly 40 terawatts of heat produced by the Earth. That heat drives convection currents in the outer core and give us our magnetic field, among other natural processes (tectonics come to mind).

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/best-measurement-yet-earths-radioactivity-shows-half-earths-heat-comes-decay

Publicar as vossas Invenções, porque não?

Sempre pensei que se deviam unir os Retalhistas, Fabricantes e Inventores, para criar edições, limitadas, ou não, das vossas Engenhocas para divulgar e ganhar algum dinheiro, para voos mais altos, ou mesmo viver só disso...

Pois agora, este meu amigo Jon Cantin teve uma ideia onde cabe esse meu conceito, e muitos mais!

ShopMarvels é o nome dum Site onde têem lugar, e podem contactar-se e trocar ideias os tais Retalhistas, Fabricantes e Inventores, e acabou-se o atávico isolamento que matava tanto Projecto à nascença!
Eis alguns que já lá estão:

Faz-se lá disto:

...Disto...

...Disto...

...Mesmo até disto...

...E é claro, disto:

Mas deixemos o homem que teve a ideia falar:

ShopMarvels.com: Industry Knowledge and Networking Directory

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Networking is the most critical part of business as, like a tree, each new branch leads to new opportunities for growth and success. This is one reason why I decided to build ShopMarvels.com as I have active discussions with shops, designers and manufacturers on a weekly basis.
Many shop owners want to network with retail shops to cut and distribute laser cut, 3d printed and/or cnc manufactured items for extra income. Many small retailers are looking to expand their product range with unique products. Manufacturers want to actively promote their products to the shop owners and the networking potentials keep growing.
Who started ShopMarvels.com?
Jon Cantin, entrepreneur, designer, 3D enthusiast, published author and all around hard working guy! He wanted a resource for his customers across various sites including WoodMarvels.com and 3DMarvels.com to come to one place to share their knowledge with others. The more we share, the more we grow!

 http://shopmarvels.com/article/industry-knowledge-and-networking-directory/

JUNTAR ESFORÇOS... É BOM!