Desktop Gremlins, como se faz o Livro! e Cubify no Casamento, Um Inventor com coragem, eum Helicóptero pequeninino...

É incrível como a Impressão evoluiu, observem esta maravilha, sobre os passos da Impressão de outra maravilha, do nosso amigo David Landiss, o livro dos Desktop Gremlins, que Vídeo de categoria...

Desktop Gremlins Paper Craft VLOG - printing a book! 

As production of Desktop Gremlins, Volume 1 THE BOOK has been taking place, I've had the opportunity to create some video features for you to enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZzXPLFQ8aU

A Cubify tem várias novidades, desde desenhar com os dedos até aos bonecos 3D com a vossa imagem, para o vosso Casamento, passando por novos Materiais, por isso vão lá:

New Cubify 3D printing materials

New materials now available! Whether you’re looking for full color printing, great flexibility, extreme detail or beautiful translucency, Cubify materials offer a special combination of practical and aesthetic properties. We use state of the art 3D printing technologies to bring you a great variety of materials so your creation looks its best. 

http://cubify.com/?utm_expid=54557154-5

 

Não há como ter coragem, assumir que se é um Inventor, e lançar-se à vida, como um Homem...

Mirem-se no exemplo deste Inventor, isto é que é ser-se mesmo um Inventor, largou tudo, e lançou-se à Aventura. 
E por nada menos que uma Aparafusadora que, para chegar a todos os cantinhos que possa, se configura em 168 posições diferentes!
Boa Sorte, que ele merece.

Tantrum puts 168 new twists on the electric screwdriver

David Szondy

One of the most frustrating parts of DIY projects is when a screw is at just the wrong angle for the screwdriver to reach. It’s even worse when an electric screwdriver with all its bulk is involved. To make things a bit easier, former University of Washington robotics student Joel Townsan of Bellingham, Washington came up with the Flipout Tantrum, an articulated electric screwdriver designed to work in very tight spaces.

Electric drills that can twist from a stick to a pistol configuration are already common, but the Tantrum takes this further by allowing a wide range of angles as well as a head that can be angled independently. In all, the tool can be set into 168 positions.

http://www.gizmag.com/tantrum-electric-screwdriver/27940/

E porque é bacano, eis este Modelo de Helicóptero Tele-comandado, mesmo pequeno, afirma mesmo ser o mais pequeno do Mundo, julguem vocês, pela Imagem!

Is this the world's smallest RC helicopter toy?

Jason Falconer

Namco Bandai subsidiary CCP toys has launched its Nano-Falcon remote-controlled helicopter toy, which it claims is the world's smallest. The Nano-Falcon, which is designed for indoor flight, has a body size of just 6.5 cm (2.5 in) long and weighs a scant 11 g (0.38 oz). The infrared controller, which takes four AA alkaline batteries, has a range of just 5 m (16 ft), which may be a good thing, lest you lose sight of it!

Despite its small size, the Nano-Falcon is no slouch when compared with other miniature RC helicopters. Employing a dual rotor "double inversion mechanism," it can hover, rise and fall, turn left and right, and fly back and forth just as you would expect. CCP has flexed its technological know-how by using the dual rotor to reduce the required diameter of the rotor, while implementing a gyro sensor to improve its stability.

http://www.gizmag.com/nano-falcon-worlds-smallest-rc-helicopter-toy/27958/

Muáháháhá! Instructables e ideias geniais...

Um Efeito Especial barato, e seguro, SE for feito como deve ser... Maizena, e um Maçarico comum, produzem este espectáculo!

MUÁHÁHÁHÁ! 

Atenção Bombeiros, quando promovem Acções de Sensibilização, também serve como aviso bastante gráfico, do poder incendiário e explosivo de materiais aparentemente "inofensivos"...
Como qualquer material combustível, quando pulverizado, e armazenado sem cuidado, como pó de Cereais, pó de Serradura ou Carvão em pó.

Corn Flour Fireball

1veritasium

Corn flour blown through a funnel produces an excellent fireball. This both looks cool and demonstrates some interesting science. In any chemical reaction, the reactants must mix with each other significantly in order to increase the rate of reaction. Here we demonstrate that corn flour on a spoon burns slowly, but blown from a funnel, the reaction is dramatic and violent. This is because the surface area where the reaction can occur is greatly increased.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWEp_4fHX4Y&feature=g-all-lik

Um Instructable hilariante, como fazer o vosso Boneco Gagnam Stile, aconselho-o para se entreterem, quando os Uploads demoram que se farta... 
Ou quando estão a pensar na tromba do Patrão!  

http://www.instructables.com/id/Gangnam-Style-Paper-Machine/

O Movimento de Angariação de Fundos para Projectos, com Sites como o Kickstarter, está a fazer à Indústria o que a Internet fez ao Mundo. Democratizar o Consumo, e promover uma miríade de Ideias simplesmente... 
Bacanas!

Exemplo em foco, este incrível Micro-Projector!

Projecteo: A tiny projector for Instagram slide shows

Simon Crisp

Home slide shows of holiday trips used to be all the rage in the 70s, but these days most people prefer to share their snaps instantly via email or social media. But it appears many people are keen to bring the old fashioned slide show back with a tiny projector called Projecteo funded within just 24 hours of being launched on Kickstarter. The diminutive device uses 35 mm slide film to set your Instagram photos free from their digital confines and project them onto any surface.

http://www.gizmag.com/projecteo-instagram-projector/25040/

O Arduino não pára!

Eis uma maneira de controlarem os vossos Helicópteros controlados por Infravermelhos, usando o dito Arduino, que serve para de tudo um pouco...

Puzzlebox Orbit: Using an Arduino to Control an Infrared Helicopter
puzzlebox
 
In this Instructable we will explain how infrared signals are used by a remote to control a toy or device, then show how a simple circuit can be added to an Arduino to operate the same device through free, Open Source software.

This document is part of a series covering the Puzzlebox Orbit, a brain-controlled helicopter that features an open design, open hardware, and open software. The helicopter can be operated via an EEG headset plus either a mobile device or the dedicated Puzzlebox Pyramid remote control unit. The Puzzlebox Pyramid includes a micro-controller based on the Arduino.

While we refer to the Puzzlebox Orbit in our examples, the principles, source code, and to a large extent software are all directly applicable to most any toy or devices which use infrared (IR) for remote control.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Puzzlebox-Orbit-Using-an-Arduino-to-Control-an-In/

O Andrea Biffi, já cá figurou, e volta a aparecer com este Projecto para fazerem as vossas Panorâmicas Esféricas, usando um Arduino,  sem gastarem muito.

Serve ainda para aprenderem como o Arduino pode controlar um Circuito simples, e com Software Open Source.

Partindo daqui, podem conhecer o projecto mais amplo, onde controlam um Helicóptero a partir dum Headset, sim com as vossas cabeças.

É bom!

Light and Cheap Wood Panohead

andrea biffi

In this Instructable we will explain how infrared signals are used by a remote to control a toy or device, then show how a simple circuit can be added to an Arduino to operate the same device through free, Open Source software.

This document is part of a series covering the Puzzlebox Orbit, a brain-controlled helicopter that features an open design, open hardware, and open software. The helicopter can be operated via an EEG headset plus either a mobile device or the dedicated Puzzlebox Pyramid remote control unit. The Puzzlebox Pyramid includes a micro-controller based on the Arduino.

While we refer to the Puzzlebox Orbit in our examples, the principles, source code, and to a large extent software are all directly applicable to most any toy or devices which use infrared (IR) for remote control.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Light-and-Cheap-Wood-Panohead/

E para não vos assoberbar com notícias a mais, ficamos hoje bem com este último Instructable para hoje, uma Borla do nosso amigo Rob Ives, o Android para montar em Papel!

Android Robot - Print Out and Make

rob ives

Download, print out and make your own Android robot. This poseable robot is available for everyone to download for free.This project was originally published on the robives.com website.

The Android robot is the logo of Google's Android mobile device operating system.
This Android robot is modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.

The project is poseable in three ways. The legs bend back and forth. The arms bend with two degrees of freedom The head rotates.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Android-Robot-Print-Out-and-Make/

Eu quero um!

EU QUERO UM!

Não importa, até vou para um Canal de TV, fazer Figura-de-Urso, só para ter um destes...

Passava o Tejo, sem problema de trânsito nenhum, ia a Genebra, non-stop, uma maravilha!

Voar, e andar à vontade, nas Auto-Estradas, 100% de acordo com a Legistação das Estradas...

PAL-V flying car makes successful first test flight


By Darren Quick

With the PAL-V last appearing on our pages way back in 2004, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is just another flying car concept that never made it off the ground. But Dutch company PAL-V Europe NV has been busy in the past seven years having finalized the design concept in 2008 and testing a driving prototype in 2009. Now the flying-driving prototype has been put through its paces with video of the PAL-V’s recent successful maiden flight now released.

http://www.gizmag.com/pal-v-flying-car/22032/

É bom!

Hobbistas e engenhocas, topem-me só isto!

Deparei com isto, e sim, podem comprar Quadracópteros aqui!

...Mas toda a espécie de coisas que lá se vendem, podem também servir para muito outro fim, Protótipos, CNC caseira, etc...

http://www.infinity-hobby.com/main/index.php

E uma maravilha duma dica da Sculpteo, um Webcast sobre Impressão 3D!

http://zcorp.fileburst.com/downloads/3DP1/player.html

Designers Portugeses, observem:

Designers, Inventores, Mordelistas, e outros Engenhocas Portugeses, observem:

Já não há mais desculpas para não passarem as vossas ideias do Papel para o Mundo Real:

http://www.ponoko.com/showroom/Whystler/brown-leather-book-4626

Lego voador, ou O ENXAME...

Individualmente voam mal, mas juntam-se para voarem melhor, e poderão juntar-se quantos necessários para uma determinada tarefa:

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The mini flying robot drones that join forces before takeoff - all without human help

By Niall Firth
Last updated at 1:49 AM on 10th June 2010

It conjures up a rather frightening vision of a future where intelligent robots work in packs without the need for human intervention.

But scientists are developing robots which can 'dock' with each other and fly together in a swarm.

Using infrared beams the drones are able to find each others' location and connect with one another using magnets, completely autonomously.

The individual vehicles - or quadrocopters - have fixed propellers that can lift them into the air, but the resulting flight is erratic and uncontrolled.

But once they are joined together these relatively simple little robots evolve into a sophisticated multi-propeller system capable of coordinated flight.

Each helicopter unit has its own motor, computer, and sensors.

As well as a mini-propellor duct system for flying they also have little wheels underneath to let them crawl around the ground and find each other.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1285197/The-mini-flying-drones-join-takeoff--human-intervention.html

Faz lembrar a história de "A nave Invencível", de Stanislav Lem, livro nº 264 da Colecção Argonauta...

Notícias

Células de Retina, criadas a partir de Células estaminais:

In another world first in the fight against degenerative eye disorders, scientists from the Universtiy of California, Irvine, have created an eight-layer early-stage retina from human embryonic stem cells. Not only is this the world's first three-dimensional complex tissue structure to be made from stem cells, but it also marks the first step toward the development of transplant-ready retinas to treat eye disorders affecting millions.

The retina is the part of the eye that records images and sends them from the eye to the brain via the optic nerve. Building on a process designed in a previous study, researchers created multiple cell types using microscopic gradients for solutions in which to bathe the stem cells and initiate specific differentiation paths.

http://www.gizmag.com/retina-created-from-human-stem-cells/15243/

Uma maneira simples de constuír órgãos em Laboratório, como se as Células fossem Legos!

Earlier this year we looked at a technique to grow 3D cell cultures using magnetic forces to levitate cells while they divided and grew, forming tissues that more closely resemble those inside the human body. Now researchers at the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) have devised a new way to achieve the same goal by using "biological Legos".

Tissue engineering has long held promise for building new organs to replace damaged ones, like livers, or blood vessels and other body parts. However, one major obstacle is getting cells grown in a lab dish to form 3D shapes instead of flat layers. To overcome this problem the researchers have encapsulated living cells in cubes and arranged them into 3D structures, just as a child would construct buildings out of blocks.

http://www.gizmag.com/artificial-organs-biological-legos/15127/

...E um Helicóptero que ultrapassa os 208 Km/h!

Sikorsky Aircraft’s goal of producing the fastest helicopter ever built has taken another step towards becoming a reality. Its coaxial X2 Technology demonstrator has achieved a speed of 181 knots (208 mph) in a test flight – faster than the 160-170 knot speeds generally possible with conventional helicopters and edging closer to the eventual aim of delivering 250 knot (288 mph) cruising speeds.

As we’ve reported previously, the X2 demonstrator combines an integrated suite of technologies intended to advance the state-of-the-art, counter-rotating coaxial rotor helicopter. These include fly-by-wire flight controls, counter-rotating rigid rotor blades, hub drag reduction, active vibration control and an integrated auxiliary propulsion system.

After the latest test flight Jim Kaglis, Program Manager, Sikorsky Advanced Programs for Sikorsky, said, “the X2 Technology demonstrator today exceeded average helicopter speeds of a conventional helicopter, generally 160-170 knots.”

http://www.gizmag.com/sikorsky-x2-demonstrator-181-knots/15277/

Robots, e caixas, e mais cenas bacanas!

Precisam de algo para elevar o Moral?
Regalem os olhos com este Site, I heart Robotics!

Eis algumas imagens e  Vídeos:

Um Robot voador de Harvard:

QUERO ISTO, um sistema de Prateleiras para arrumar e encontrar tudo:

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E este Robot, para descontrair e rir à brava!

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...E que tal um Robot Voador?

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E eles têem estas Caixas baris, para os vossos Arduinos:

Tudo isto, e muito mais, aqui:

http://www.iheartrobotics.com/

Mais uma boa razão para terem o Ponoko no vosso Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1212623083#!/notes/ponoko/case-studies-literally-from-i-heart-robotics/385220727546





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Helicóptero que funciona a Àgua Oxigenada!

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...Embora muito mais concentrada que a que se vende nas Farmácias...

O Vídeo em Português:

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Um Quadracóptero, mas este é bem mais barato... Open Source!

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Este Engenhocas é porreiro, e dá-vos todo à borla:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13597964


Descobri esta maravilha, dando com este Site Português:

http://forum.rcmpt.com/viewtopic.php?p=71133



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Fabuloso!

Eis algo que pôe o mais Sisudo a bater palmas como uma Criança!


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Este gajo merece que lhe ponha um Link, e Boas Vendas!

http://www.mikrokopter.com/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter

Tudo a Vapor!

Eis uma maravilha de Site, com tudo sobre Modelos Vapor, até mesmo... UM HELICÓPTERO A VAPOR!

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Com os tradicionais Modelos a Vapor,

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Links com .Pdfs com planos para Brinquedos a vapor,


Barcos a Vapor,


...E até este Modelo Hstórico, de 1870,


Turbinas, vários planos,


vão lá:

http://www.john-tom.com/html/SteamPlans.html




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Só 'pá paródia!

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Videos!