Robots de Papel! E Inventores de Drones, um Móvel para as Ferramentas, Electricidad de pesos, e um fidget!

Robots de Papel! 
Isto é muito bem achado, da Industry News... 
Robots que se movem como Minhocas, e podem mover-se por aí, muito mais baratos, pequenos,  e fáceis de fazer.
Não vai passar muito tempo até que se faça disto por toda a parte, e nem sei se não vai alguém fazer uma espécie de micro Stepper, e daí uma micro-CNC! 

Researchers Make Robots Out of Paper 

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering has made a pair of crawling robots, Peri and Poly, out of little more than a sheet of paper, a few 3D printed parts, and a handful of screws.

The researchers used origami paper folding to create cheap robots that move like earthworms.

Poly is 51 mm wide and uses a pair of origami towers that expand and contract when twisted to make the worm robot crawl forward. The robot has directional feet made of hard plastic and rubber. The 3D-printed toes allow the robot to slide forward while the rubber heal stops it from backsliding. This particular example of bio-mimicry was inspired by the setae on earthworms.

Peri is more than twice the size, and fully mobile. Peri is 106 mm wide and runs on batteries unlike the Poly, which is tethered to the power source. Peri also uses on-board controllers to navigate. 

http://news.thomasnet.com/featured/researchers-make-robots-out-of-paper

Podem pôr a Míudagem a fabricar Drones, aprendendo técnicas que os vão potenciar para um futuro emprego.
É bom!
Vem com mais de 16 Missões, mas o que é SÓ isso para um Engenhocas? As aplicações são INFINITAS!
MUÁHÁHÁHÁHÁ!

DROID™ INVENTOR KIT 

Kids can create their own custom Droid and bring it to life it with littleBits electronic blocks.
Create a Droid from scratch
Go on 16+ missions in the free app
Customize & reconfigure for new powers 

https://shop.littlebits.cc/pages/starwars

Cá está uma coisa que faz falta a todos os Engenhocas e Fabbers, para arrumarem a Tralha em que se transforma a vossa querida colecção de Ferramentas e etc.
Grátis, e para irem cortar na Fablab local, que eles quererão logo cortar umas tantas para eles mesmos!

The Amazing Tool Organizer (lasercut)jasonwelsh 

Summary
Have tools? Have a desk?  OCD?
You need this! 

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1813105

Da Página da Facebook, Zink, vem esta ideia muito bem-vinda, usar o velho mecanismo de pesos dos Relógios, para produzir electricidade para iluminar uma casa, em zonas sem Rede Eléctrica.

Muito Bom.

The Problem

 

Over 1.2 billion people globally have no access to electricity and millions more have an unreliable supply. Instead they use dangerous, polluting and expensive kerosene lamps for light.

A typical kerosene lamp is made by taking an empty bottle or tin can, putting a wick in the middle, filling it with fuel and lighting. Using kerosene for lighting is extremely inefficient, dangerous and expensive, and it has extensive health and environmental drawbacks.

How It Works

Combining kinetic and potential energy, GravityLight works by connecting an elevated weight — filled with rocks or sand — to a pulley system that slowly powers a generator as the weight falls to the ground. 

https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsZinc/videos/695533800647289/

Para se divertirem um pouco, fiquem com esta ideia, que é uma boa maneira de renovarem a Novidade dos Fidget Spinners:

Electromagnetic Fidget Spinner Accelerator

tanner_tech  

Fidget Spinners are little plastic toys with a bearing in the center. They are fun for a little bit, but get boring after a while due to their slow spinning speeds. There are ways to make them spin faster, but these methods involve using a bulky air compressor or an expensive can of compressed air. Luckily, I have found a cheap way to accelerate these fidget spinners to extremely high speeds with the power of electromagnetism. You can even hold the spinner in your hand while you accelerate it! I have clocked a spinner that is spinning with this accelerator at speeds up to 1440 RPM, that is fast. You can build this accelerator too, it is really cheap and really simple to build. 

https://www.instructables.com/id/Electromagnetic-Fidget-Spinner-Accelerator/

Concretizes, uma Crowd-Funding Brasileira, façam os vossos próprios Brinquedos, Treshold, e Azeite

Para mudar o Brasil, pela positiva, podem contar com estes amigos, que criaram um Crowd Funding muito especial, a Concretizes!

Louvável Iniciativa que aplaudo, por estar em sintonia com toda a Filosofia deste meu Blogue:

Melhorar, Inovando! 

Gosto, sobretudo, do Desengavetador de Projectos...

Quem somos 

Um sonho de família que surgiu de nossa longínqua intenção de ajudar as pessoas a concretizarem projetos em diversas áreas. Somos interessados em cultura geral, inovação, empreendedorismo, causas e negócios sociais, games, artes, esportes e todas as demais áreas!

Aqui, o seu projeto vira realidade e a realidade transforma o Brasil!

Pensando em tudo isso, decidimos criar a www.concretizes.com.br, que é uma plataforma de Financiamento Coletivo (crowdfunding) e um Desengavetador de Projetos!

O Financiamento Coletivo (crowdfunding) é muito famoso nos Estados Unidos e na Europa. Aqui no Brasil, através de nosso site, pessoas que se sentem atraídas por um projeto, tem a oportunidade de ajudar financeiramente o Criador dele a realizá-lo. O projeto pode ser dos mais variados tipos, por exemplo, gravação de um cd, lançamento de um livro, realização de palestras, eventos, criação de documentário, de novo produto, invenções, empresas e negócios sociais, auxílio a um artista, ação social, ONG, escola, atletas, comunidade, encontro de amigos, confraternização, show, etc.

 http://concretizes.com.br/

Eis uma ideia nascida da lembrança de uma Mãe que apoiou um Filho que ela achou criativo, e é simplesmente, como fazer as Crianças criarem os seus próprios Brinquedos:

Build Your Own Toys with ThinkFun’s Maker Studo

Kathy Ceceri

As I mentioned yesterday, the big theme of this year’s Toy Fair in New York is “joining the maker movement.” But to qualify as a genuine maker toy, a plaything should meet some basic criteria. One new series of kits that fits my definition of a maker toy is the Maker Studio Construction Sets from ThinkFun. The building sets are a departure for ThinkFun, which is better known for their logic games like Robot Turtles and Rush Hour, but completely in keeping with their theme of brain-building and hands-on fun. Designed by engineers David Yakos and Parker Thomas, the three Maker Studio sets — there are Gears, Propellers, and Winches — include struts, connectors, and moveable parts like wheels. It’s up the user to find a suitable body, and the sets encourage kids to look for recycled containers and materials to build out their projects, like the mac-and-cheese box racecar chassis.

http://makezine.com/2015/02/19/build-your-own-toys-with-thinkfuns-maker-studio/

 

Regulem uma Voltagem determinada, e quando um circuito tiver uma Voltagem maior que ela, esta simpática Gigajoga da Littlebits acciona luzes, motores, etc.

Mais uma boa ideia da LittleBits:

threshold

SHORT DESCRIPTION
Think of the threshold as a toll booth for signal passing through your circuit. The threshold compares the incoming voltage coming from the bit snapped before it against the voltage amount you’ve set by the threshold knob. If the incoming voltage value is greater than the selected voltage, the threshold will allow the signal to pass and activate any bits (lights, motors, etc…) following it. If not, then nothing will be activated. Use it to make any sensor module into a trigger module!

http://littlebits.cc/bits/threshold

 

 ...E o que é uma óptima notícia, e bem que precisamos de boas notícias, descobriu-se agora, como é que um ingrdiente do Azeite Extra-Virgem, que Portugal produz, do melhor que há, mata as células Cancerosas!

O oleocanthal, é esse o nome do tal Ingrediente, vai ao compartimento, nas células, que contém os desperdícios,e fura-o, desencadeando a auto-destruição das Células cancerosas, por isso, é de esperar mais esta Arma no Arsenal da luta contra o Cancro...

Olive oil ingredient leads cancer cells to their death

Nick Lavars 

An ingredient found in extra-virgin olive oil called oleocanthal has been known as a compound capable of killing a variety of human cancer cells, but how this process actually played out was not understood. Now, a team of researchers has uncovered not only how oleocanthal destroys cancer cells, but that it is able to do so while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

Paul Breslin, a professor of nutritional sciences at Rutgers University, had thought that oleocanthal killed the cancer cells by targeting a key protein in cancer cells that triggers apoptosis, a process that sees dangerous or damaged cells self-destruct by upsetting the balance of ions in the cell membranes. In investigating this theory, he teamed up with David Foster and Onica LeGendre, two cancer biologists from New York City's Hunter College to more closely examine the process.

http://www.gizmag.com/olive-oil-ingredient-cancer-cell-death/36180/

Jacto de Areia feito em casa, OK Go, um Carregador USB, e uma Placa electrónica impressa em 3D.

Eis mais uma maquineta útil de ter na Oficina, uma Caixa de Jacto de Areia, e  feito numa hora, por menos de 50 Euros...

Uma maravilha para os Engenhocas que também são uns grandes Sucateiros, e que podem assim raspar a Ferrugem de tralha que vão encontrando! 

DIY Sand Blaster $50 in an hour

ImakeTV

No long intro, get started and save $200 and 8 hours of assembly on the big red one you keep seeing.

It's a media blaster to prep your metal for welding or powder coating, prep your beer glass for awesomeness, remove unsightly body hair painfully, feel like you are at a public beach, and tear stuff up.

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Sand-Blaster-50-in-an-hour/

 

Ok Go é uma Benda, e fazem para além de Música Rock, coisas como transformar de tudo em Instrumentos Musicais, por meio dos Kits LittleBits:

OK Go Collaboration – Another Set of Objects

Toaster synths are a thing.

Today we are happy to share the results of a very fun collaboration with the band OK Go. We first started chatting around the time the Synth Kit was released in the hopes of finding a project to collaborate on. Unlike most rock bands, OK Go have the additional quality of having excellent visual creativity as well as an interest in emerging technology. On top of that, they have been involved in maker initiatives and DIY projects over the years.

In preparation for their most recent album release, “Hungry Ghosts,” the band put together a Pledge Music campaign to share their process and raise money by providing unique experiences for fans. This ranged from personal art critiques to disposable cameras filled with tour photos to a customized synthesizer. That’s where we came in.

http://littlebits.cc/ok-go

 

Eis uma série de Carregadores numa caixa, para quando o PC está ausente ou desligado, para Telemóveis, e outra aparelhagem USB que precise de re-carregar:

Power Stacker: Stackable USB Rechargeable Battery System

Solarcycle

Power Stacker is a portable, modular, USB rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack. Stack them together for power hungry projects or separate them for smaller projects with this modular system. The Gerber, BOM, and .STL files are available below.

Power Stacker does what other USB rechargeable batteries have failed to do, and that's the ability to combine together for increased battery capacity or separate in to many small batteries for smaller projects. You can literally use the same Power Stacker batteries for many years across many applications!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Power-Stacker-Stackable-USB-Rechargeable-Battery-S/

 

E uma dica de Tozé Soares, pode-se fazer de tudo com uma Impressora 3D, até placas de Circuito Electrónico, com Caixa, e tudo:

Creating a 3D Printable Circuit Board for a Practical Application
 
Scott J Grunewald

We’re not to the point where a completely 3D printable circuit board is feasible – although we’re getting close – but that doesn’t mean that 3D printing can’t save makers and home builders plenty of time by allowing for the creation of custom shaped boards. Over on YouMagine, user JonnyBischof created a customized 3D printed circuit board (with enclosure) for his Ultimaker Heated Bed MosFET Relay Hack.

http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/12/17/3d-printable-circuit-board/

 

Magia de Natal! E ABelectronics, cortar Círculos com a Fresa, e um Kit da NASA

Com os antecipados desejos dum Feliz Natal, e Próspero Ano Novo, cá vai esta fabulosa realização de Fabbing levado ao máximo!

Dica do nosso amigo Alan Metcalfe, uma Micro-Fábrica faz-se assim, com coisas como este fabuloso Robot que, quando acabado, vai montando Chips todo o dia, entregue a si próprio!
É uma ilustração de como foi feito o Robot, o que vos espera neste Site, e com uns vídeos de fazer um Geek imensamente feliz!!!

Maravilha!

DIY Pick and Place V2 Project Complete

brian

The DIY pick and place machine project is now finally running and is able to place the components for our Raspberry Pi expansion boards. This project started in July 2013 when we began to order the various components, bearings, motors, drive systems, frame materials etc and we started to build the machine in September.
Various stages of this project have been posted in the DIY Pick and Place category on the blog and this post will be an overview of all the stages during the build and the problems and issues we had to overcome.

http://www.briandorey.com/

E no Site, tem várias Feramentas incríveis, que vos servirão, como serviram a estes Bacanos, como, por exemplo, um Parser de Endereços, para o vosso próprio Negócio de vendas online, para as Encomendas pelo Coreio, a solução para problemas de Interfefência nos vossos Computadores de Bordo de Bicicleta(!), e inúmeros outros tesouros que lá se escondem!

...Como o Link para a ABelectronics, com várias coisas Raspi para o vosso Natal, e etc...
É difícil não gostar deste Site.

About Us

AB Electronics UK was founded in 2012 by brothers Andrew and Brian Dorey who have had a keen interest in the electronics hobbyist market for many years.
Andrew has qualifications in electronic servicing and repairs and has worked in the past for companies repairing home entertainment items before moving into the graphical design market.
Brian spent his first working years repairing white goods and household electrical items before moving into the retail market and then into IT.
Since 1998 we have run a successful web development agency and have continued our love of electronics and hardware modifications with many projects for the home and play, many of which are shown on the project blog at www.briandorey.com
Over the past few years the emergence of the popular Arduino system boards and other hobby prototype boards and more recently with the Raspberry Pi microcomputer boards led to the development of a home monitoring system for our semi-off grid solar system at their home and office.
After one of the blog project posts was featured on the popular Hackaday website, lots of enquiries of where to buy the prototype boards started to flood in and so we decided it was time to start to sell these boards and other related products on our own shop.
We have several other circuit boards currently under development and we will be adding these to the shop once our initial test production runs and testing are completed.

https://www.abelectronics.co.uk/

A vossa Fresa pode-vos cortar Círculos em Placa, de vários tamanhos com este Acessório que fazem em vossas casas, passo-a-passo, com este Instructable sucinto:

Making A Circle Cutting Jig 

ngonang

Hi, this is the design which I made for making circle by using routers. It is simple to make. This tool is used for cutting a large circle out of wood.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-A-Circle-Cutting-Jig/

E agora, Eis um Kit da LittleBits, com divertidas Experiências criadas com a Colaboração de Cientistas e Engenheiros da NASA, que ensinam os vossos Filhos a fazer coisas que os vão ensinando coisas...

Space Kit

$149

MAKE SOMETHING THAT TEACHES SOMETHING
littleBits brings you fun and powerful ways to explore Earth + Space science in the classroom and at home.

Designed in collaboration with NASA SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS

Includes 12 modules, 5 NASA lesson plans and 10 STEAM activities

Learn scientific principles like Electromagnetic, Kinetic, & Potential Energy

Make a Mars Rover or an ISS; transmit music wirelessly and more!

Connect with the littleBits library to infinitely expand your discoveries

 http://littlebits.cc/kits/space-kit

 

Impressora 3D por menos de 300 Dólares! E Littlebits com LEGO, e o VisualMill 2014

Volta a baixar o preço duma Impressora 3D pronta-a-usar, para 279 Dólares!

Dica da nossa amiga Scarlett Jackson, fica cada vez mais fácil ter um bicho destes em casa!

Best Affordable MOD-t 3D Printer - $279

Many passionate people who always desire to bring things to market can choose 3d printing technology and that’s exactly what the team from New Matter doing by bringing the best affordable 3d printer to hit the market soon. Their ultimate principle is to provide the best affordable user friendly 3d printer to users.

Not just the starters got impressed and entered into this addictive manufacturing, People like Steve with well knowledge, experienced, and skilled people worked together to make this affordable yet high precision 3d printer, Steve co-founder who is having 10 years of experience in 3d printing technology has been the main gun for MOD-t 3d printer.
Frog which worked with many companies like Apple, Disney, GE, HP, Intel, Microsoft, gazillion and many more has worked for New Matter to get the right design, performance at very less cost. To their credit they have done exceptionally well to make MOD-3D.

https://www.3dprintersonlinestore.com/best-affordable-mod-t-3d-printer-279

Para vossa conveniência, seja para Projector escolares, Protótipos, Robots, etc, podem agore adaptar os módulos Electrónicos LittleBits às vossas peças de LEGO, e a partir daí, só a vossa Imaginação é o limite...

Brick Adapter

The Brick Adapter enables you to easily snap littleBits modules to LEGO® bricks. Each pack comes with brick adapter studs and sockets.

With brick adapter studs, your littleBits’ modules will defy gravity! Simply snap adapter underneath your LEGO® bricks and press the feet of your littleBits’ modules into place.

With brick adapter sockets, you can mount your littleBits’ modules on top of LEGO® bricks. Simply snap the adapter on your LEGO® bricks, and press the feet of your littleBits’ modules into place.

includes 8 adapters [4 studs and 4 sockets] to fit up to 24 modules littleBits modules can be adhered on top or below adapter instantly add light, sound and motion to any LEGO® creation 

build your own LEGO® robotics or motor driven vehicle and much more

http://littlebits.cc/accessories/brick-adapter

 

E Fabbers, já chegou o VisualMill 2014, do qual podem descarregar já uma versão Demo Grátis, coisa séria, para Maquinação CNC, Moldes e estampagem:

VisualMILL 2014

on new platform VisualCAD/CAM 2014

VisualCAD/CAM 2014 includes VisualART, VisualMILL, VisualTURN and VisualNEST.
All module are available separately or as bundle.

CAM Software VisualMILL 2012

VisualMILL is ideal for mold, die & tooling, wood working, rapid-prototyping and general machining. This product includes 2-1/2, 3, 4 & 5 axis machining functionality. It comes with hundreds of free post-processors and a post-processor generator to create your own. Priced right for the cost concious buyer, VisualMILL CAM software delivers outstanding value for your investment.

http://www.mecsoft-europe.de/visualmill_2012.html?&L=1

 

Como fazer toda a espécie de moldes! E imprimir um Motor eléctrico Brushless, um Despertador LittleBits, e um Saco que filtra àgua

Eis algo a fazer o download do respectivo .Pdf, porque é útil para toda a gente...

Toda a espécie de Moldes, para toda a espécie de usos, e ainda vem com Links impecáveis, para Materiais:

How to make molds

rlciavar

This Instructable is an introduction to the basics of mold making for people interested in mold making with little to no knowledge on the subject.

It will walk you through some important vocabulary, break down the major mold types and help you select the correct mold for your project.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-molds/

Para os vossos Projectos de Modelismo, Protótipos especiais, e o que mais, cá vai como Imprimirem, em 3D o vosso Motor Brushless!

E esta, hem?

3D Printed DC Motor 

pitrack

I designed and 3D printed a Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motor, and used an Arduino to control the motor. All parts of the motor, excluding magnets, solenoid wrapping wire, and hall effect sensors, were printed with a Makerbot Replicator 2. The video shows the completed working motor.

http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-DC-Motor/

 

Este Despertador, um Projecto  LittleBits de Docktor Bob, é muito interessante, porque também gera Ruído Branco, para disfarçar ruídos de fundo, e vos pôr a dormir!

Cloud Sleeper: The Arduino Big Ben Wake Up Call
Doktor Bob
This project shows how to use a new littleBits cloud Bit to control an Arduino Bit, to hack the best of both worlds for light and heavy sleepers. Many folks use white noise for relaxing and helping sleep by masking background sounds, and Web retailers sell specialized sound generators for those purposes. At the other end of the night, sound sleepers often need a wake up call to get them going for the day. This circuit uses a random (noise) module with mix and speaker modules from the Synth Kit, together with cloud, Arduino at Heart, and LED modules to handle both needs.

http://littlebits.cc/projects/cloud-sleeper-the-arduino-big-ben-wake-up-cal

E esta é uma abençoada, e engenhosa, ideia para os Países do Terceiro Mundo, dica de Lara lopes, da Interesting Engineering,um Saco de Grão, que vem com um Saco que filtra a àgua para beber!

Grain Sack That Doubles as a Solar Powered Water Purifier for the Third World

Lara Lopes

 

The container uses Solar Water Disinfectant Process (SODIS) technology to kill organisms in the contaminated liquid through thermal treatment and UV-A-radiation, which easily penetrates the PVC easily. An internal filter is able to remove all microorganisms bigger than 5 nanometers. To get an idea of this filter’s efficiency, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis is 200 nanometers in size.

interestingengineering.com/grain-sack-that-doubles-as-a-solar-powered-water-purifier-for-the-third-world/

 

Ligar qualquer coisa à Net? E um Guia para Impressoras 3D Profissionais, Makers pró Espaço, e Fibras para casas.

Eis a ùltima da littleBits, como liguar tudo à Internet, com o cloudBit, para realizar os sonhos de tanto Engenhocas, para ligar tudo em casa, testar protótipos, registar dados em qualquer lado, etc:

We're extremely excited to announce the arrival of the cloudBit, the newest addition to the littleBits library. The cloudBit is the most powerful product we’ve ever engineered. Now you can use the littleBits library to connect the physical world to the internet. Recreate the most popular internet-connected devices, use littleBits to prototype the next billion dollar idea, or invent a project that solves your own, unique problem. Whether you're a designer prototyping a new smart device or a family inventing a way to feed the pet fish from vacation, the cloudBit just opened up a world of limitless possibilities!

http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=6bff199172cfbc49e237d5daa&id=eae3f89263&e=eb636a679f

Querem entrar no mundo da Impressão 3D Profissional? 

Eis como o fazerem com este Guia, uma página impecável da Sculpteo, que vos explica tudo, tintim por tintim... 

Técnicas, Máquinas, as diferentes Marcas, preços, vantagens específicas, é só lá irem:

 Guide to Professional 3D Printers

There are over 100 industry-grade 3D printer models currently on the market. These printers are large, commercial 3D printing machines intended for professional use. At Sculpteo we exclusively uses professional 3D printers.

We’ve put together a guide to these industrial 3D printers based on a selection of printers from each manufacturer that best represents the range of options out there — from price to materials to build size.

We hope this guide will help you determine the best 3D printer for your business needs. And don’t forget, you don’t have to buy your own printer to have access to professional quality 3D printing. Sculpteo offers an online 3D printing service using a variety of the printers listed in this guide.

Note on pricing: Because commercial 3D printers are sold through third-party, licensed resellers, there is not a standard retail price for each printer. Prices are only available via a quote from one of these resellers. We have recorded the pricing below based either on a quote from a reseller that asked to stay anonymous or from another online source (with a link).

The guide is organized by printer technology. For details explaining each process, check out The Different Technologies Behind 3D Printing.

http://blog.sculpteo.com/2014/07/22/list-of-professional-3d-printers/

Querem mandar a vossa Maquineta para o Espaço?

Pois cá está como o fazerem, dica da designspark, Rs-online, as 3 maneiras que já têem à vossa disposição.

Space: The Final (Maker) Frontier

Andrew Back

A look at three relatively low cost routes to getting your electronics project into space.

There was a time — not that very long ago — when if you wanted to get a functional piece of electronics into space it took an obscene amount of money and a few hundred tonnes of volatile rocket fuel. Suffice to say that, unless you were part of a national space programme, a global telecoms company or an evil supervillain, you were probably out of luck.

Thanks to ever smaller and lower cost technologies, coupled with a burning desire to get in on the action and a healthy dose of inventiveness, this is all changing — and at a somewhat rapid pace. This post takes a look at just a few of the options available for getting your project into space.

http://www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/eng/blog/space-the-final-maker-frontier

E esta Técnica cabe na Categoria de "porque é que ninguém pensou nisso, até agora?"!!!

Todos conhecem o Algodão Doce, mas podem-se utilizar Fibras de toda a espécie, para construír Estruturas leves e rápidas de fazer!

Até se poderá pensar em máquinas CNC para sabe-se lá mais o quê!

Dica de Zoe Romano, do Blogue da Arduino, e obra de Jin Shihui, que aparece embaixo a segurar a sua Máquina, controlada, já se vê, por um Arduino... 

Vejam e MARAVILHEM-SE!

Spraying natural fibers to build cotton-candy surfaces

Zoe Romano

During Fab10- Fab Festival in Barcelona I met Jin Shihui who introduced me to CandyProject, a research project exploring the process of spraying natural fiber to create a non-woven textile that can be used to produce anything from building components to ornamental artifacts.

By means of air pressure we separate the fibers from a roving allowing them to self-organize and reassemble due to the surface tension caused by a fine mist of adhesive. This creates a controlled fibrous aggregation producing an emergent morphospace encompassing the initial substructure.

The robot Jin is holding in her hands in the picture above uses air pressure to separate fibers into individual strands. While the fibers are still separated they are embedded with an adhesive spray and all parameters are controlled within the robot  with an Arduino Uno:

blog.arduino.cc/2014/07/14/spraying-natural-fibers-like-cotton-candy/