Solidoodle, Mindsets, e muito mais

Solidoodle vem na 3ª Versão, esta bem mais capaz de fazer o que querem em grande: 

Third-gen Solidoodle 3D printer pumps up the volume

Darren Quick

Over the past couple of years, the number of consumer 3D printers hitting the market has multiplied like … well, like plastic chess pieces churned out by a 3D printer. For its latest unit, Solidoodle has upped the build area to 8 x 8 x 8 inches (20 x 20 x 20 cm), which is two extra inches over the printable dimensions of the Solidoodle 2. This more than doubles the build volume from 216 in³ (3,540 cm³) for the Solidoodle 2 to 512 in³ (8,390 cm³) for the new Solidoodle 3.

http://www.gizmag.com/solidoodle-3-3d-printer/25098/

Um Natal Engenhocas, eis o que a Mindsets oferece neste Kit de Cartões de Natal com Hi-Tech, usando a sua Caneta de tinta Condutora, para fazer Circuitos Integrados:

CHRISTMAS CARD KIT

The Christmas Card Kit provides an easy activity for students of all ages to make interactive gift cards while learning the basics of circuit building!
The kit provides three templates demonstrating how to draw a circuit in series and in parallel, as well as all the components needed to make three greeting cards using a conductive ink pen.

Contents:
1 x Conductive ink pen
3 x Christmas card templates
3 x Red Flashing LED
1 x Rainbow LED
3 x 3V Coin Cell Batteries

Order by 17th December to ensure courier delivery before Christmas.

http://www.mindsetsonline.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1009991

Um Meta-Material, que age como uma Lente, e uma Lente extremamente precisa, para as Ondas de Rádio! Eis algo que vai dar que falar, nos mundos tanto da Rádio, como do Wi-Fi...

MIT produces new metamaterial that acts as a lens for radio waves

David Szondy

We expect the world to be predictable. Water flows downhill, fire burns and lenses bend light in a particular way. That worldview took a jolt as Isaac Ehrenberg, an MIT graduate student in mechanical engineering, developed a three-dimensional, lightweight metamaterial lens that focuses radio waves with extreme precision. That may not seem too disturbing, but the lens is concave and works in exactly the opposite manner of how such a lens should.

Metamaterials have an air of magic about them. The elements they’re made out of should work one way, but they way they’ve been fabricated make them operate in another. They are ordinary substances that have been engineered with precisely designed and fabricated microscopic structures. These structures interact with light or sound in such a way that they produce effects that are not found in nature. In the case of the MIT metamaterial lens, they result in a concave lens that should spread radio waves, but focuses them instead.

http://www.gizmag.com/radio-lens-mit/25024/

...E que tal Músculos Artificiais, com 85 vezes a força dum Músculo normal, do mesmo tamanho?

Parece coisa de Ficção Científica, mas isso já é normal, hoje em dia, tornar ideias fantásticas, realidade...

E com Nanotubos , e Parafina, sim, da vulgar Cera, das Velas!

Valha-nos Deus!

Wax-infused "nanoyarn" used to create artificial muscles

Adam Williams

An international team of scientists based at the University of Texas, Dallas (UTD), has developed a new type of artificial muscle created from carbon “nanotubes” – tiny hollow cylinders constructed from the same graphite layers found in the core of a standard pencil. Despite measuring 10,000 times less than the diameter of a human hair, the new muscles can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight, which amounts to approximately 85 times the power of a natural muscle of equivalent size.

The new muscles are manufactured by taking a twisted yarn of the miniscule carbon cylinders, then introducing a volume-changing “guest,” in this case the paraffin wax used in candles.

http://www.gizmag.com/nanoyarn-artificial-muscles/25066/

Mais um Instructable com o Arduino, e atenção, Cientistas de Campo, este é de categoria...

Vai de voar, medir, fotografar, ou vigiar o que quizerem, e sempre tomando nota da posição das medições!

Geo Data Logger: Arduino+GPS+SD+Accelerometer to log, time-stamp, and geo-tag sensor data

UPDATES

• NOV 19: I have added a section with code to make this prototype act as a plain GPS logger without any sensors. 
• NOV 19: I can confirm that the program for this project works with Arduino IDE 1.02. The problems I had earlier were a result of loose wiring. 

INTRODUCTION

I thought it would be educational to build a prototype that I can take on the road to log, geo-tag, and time-stamp sensors data to be analyzed later with mapping and data analyses applications.  So I figured why not start with a gadget that can log road conditions. This prototype, the Bump-O-Meter, measures road conditions by using an Arduino, a GPS receiver, an SD card, and an accelerometer sensor.

This prototype is a generic sensor logging/geo-tagging gadget which means the accelerometer can be replaced with any other sensor(s) to log anything anywhere. 

As a matter or fact my next adventure with this logger is to replace the accelerometer with a pollution sensor to visualize levels of air quality around town.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Geo-Data-Logger-ArduinoGPSSDAccelerometer-to-l/

Os meus parabéns a este Programa que vai informando, e animando, os Portugueses no Brasil, sim Portugal,  não é só Bacalhau...

Assim é Portugal_Pgm186_Sao Joao da Madeira

 

Cidade de São João da Madeira e visita a fábrica Helsar de calçados e bolsas - Clip com Pablo Alborán e Carminho cantando o sucesso Perdoname.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ASSIMEPORTUGAL

Gostam de compar Bom e Barato?  
Uma dica do nosso amigo e Inventor, João Guerreiro;
Eis como podem comprar óculos que não custam os olhos da cara, e patricionar as nossas Fábricas...
COMPREM MADE IN PORTUGAL!

 

http://www.fabricadeoculos.pt/

Um Material DEZ VEZES mais forte que a Fibra de Carbono!

Não contentes com a Fibra de Carbono, estes magníficos Carolas da Universidade da Carolina do Norte criaram um novo Material, com Nanotubos de Carbono...

DEZ VEZES mais forte que a Fibra de Carbono!

Vai lá, vai...

Carbon nanotube composite material could replace carbon fiber

Ben Coxworth

When people need a material that’s strong yet lightweight, they usually look to carbon fiber. In the near future, however, they may instead choose to go with composite materials made from stretched carbon nanotubes. These materials could theoretically offer the same strength as carbon fiber at one-tenth the weight, or the same weight at ten times the strength. Researchers from North Carolina State University have recently succeeded in creating such a composite.

http://www.gizmag.com/cnt-composite-carbon-fiber-alternative/24593/

Autómatos bacanos em Papel, que vocês podem construír em casa, eis um que vos vai fazer rir, por muito tempo...
Um par de Sapatos que dançam em antecipação, ponham-nos a funcionar à volta da Hora de Saída do Emprego!
E mais um Pardal do caraças, vejam os dois:

Paper Models That Rock

Coming soon(ish)! Paper Models That Rock. My new book of pendulum powered projects is available for pre-order on the Amazon website. Other purveyors of fine books are available.

Amazon UK || Amazon US

Below are pictures of two of the six projects contained in the book. I'll be drip feeding more pictures and information in the months until release (May 2013) Until then enjoy the impatient Tapping Feet

http://www.robives.com/blog/paper_models_rock_0

Uma notícia da Newsletter da Traceparts:

A famosa Marca de Impressoras 3D, a Objet, vai colaborar com eles, para promover a suas Máquinas pelo Mundo...
É lógico, porque assim, tem-se a vasta Colecção de peças em 3D da Traceparts, para Imprimir Protótipos, com análogos de todas as Peças que o Modelo, a ser fabricado em Série, vai mesmo usar.
Funciona? É só mandar fazer.

 

Objet calls on TraceParts to promote its 3D printers

TraceParts e-marketing campaigns target designers around the world

With several thousands of machines installed, Objet is one of the world leaders in 3D printing, a fast-growing technology for producing prototypes by additive manufacturing. Objet Ltd is headquartered in Israel, with offices in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, Japan and Mexico. The company also draws strength from a global distribution network.

The Objet 3D printer range (Eden and Connex, and desktop printers Objet24 and Objet30 Pro) cover a broad spectrum of requirements in terms of precision, effective volume and range of materials (107 available combinations). Objet's printers produce accurate, fine and detailed parts. These assets mean that Objet printers are in demand for design validation applications and functional testing, as well as jobbing and small production batches. Objet printers are used in a wide variety of sectors, from the manufacturing industry through to medicine, fashion, architecture, archaeology and education. 

http://www.traceparts.com/news/success-stories/Objet/Objet.asp

Boas notícias, no Chiado temos a Noschool, que tem um Fablab, e um Curso, Malta Nova, com ganas de FAZER ALGO, vão lá:

 O que é?

NoSchool é um novo conceito educativo desenvolvido pelo artista Leonel Moura.

Insere-se no grupo Talent Universities.

NoSchool é um novo tipo de escola dedicada à criação pelos alunos de produtos inovadores. A função da escola é acompanhar e apoiar os alunos em todas as fases de desenvolvimento dos seus projetos, ajudando a uma melhor definição da ideia, sua implementação, produção, divulgação, marketing, venda ou criação de uma empresa.

A NoSchool procurará garantir a colaboração de professores e especialistas altamente qualificados, assim como uma interligação a empresas que poderão interessar-se pelos novos produtos em desenvolvimento.

A NoSchool, mais do que dotar os alunos de conhecimentos genéricos, pretende que estes criem produtos inovadores, prontos a serem lançados no circuito comercial, que os possam ajudar a encontrar uma saída profissional, integrar uma empresa ou montar um negócio.

http://www.noschool.pt/?page_id=40

...E por hoje é tudo, não sem antes vos falar desta ideia fabulosa, do Israel, uma Bicicleta em Cartão... Que custa 12 Dólares a Fabricar!

Israeli man creates bike from recycled cardboard

Adam Williams

Israel-based Izhar Gafni has invented a working bicycle which is constructed almost entirely from recycled cardboard, and only costs around US$12 to manufacture. The cardboard bike is being touted as an ideal solution for city-dwellers who require an inexpensive and environmentally-friendly way to commute, in addition to a potential mode of transportation for people living in emerging countries.
Gafni, a mechanical engineer and a cycling enthusiast, was inspired to make the cardboard bicycle after overhearing a conversation about somebody who had made a canoe constructed from cardboard. Thus began a project of three years, during which the inventor busied himself in his workshop, producing several prototypes, before settling upon a design which is cheap to make, robust, and suitable for daily use.

http://www.gizmag.com/cardboard-bike/24573/

Exactflat, Traceparts, e uma alternativa aos nanotubos

Eis algo de novo, da DataCad, e porreiraço, uma maneira de mandar cortar placa, certos que essa Placa vai resultar no sólido em 3D que vocês idealizaram!

ExactFlat 3D to 2D flattening software

Generate production-ready 2D Industrial Fabrics parts from 3D Models – Accurately & Automatically

ExactFlat helps you create a 2D flat pattern from a 3D CAD file faster and easier than before.

From CAD to Cutter – in 5 Minutes

If you're using 3D CAD and you need to create 2D flat patterns for the cutting table, ExactFlat is the fastest, most accurate and simple way to do it.

For manufacturers working with industrial fabrics, the common workflow to flatten a 3D CAD model can take up to 2-4 weeks to complete. ExactFlat automates this process, getting you from a 3D CAD model to a production-ready 2D flat pattern file in minutes.

See 3D to 2D Surface Flattening in Action

Watch ExactFlat reduce 2-4 weeks of manual effort into 5 simple steps in less than 5 minutes.

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

Mais Catálogos de Fábricas, mais peças na TraceParts, para que os vossos Planos incluam tudo, e tudo encaixe:

http://www.traceparts.com/news/newsletters/TraceParts-newsletter.asp?idfile=69row-EN

E uma alternativa aos Nano-Tubos mais económica, e mais manuseável, Nano-Fibras de Plástico que se auto-montam(!):

Self-assembling plastic nanofibers present cheaper alternative to carbon nanotubes

By Antonio Pasolini


French researchers have produced highly conducive plastic fibers with a thickness of only a few nanometers that self-assemble when exposed to a flash of light. The tiny fibers (one nanometer equals one billionth of a meter) could become a cheaper and easier-to-handle alternative to carbon nanotubes and play a role in the development of electronic components on the nanoscale.
Researchers from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), an organization funded by the French government, and the Université de Strasbourg say the fibers combine the properties of metals and plastic organic polymers, which are commonly used to conduct electric current, and see applications in several fields ranging from electronics to architecture.
Lead researchers Nicolas Giuseppone and Bernard Doudin now want to demonstrate that the plastic fibers have the potential to be integrated into products such as flexible screens and solar cells.


 http://www.gizmag.com/cnrs-nanofiber-breakthrough/22277/

Piranhas, Vinho e um Motor esférico

Um Barco que promete re-definir a Guerra naval , e esperemos, a luta contra os Piratas, que ainda há muitos, e sem serem os do Capitão Sparrow:

Unmanned nanomaterial Piranha threatens to redefine naval warfare


By James Holloway

You've heard of UAVs, unmanned remote controlled military aircraft; but what about USVs? Standing for Unmanned Surface Vehicle, a USV is quite simply an unmanned boat, like Zyvex Marine's Piranha concept. We've looked at USVs before, and the Piranha specifically in early 2010; but what was then a prototype under development is now a fully-fledged production craft, having shipped its first unit last November. "Our production facility is closer to rocket science than traditional boat building," says Zyvex Marine VP Byron Nutley of his boat - the only one in the world, it's claimed, that is made out of nanomaterials.

http://www.gizmag.com/zyvex-piranha-usv/22078/

Sabiam que o Vinho Tinto tem um Composto que combate a Obesidade?

Compound found in red wine could help fight obesity


By Bridget Borgobello

Researchers from Purdue University in Indiana are testing a compound found in red wine that has the ability to block the processes of fat cell development. The research into the compound known as piceatannol may lead towards finding a simple method to combat obesity.
Piceatannol results from the conversion of resveratrol – a compound found in red wine, grapes and peanuts that is also thought to combat cancer, heart disease and neurodegenerative diseases. When resveratrol is converted into the piceatannol compound, which naturally occurs after consumption, the compound has the ability to delay fat cell growth.

http://www.gizmag.com/red-wine-compound-fight-obesity/22081/

E deleitem-se a ver este vídeo, uma maravilha de Relojoaria Suíça, mas num Motor a Explosão que promete:

 

Visitem este Site, para mais coisas bacanas:

http://www.monotracer.ch/

Grafeno incrível!

...Guarda a Energia Solar por períodos de tempo indefenidos, e liberta-a quando for preciso!
Ainda é só teoria computacional, mas quando se fabricar...

Modified carbon nanotubes can store solar energy indefinitely 

Storing the sun’s heat in chemical form — rather than converting it to electricity or storing the heat itself in a heavily insulated container — has significant advantages, since in principle the chemical material can be stored for long periods of time without losing any of its stored energy. The problem with that approach has been that until now the chemicals needed to perform this conversion and storage either degraded within a few cycles, or included the element ruthenium, which is rare and expensive.

Nanoletters- Azobenzene-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes As High-Energy Density Solar Thermal Fuels

UPDATE - Ars Technica notes that the material has not been made yet and is computational chemistry

In terms of energy storage, the azo/CNT nanostructures outdo lithium-ion batteries. Kolpak and Grossman calculate that the azo/CNT system will have volumetric energy densities of about 690 watt-hours per liter; lithium-ion batteries range from 200 to 600 watt-hours per liter. For comparison, azobenzene alone has a volumetric energy density of only about 90 watt-hours per litter.

Kolpak and Grossman’s proposed azo/CNT system could be adapted for use with other photoactive molecules, as it appears that placing them on carbon nanotubes enhances their energy storage properties. This is perhaps the most important result from their work.

While Kolpak and Grossman have presented a promising new approach to making solar thermal fuels, there are potential drawbacks, and the fact that they haven't actually created the substance isn't even the most substantial. The energy stored in the azo/CNT system can only be released as heat. If you want to use the stored energy to power electrical devices, you would need to convert the heat to electricity. This adds a step that requires more equipment and can result in energy loss during the conversion.

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/07/modified-carbon-nanotubes-can-store.html