Handibot, CNC nas Obras! E mandem vir a Londres, um Disco cortado a Laser, e uma Impressora 3D para grandes Objectos

Isto é inesperado, mas uma muito boa notícia...

Poderão em breve, fazer as Obras lá de casa, com esta máquina CNC, que é uma maravilha, e com cada vez mais aplicações!

Dica do nosso amigo Jon Cantin, que está bastante satisfeito com a Fresa ShopBot que já tem, este novo produto da ShopBot, é uma máquina programável para executar várias tarefas de Fresa e Corte, em todo o lado:

ShopBot introduces the smart power tool Handibot 

What is it?

Brains & Brawn

• The Handibot^™ smart power tool is a portable, hand-held robotic power tool
• App-Driven, one-button “Start” for jobsite tasks and workshop projects; run it from your smartphone or tablet
• Powerful AND compact for precision cutting, drilling, machining, and carving
• Behind the scenes: full-up CNC for real work and uncompromised basics for open development and expansion of functionality (6-axis control, I/O, power, configurability)
• Endlessly useful for home builders, product developers, small manufacturers, makers, inventors, architects, students

http://handibot.com/index.html

Para um trabalho de corte, por cliente, a Razorlab, até ao fim deste Mês, fornece-vos o trabalho, sem despesas de envio, por isso, aproveitem: 

Summer is on it's way,  FREE SHIPPING through May!

The sun has finally come out of hiding, and we think it's safe to start planning your Summer...and that means time for a new project!

To help you get your new idea off the ground we are giving you FREE SHIPPING on all orders until the end of May. Use coupon code: PGTSGM at the checkout to redeem*.

Whether it's a summer craft sale you are preparing for, or you just want to get that electronics project you've been working on all winter well and truly finished in time for your holiday, we know you'll make good use of the offer!
  
http://www.razorlab.co.uk/

 

Podem agora publicar os vossos Discos Audio, por Corte Laser, este Instructable ensina-vos como:

Laser Cut Record (version) 

jojporg

Just last weekend, amandaghassaei published her Laser Cut Record. The work is more than great with a tons of experimentations and descriptions! However, thorough these days, we also prepared to publish our version of Laser Cut Record with prior acoustic information as a part of our "cutting record - a record without (or with) prior acoustic information" project at IAMAS. To be honest, the work is still in its experimental stage and very close to amandaghassaei's work. But we decide to publish it to stimulate the scene (Hope it exists!) and further investigations with a lot of common points and a few differences especially in our codes. Here is our version.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-Cut-Record-version/

 

E para grandes Objectos nas vossas Oficinas, esta Impressora 3D oferece-vos o maior volume disponível, numa Impressora 3D caseira.
E imprime em vários Materiais, como Madeira (fibra), Poliestireno, ABS, PVA, PLA, Nylon, Policarbonato, etc!

LulzBot TAZ claims largest build area for desktop 3D printers

Jonathan Fincher

If you're in the market for a 3D printer, there are plenty of qualities to weigh. Price, ease of use, size, and print resolution are all factors that could influence the types of objects you're able to create. If you want a printer that fits on your desk and can print objects the size of a basketball though, you may want to consider the latest model from Aleph Objects, Inc. The LulzBot TAZ 3D printer boasts an open source hardware approach in design and claims to have the largest print volume for desktop printers in its price range.

http://www.gizmag.com/lulzbot-taz-3d-printer/27527/

Impressoras 3D a 500 Dólares! Mais, Raspi Python, Medusa, e Foguetões.

Uma Impressora 3D a 500 e tal Dólares, já com o Rolo de ABS, é bom!

Ainda por cima este Bacano teve a boa ideia de imprimir os Sólidos com o interior meio oco, uma estrutura de teia-de-aranha que resulta mais leve, e mais rápida, coisa que eu me fartei de sugerir a toda a gente do Makerbot!

 

Welcome to Solidoodle

Out-of-the-box 3D Printing — starting at just $499.

Welcome to Solidoodle, the next generation of printers that allows you to unleash your creativity in three dimensions — and multiple colors. Turn your imagination into reality — one strand of plastic at a time. Adding layers, the Solidoodle 3D Printer takes your image and transforms it into a real product that you can use

http://www.solidoodle.com/

Isto é impecável, podem então usar a Impressora acima referida, para imprimir estes Phones, planos Grátis!!!
Notícia do Blog da Razorlabs:

Open Design 3D Printed Headphones 

Teague Labs have created these fully functioning headphones, named simply 13:30 after the time it takes to print them (13 hours and 30 minutes).
From the Teague Labs website:
With 3D printers becoming more accessible we decided to have a think around the concept “life in beta” as a future scenario. What if printed prototypes could become actual products? Meaning, once off the print bed an object could be assembled without any tools and be made functional by readily attainable components. I decided to stress test the premise with the challenge of making electronically simple yet functionally complex headphones.

http://www.razorlab.co.uk/2012/10/open-design-3d-printed-headphones/

 

E agora... 

Algo completamente diferente... 

Raspi Pithon!

Usar o Raspberry Pi com o I2C, que vem desligado, vejam o que é, e como se faz...

Raspberry Pi I2C (Python)
AntMan232

In this instructable, I will explain how to use I2C on the Pi, with the examples of the CMPS03 compass module and SRF08 Ultrasonic range, using python. I will explain right through installing the OS, to ensure that the dependancies and everything is installed. 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-I2C-Python/

 

 

Eis o Programa Medusa, de que já falámos, e como se transforma um Plano DXF, num sólido: 

Video: Creating a 3D model from a 2D DXF in MEDUSA4 Personal

DXF to 3D with ‘sheet-based modelling’ in the free MEDUSA4 Personal CAD suite. Find out how to create a 3D model on the basis of existing 2D DXF/DWG drawings.

http://www.cad-schroer.com/Software/MEDUSA4/CADFreeware/1/1420/r/193/

E prá Pequenada, de todas as idades, hé, hé, hé....
FOGUETÓES!

Solid Fuel Rockets 

If it's smoke and fire you're looking for then our solid fuel rockets are the answer. See mindsetsonline to view our full range. 

http://www.mindsetsonline.co.uk/emails/oct123/oct123email.htm

Skate eléctrico, Razorlabs no DesignerStock, Raspberry Pi...

Ora ISTO é que dava jeito, um Skate eléctrico!

Mas com umas rodas maiores, que no mundo real, há muita estrada mal acabada, e calçada pedregosa...

Boosted Boards skateboard claimed to be world's lightest electric vehicle

By Adam Williams

San Francisco-based startup Boosted Boards has produced an eponymous electric skateboard prototype capable of providing a push-free ride for up to 6 miles. While an electric skateboard isn't anything new in itself, this particular longboard is declared by its makers to be the world's lightest electric vehicle.

Boosted Boards markets the longboard as a “last mile” mode of transport; that is, a vehicle intended to complement existing public transportation infrastructure for the final leg of the journey home. The board consists of components which will be familiar to skaters and which sound suitably impressive to the rest of us: Loaded Vanguard, Bear Grizzly 852s, Otang 80A In Heats, and Jehu bearings. Weight is kept down to a transportable 12 – 15 lb (5.5 – 6.8 kg).

http://www.gizmag.com/boosted-boards-skateboard/24111/

A Razorlab não está parada, e vai figurar no Designersblock deste ano:

“Razorlab” workshops at Designersblock 2012 

Razorlab

Razorlab is the laser cutting studio of designer Soner Ozenc. Razorlab personalise and identify electronic goods with a laser cut engraving. We wil run a competition so that members of the public can bring their goods to be laser tattooed.

Come down to the Designersblock Show to check out workshops run by Soner.

http://www.verydesignersblock.com/2009/2012/09/07/razorlab-workshops-at-designersblock-2012/

 

Mais coisas boas do DesignSpark, para o Raspi, e não só...

Ten essential Raspberry Pi projects

Ten projects for the Raspberry Pi that range from educational to fun via highly useful.

This is by no means an attempt at a definitive list and the term essential is somewhat subjective, but if you're stuck for something new to do with your Raspberry Pi there may be some ideas here

http://www.designspark.com/content/ten-essential-raspberry-pi-projects

 

 

E que tal um Teclado Virtual, que vos permite fazer de qualquer mesa, um Teclado de Computador?
E que cabe num Porta-Chaves?

CTX Virtual Keyboard fits on a keychain

By Jonathan Fincher

Even though tablets and smartphones are improving and adding new features all the time, a shrunken keyboard on a touch screen still doesn't compare to the comfort of a full-sized keyboard for typing. There are plenty of solutions for this, from snap-on cases with keyboards built into them to keyboards that fold into a compact package. But these all just make your device less mobile or give you one more bulky thing to carry. For a more compact alternative, Brookstone has begun taking orders for a new virtual keyboard from CTX, which projects a usable laser keyboard onto any flat surface, all while fitting nicely inside a small keychain.

http://www.gizmag.com/ctx-bluetooth-virtual-keyboard/24077/

 

 

E para rematar, cá vão 7 coisas para fazer ou reparar com Ooogoo!

Silicone caulk be hacked into all kinds of useful things. This adhesive has the unique qualities of sticking well to some things and not others. This makes it easy to cast into many shapes. If you add corn starch, it can be cast or formed or glued into shapes of any thickness and it can set up within an hour. I call this mix Oogoo.


This instructable shows how to fix or make seven things:

Step 2- Make heavy duty rubber bands

Step 3- Make your own custom erasers

Step 4- Make a wallet pen

Step 5- Make a hot pot gripper

Step 6- Fix a broken bucket handle

Step 7- Make liquid tape to insulate splices

Step 8- Make a thread locker for nuts and bolts

http://www.instructables.com/id/7-Things-To-Fix-Or-Do-With-Oogoo/

 

Papel couraçado, Zootrópio... Em Papel, Razorlabs, e uma Espingarda Gauss

Onde é que havíamos de imaginar, uma Couraça... Em Papel?

Pois cá está ela, e é mais forte que a Fibra de Carbonno, ou o Kevlar!!!
Obra dos Serviços Florestais dos Estados Unidos, (!), vai revolucionar uma data de Indústrias, digo-vos eu...

Pois não é que este Material, ainda por cima é TRANSPARENTE?

Wood pulp extract stronger than carbon fiber or Kevlar

By Brian Dodson

The Forest Products Laboratory of the US Forest Service has opened a US$1.7 million pilot plant for the production of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) from wood by-products materials such as wood chips and sawdust. Prepared properly, CNCs are stronger and stiffer than Kevlar or carbon fibers, so that putting CNC into composite materials results in high strength, low weight products. In addition, the cost of CNCs is less than ten percent of the cost of Kevlar fiber or carbon fiber. These qualities have attracted the interest of the military for use in lightweight armor and ballistic glass (CNCs are transparent), as well as companies in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, consumer products, and medical industries.

http://www.gizmag.com/cellulose-nanocrystals-stronger-carbon-fiber-kevlar/23959/

Em Papel, mas do tradicional, da espécie da Cartolina, uma Peça de Museu da Tecnologia que vocês podem construír e ter em casa, este excelente Zoótropo do nosso amigo Rob Ives, está porreiro: 

Zoetrope - come and get it!

Wed 5th Sep 2012

The zoetrope is a clever mechanism used to display animations. Popular in Victorian times the zoetrope has stood the test of time and is now available to download and make in cardboard form!

Turn the handle and the cylinder, with interchangeable picture strips, spins displaying an animated scene.
Members can download the files for free at the link above. non-members can download it for only £2.50. Print out the parts onto thin card. Note that there is a coloured version and non-coloured version in the file.

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

Já está um Artigo meu publicado na Razorlabs, por isso, deixem-me exibi-lo...

New BusStopper! September 5th, 2012

Time to welcome our first Guest Blogger, Edgar Castelo. His post below introduces one of his new inventions, enjoy!

Segments pop up, they appear, pop down, they disappear.
Couldn’t be simpler!
Cut the 3 Digits drawing, Bus2 02, on a thick material, and print the segments template, Bus2 01, on Cardboard, bending over the grey lines, and the middle of the black part. Rivet the holes, you got a Bus Stopper!

Get the plans, here:

http://www.ponoko.com/design-your-own/products/busstopper-pop-up-segment-model-8071

Thanks to Edgar for contributing to our blog. If you would like to do the same, see our post on how here and get in touch.

http://www.razorlab.co.uk/community/blog/

Apreciado no Estrangeiro, ignorado em Portugal... Se calhar, até é melhor assim! LOL

Uma nova Espingarda Gauss, claro que isto é uma espécie de Brinquedo... Ou quase! 
Muáháháhá!
Obra do Cyberpunk Alemão Patrick Priebe, prova-nos que se alguma "autoridade" diz que algo "é impossível", estamos a alguns meses de ver esse "impossível" nas lojas!

Gamers may get a charge out of the Gauss Rifle

By Ben Coxworth

Well, Patrick Priebe might have outdone himself with this one. In the past, the German cyberpunk weapons-maker has brought us such creations as a wrist-mounted mini-crossbow, a laser-sighted rotary-saw-blade-shooting crossbow, and a flame-throwing glove. His latest nasty futuristic device? A video game-inspired electromagnetic weapon, called the Gauss Rifle.
Priebe told us that he took his inspiration from the K-Volt weapon, featured in the game Crysis 2. While he liked the look of the game’s version of the gun in first-person view, he wasn’t as keen on how it looked when placed on the ground ... so, he made his own version.
The 400-volt semi-automatic Gauss Rifle is what’s known as a multistage coilgun. It shoots 5.7-mm steel ammunition, from a built-in 8-slug clip. Priebe did his best to explain to us non-weapons-makers just how that ammo is fired.

http://www.gizmag.com/gauss-rifle-multistage-coilgun/23988/

E para acabar em beleza, por hoje, que tal este Vídeo, bem espectacular, sobre Impressão 3D, da Shapeways?
Sentem-se bem, e... APRECIEM!

3D Printing & the Culture of Creativity
Every day at Shapeways, thousands of people make their ideas real with 3D printing, and as a result, the Shapeways community is igniting a culture of creativity. So we're thrilled to launch a series of films about 3D printing and how this incredible technology is changing all of our lives.

This first video provides an inside look into the Shapeways vision, community, and 3D printing magic. If you're inspired, help ignite the culture of creativity and share the film!

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7115af9a58288aadeddb6390b&id=876ec70349&e=fded66864c

Pen&Note em Acrílico, 25 Mecanismos em Papel, Arqueologia, e Razorlabs

Eis a Pen&Note em Acrílico, sim, 3 peças cortadas a Laser, que se colam, com cola de Acrílico, é claro...

http://www.ponoko.com/design-your-own/products/sliced-pen-note-8483

...E já agora, cá vai uma Foto da Pen&Note impressa a 3D pela Sculpteo, é por isso que eu gosto dos gajos, mandaram-me logo a Foto, mal a imprimiram!

25 Mecanismos em Papel!

Obra do Rob Ives, e é um espectáculo!

There are two new models in the Mechanisms pack bringing the total to twenty five! From belt drives to gears trains, all sorts of amazing working projects for you to download and make. Visit the webpage for more details and to download your copy.

http://robives.com/blog/25_mechanisms_download_and_make

A última Engenhoca, ainda agora em execução, é a Ovelha que diz que não!

Vai lá, vai... Que até a Ovelha abana!

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

Portugal é um País com muita História, e o Brasil para lá caminha, graças a Deus, por isso, cá vai esta ideia, usar UAVs, os Veículos voadores não tripulados, para detectar pormenores do ar, que revelam Ruínas de Edifícios soterrados...

UAV could map archeological sites in a fraction of the time currently required

By Ben Coxworth

If you were in Peru right now, at the long-abandoned Inca village of Mawchu, you might see something very modern flying over it – a Skate unmanned aerial vehicle. The aircraft is the key part of a system designed by a team from Nashville’s Vanderbilt University. Once perfected, it should be able to accomplish in 10 to 15 minutes what would take an archeological team two to three field seasons to complete.

The system is known as SUAVe, which stands for Semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Created by engineering professor Julie A. Adams and archeologist Steven Wernke, it consists of the Skate paired with a custom software system. Using its onboard still camera, the UAV is intended to fly over archeological sites, creating high-resolution composite aerial maps.

 http://www.gizmag.com/suave-archeological-aerial-mapping/23626/

Cá vão novas da Razorlabs, o CNC Laser entra nas Lojas e no Comércio em geral, eis um exemplo baril, os famosos Canivetes Suíços da Victorinox, são personalizados por gravação Laser! 

In Store Event at Victorinox

Sorry it’s been a little while since our last post, we have been very busy and here is why…

To celebrate their partnership with House of Switzerland during the London 2012 Olympics, Victorinox London launched a promotion giving away personalised laser engraved Swiss Army Knives – best freebie ever!

http://www.razorlab.co.uk/2012/08/store-event-victorinox/

Comsol, Woodmarvels, e um Concurso da Nokia

A Comsol tem novidades:

COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3 
Get the latest news in High Performance Computing, Informatics, Data Analysis Software and more 

COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3 is a software environment for modeling and simulating any physics-based system. It is designed to empower engineers, researchers and scientists with powerful modeling tools and fast simulations for electrical, mechanical, fluid flow and chemical applications. Capabilities include three discipline-specific add-on modules: the Nonlinear Structural Materials Module, the Pipe Flow Module and the Corrosion Module. Users working with imported meshes can group existing mesh elements into new domains and boundaries, making it easy to assign boundary conditions and material properties wherever desired.

http://www.scientificcomputing.com/products-DA-COMSOL-Multiphysics-4-3-052312.aspx

Um Castelo bastante detalhado, da Woodmarvels:

http://www.woodmarvels.com/category/buildings/medieval-castle-walls-b.html




...E se têem ideias para isto, usar oo Telemóveis para Fins Medicinais, como Análises e Recolha de Dados, concorram!

Nokia Sensing X CHALLENGE seeks healthcare tech innovations 

By Ben Coxworth 

The smartphones of today are certainly technological wonders. Besides their powerful processors and multitude of available apps, most of them are also equipped with sensors such as cameras, microphones, GPS, accelerometers and gyroscopes. While those sensor-laden phones allow users to perform a broad variety of activities, the folks at Nokia believe that those or similar devices could do much more – particularly when it comes to healthcare. That’s why the company is sponsoring the Nokia Sensing X CHALLENGE. The US$2.25 million global competition is intended to “stimulate the development of sensors and sensing technology to drastically improve and expand the quality and access to healthcare across a wide variety of settings for consumers all around the globe.” 

 http://www.gizmag.com/nokia-sensing-x-challenge/22879/

...E dos nosso amigos da Diatom, destacando o Luso-Neo-Zelandês Tiago Rourke, uma Gigajoga tão incrível que vai aqui também, uma Miniatura de CNC, e o que é certo é que funciona!

http://www.razorlab.co.uk/2012/06/piccolo-pocket-sized-cnc-bot/

Hummm... Se juntarmos este Micro-CNC ao Projecto anteriormente mostrado, com a Pistola de Cola, também as há em Miniatura...

Não teríamos uma Makerbot de Bolso?

A ElastomatiK aparece no Blog da Razorlabs

É sempre bom que apreciem o nosso trabalho, por isso, cá vai:

RazorLABber Showcase: ElastomatiK by Edgar Castelo 

March 26th, 2012 

We’d like to share a neat little video with you from Edgar Costelo, who documented the process of his ‘ElastomatiK’ project from receiving and unpacking his RazorLAB order, then through the assembly to the finished article by taking a series of photo’s along the way and putting them together to create a short film clip. We love to see what happens after we pack each project and send it off to it’s owner, so we were really pleased that Edgar had taken time to post the video.

http://www.razorlab.co.uk/2012/03/razorlabber-showcase-elastomatik-edgar-castelo/

RazorLabs com desconto, MIT com um Concurso, e Sculpteo 3D Printing Cloud Engine!

Os nossos amigos da Razoelabs estão a fazer mais um Desconto, 20% em todas as Encomendas, lembrem-se foi assim que eu mandei cortar a ElastomatiK lá:

Hello there RazorLABbers!

Today is the first day of spring, time to shake off those winter blues and get making!

It's nearly Easter time, the time to over indulge, and we thought we would spoil you with a treat of our own - 20% off all orders until midnight 9th April! Use this coupon code: ZLHESS to redeem your Easter treat and spend your holidays assembling your latest project. Spread the springtime joy and share with your friends!

For all the students out there, spring is also the time to start knuckling down and the hard work begins. We know it's a tough time and we want to help ease the pressure so we offer all students a 10% discount on their orders. To take advantage of the offer use coupon code: YCHPEO (expires 31/12/12). Share with your class mates, and if you're not a student yourself, perhaps you know someone who is? Son, Daughter, brother, sister, cousin, neighbour...

http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7dc9e6e8f961d3c4e1070d2c1&id=7de19eeb38&e=6c6089cd51

O MIT em Portugal tem de novo o Concurso "Buiding Global Innovators", para criar Inovadores a nível Global:

Building Global Innovators is back!

3^rd Edition is open - submit your application here.

Deadline: 1^st May

 

Here's a few numbers from our track record:

• 80% of the promoters succed in launching a start-up
• 69% raised funding, of which over 60% is from Venture Capital sources
• 50% of the start-ups doubled their teams, creating 35 new jobs

3-step rule to preparing a winning submission:

1. Read Rules & Regulations
2. Get inspired by previous year's Award winners (1^st Ed, 2^nd Ed.)
3. Then prepare and send us your submission

Beeing one of the 20 selected teams really depends on your effort

 http://mitportugal-iei.org/

E Retalhistas, eis uma maneira de personalizarem os vossos Produtos, através da Sculpteo:

So You Are Thinking About Integrating the Sculpteo 3D Printing Cloud Engine Into Your Store?

Posted on 2012/03/19 by Mathilde B.

 

Sculpteo is the company that develops the 3D Printing Cloud Engine, the first ever solution for mass customization through 3D printing.

You are an online retailer and you want to propose some great customization features to your customers? The Sculpteo 3D Printing Cloud Engine has been designed as an easy way to integrate 3D printing to your offer.

http://blog.sculpteo.com/2012/03/19/so-you-are-thinking-about-integrating-the-sculpteo-3d-printing-cloud-engine-into-your-store/