Futurocol Medalhada! E um Upgrade para TODAS as Imprtessoras, e como imprimir um sem-fim de peças

A Empresa que não pára, a Futurocol, ganhou uma Medalha de Ouro em Genebra!

Quero daqui, mandar os meus Parabéns à Futurocol, e assim se prova que Portugal INOVA, sem maquaquear Tecno-Modinhas...
É bom!
E saber que a Futurocol se sabe defender de Imitações grosseiras, autêntica Pirateagem da Propriedade Industrial...
É muito bom!

 

A empresa Futurocol, fundada em 1995, tem dedicado a sua atividade na área da colchoaria desenvolvendo novas técnicas e inovando a oferta de produtos dedicados essencialmente ao conforto e à saúde.
No seguimento dessa política a Futurocol apresentou em 2004 uma proposta inovadora que se traduziu na invenção do COLCHÃO ARTICULADO como peça única, o qual pode ainda dispor de opcionais, como o magnetismo e o sistema de massagem.
A referida invenção mereceu os maiores aplausos a nível nacional e internacional, sendo tal invenção distinguida com a Medalha de Ouro no Salão Internacional de Invenções de Genebra.
O referido colchão articulado com a patente nacional PT 103128 e internacional PCT/IB2004003191, WO/2005/117656, encontra-se devidamente registado a favor da empresa Futurocol.
A Futurocol teve conhecimento que existem empresas concorrentes que estão a plagiar o colchão articulado ilicitamente, fabricando e comercializando o respetivo invento, não estando habilitadas para tal, assim como o uso indevido da imagem da empresa, de alguns produtos e respetivas certificações.
No sentido de proteger os direitos da empresa Futurocol e dos seus clientes, assim como salvaguardar a qualidade e garantia do produto, será providenciada a imediata instauração de processos judiciais adequados à violação dos seus direitos, apelando-se desta forma ao fim da utilização abusiva. É de referir que apenas algumas empresas estão autorizadas a comercializar o colchão articulado com marca personalizada. Para comprovar a autorização foi colocada uma etiqueta na parte lateral dos equipamentos.

Aproveitamos para informar todos os nossos clientes que o incêndio que infelizmente decorreu nas nossas instalações, no verão deste ano de 2012, não afetou o nosso setor de fabricação de colchões, mas sim o de almofadas, por esse facto toda a fabricação de colchões, independentemente do modelo está garantida.

http://www.grupofuturocol.com/

Esta gigajoga chega em boa hora, pois permite-vos tirar todo o benefício das vossas Impressoras 3D, duma série de Marcas!

No fundo, é uma Driver do Periférico que é a Impressora, e vem com um Painel de Controle muito mais funcional, e ainda vem com ligação Wifi, para acabar com a chata rotina do tira-o-cabo, mete-o-cabo, e vos ligar ao Mundo do Fabbing:

About this project

We created The Element and Formide to bring you a hassle free 3D printing experience.
The Element is a USB plug & play device that will unlock the full potential of today’s 3D printers. On Formide.com you will find an endless library of printable, customizable 3D files and a fully loaded dashboard for your printer.
The combination of The Element and Formide brings an end to overwhelming slicer settings, hours of trial & error and countless failed prints. It makes way for a productive and groovy 3D printing experience.
Let’s shape the world of tomorrow together.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printr/the-element-3d-printers-missing-element

 

...E não vos vão faltar as Peças, nunca, com este Instructable que vos ensina como imprimir uma infinidade de peças que já estão disponíveis na Internet, a preço zero.
Uma achega, não é só a Macmaster que tem um catálogo de peças, a Traceparts e muitas ouitras, também têem...

Download, edit and print your own parts from McMaster-Carr

Ladycartoonist

McMaster Carr is an amazing resource. It's well laid out, informative, comprehensive..but even better, they provide free 3D models for most of their parts. Not all, but many. If you have access to a 3D printer, you can print these parts yourself. Pretty cool, eh? 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Download-Edit-And-Print-Your-Own-Parts-From-McMast/

 

Diesel a partir dos Fritos! E um Aspirador ambivalente, um Concurso com Monumentos Nacionais, e uma Forja com 2 Tijolos

Quem tenha uma Carrinha dos Fritos, Um Restaurante, ou mesmo uma Família grande, poderá não ter de meter Combustível...

Se for a Diesel.

Eis como podem economizar que é um disparate, fabricando o vosso próprio Diesel a partir do Óleo Alimentar:

Making Diesel from Waste Vegetable Oil - Biodiesel

Tecwyn Twmffat

  Maybe if Walt and Jesse had taken to making biodiesel rather than methamphetamine they would have had less trouble with the Mexican cartels, less murders and violence and an altogether easier life? Also a lot more environmentally friendly! There have however been some moments of excitement in my biodiesel career - on one occasion I was raided and interrogated by the Feds on suspicion of processing 'red' diesel into 'white', but fortunately they went away happy that I was innocent.
When I watched Breaking Bad there were quite a few actual similarities like, for example, always being wanting to perfect the product and taking a great pride in it. Some of the machinery in their industrial production plant looked a bit weird and unfortunately there was not enough pipework for it to actually work. It does however give some insight into what it is like to work with chemicals and in many ways making diesel (biodiesel) is a mysterious business and more akin to alchemy than science.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-Diesel-from-Waste-Vegetable-Oil-Biodiesel/

Fazer Engenhocas, quer sempre dizer, criar muita Lixaria! 

LOL

Por isso, aproveitem para fazer este Aspirador, que dá para Lixo grande e pequeno, por isso, vai-vos ser muito útil lá pela casa e Oficina...

Big/Tiny Variable Dust Separator

Superbender

With my increasing interest in woodworking and the amount of dust created in the process I needed to find a solution for collecting the dust created in my garage without clogging up the filter of my shop vac. There are plenty of solutions posted in the web which vary from buying and assembling commercially available dust separator systems to making your own. Here I am presenting the solution I came up with, that is as usual based on all the good stuff I could find on the web and then some of my own ideas. I went for the simplest possible design which turned out to be able to handle a wide range of machines and dust/shaving volumes with 'Version2'.

http://www.instructables.com/id/BigTiny-Variable-Dust-Separator/

Podem ganhar uma Ipressora 3D, se tiverem a paciência de criarem um Modelo em 3D do Monumento Nacional que simboliza o vosso País!

Cortesia da Traceparts, vejam como é e concorram!

Invitation to all CAD designers! The 8th annual TraceParts competition has been launched.

St Romain, France – November 18, 2014 – TraceParts, one of the leading providers in the world of 3D digital content for design and engineering, has announced today that it is launching its 8th annual competition. 

The TraceParts engineer community, numbering more than 2 million CAD users, has been getting involved in this competition for eight years.

This year, participants are invited to draw a place or monument in 3D that best represents their country, using CAD or image editing software.

They can use as many CAD components as they wish, available for free on the TracePartsOnline.net portal.

Entries should be submitted to 3dcontest@traceparts.com before December 17, 2014 in a file no more than 1 MB in size.

http://www.traceparts.com/news-and-events/2014-press-releases/

Uma Forja, é coisa bacana de se ter, se se é Engenhocas...

Pois podem ter a vossa, feita a partir de 2 Tijolos, qualquer um pode fazer isto, e derreter Metal, Forjar, etc.

2 Brick Forge

squirejoe2

I have been looking for a 2 brick forge design for a while and couldn't find any that met my needs. Most are 1 Brick Forges that are really too shallow for what I want to do.

I am working on longer pieces of 1/4 and 5/16th stock at about 5"-7" lengths.

This is my parts list:

• 2 Fire Bricks 9"X4.5"X3"
• 1" spade bit
• 5/8th spade bit
• 5/16th drill bit
• Cold Chisel
• 36" 5/16 - 18 threaded Rod cut into four even pieces 9" long
• 16 5/16 - 18 nuts
• 8 split washer
• 4 one foot length 1"X1" steel angle stock
• Power Drill

I decided that I needed an 8"x3"X3" chamber, so I marked the brick with a permanent marker.

http://www.instructables.com/id/2-Brick-Forge/

Moldagem por Ultra-som! E um Inventor Brasileiro vende, mais uma bancada para o torno com rodas, e Objectos 3D à farta

Isto vai dar que Fabbar, porque muito Fab-Lab vai querer pôr as mãos nesta Máquina, um Moldador de Plástico, não por Injecção, mas por Ultra-Sons!

Resulta num método de fabrico muito mais eficiente, e capaz de mais detalhe que a Injecção de Plástico, e já imagino que um dia vá ser vendida uma versão caseira, ou algum Hacker vai imaginar algo parecido, Open-Source...

Ultrasonic medical molding machine reduces energy consumption 

Stu Robarts

Injection molding is the widely preferred method for shaping plastic medical components, but now a new type of machine promises to slash energy and materials costs. Ultrasion's Sonorous 1G uses ultrasound to produce highly targeted and efficient heating to melt its plastic base material.

The Sonorous 1G was on show this week at the Medtec UK, a trade exhibition for medical technologies and devices. Despite its uses in the medical sector, it has uses in a host of different industries.

Research into technology used by the Sonorous 1G began about six years ago, with European Commission funding and help from the Barcelona-based ASCAMM technology centre. ASCAMM spun off Ultrasion as a company to take the technology commercial.

http://www.gizmag.com/ultrasion-sonorous-1g-ultrasonic-molding-machine/32104/

É sempre bom ver um Inventor que vende, e este Colega Brasileiro vende mesmo, na Net, o seu Produto, um Abre Latas e Garrafas multi-funcional::

 

Ksplash o Abridor Multifuncional 8  em 1.

​Ksplash o abridor multifuncional.

Desde de o inicio da humanidade, o homem vem observando o mundo que o cerca e, constantemente pensando em como facilitar sua vida, face as dificuldades o aflige.
É desta  busca por  soluções lógicas e praticas que evolui a humanidade.
Observem as grandes ideias que sacudiram o mundo, fazendo com que a vida na face da terra ficasse mais leve, agradável, simples, sem sofrimento.
...
E as grandes ideias não se traduzem necessariamente em produtos grandes, mas sim em grandes produtos, tais como garrafas Pet, embalagens Tetra Pak, latas de alumínio para bebidas, etc.
E, mais uma vez, a observação do dia a dia gerou uma ideia genial que se transformou em um grande produto, o Ksplash.
Neste exato momento, no mundo todo, milhões de pessoas estão abrindo uma lata de refrigerante suco ou de cerveja ou uma garrafa Longneck e tentando rasgar saches de catchup mostarda e maionese
Mulheres lascam ou estragam os esmaltes das unhas, homens ficam com marcas nos dedos e nas mãos abrindo Longnecks, utilizando ou as mãos ou outros processos mecânicos e as vezes não higiênicos. Saches muitas vezes tem que serem  abertos com os dentes, por não terem picotes eficientes .
É ai que entra o Ksplash, com toda a sua eficiência e simplicidade para facilitar de vez a utilização destes recipientes.

http://www.ksplash.com/

Esta Bancada permite-vos mover um Torno peloa Oficina, mas sem deixar de ser completamente sólida, como convém para um Torno... 

Bela ideia, fácil de executar, e ainda por cima, pode ser fácilmente desmontada!

Anti-Wobble Wheeled [Lathe] Table

BoilingLeadBath

When neither a 4-leg nor a 3-leg table will do, a simple suspension allows us to combine some of the best attributes of both: the wobble-free performance of the three-leg table and the high tipping energy of the standard four-leg.

We couple this suspension with a table built for stiffness, a table-top mini-pallet to make it easy to disassemble the thing into parts which can be carried, and a set of cheap, strong, drawers which will stay put while you wheel the whole thing around.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the way the design has worked out. There's a few compromises (see Design) which you might want to reconsider, depending upon your facilities and needs.

The tables take about 10-15 hours to construct, including one drawer, using a circular saw, a table saw, a radial arm saw, a drill, a pneumatic staple gun, screws, glue, and staples. This time could be reduced substantially with a nice table to do the construction on, and a panel saw or big table saw.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Anti-Wobble-Wheeled-Lathe-Table/

A Traceparts oferece-vos uma Miscelânea de Objectos 3D, como sejam Móveis, Informática e muitos outros Objectos da Rua, nesta página:

Various content

http://www.tracepartsonline.net/%28S%28a0wlnv22x5hmym55qxfskmuk%29%29/content.aspx?class=USER&utm_source=Emailings&utm_medium=Catalogs-Newsletter&utm_campaign=Catalogs-Newsletter-86&utm_content=ROW

Skyeye! Fenomenal. E peças de Mecatrónica, da Traceparts, e e 2D para 3D com Tinkercad

È uma Empresa Portuguesa, concerteza, e é, literalmente, fenomenal!

Eis uma  maneira de criarem Vídeos como se fossem Filmes, com travelings aéreos de qualidade, por um preço bem mais módico, que alugar um Helicóptero, e uma Equipa de Filmagem...

É de parabéns!

Skyeye

CAPTAÇÃO DE VÍDEO E FOTOGRAFIA AÉREA

A REVOLUÇÃO QUE VEM PELO AR.

UMA SOLUÇÃO COM MAIS APLICAÇÕES MAS COM MENOS CUSTOS.

FLIGHT Aeronaves autónomas não-tripuladas (comandadas por controlo remoto) com capacidade de transporte das câmaras mais avançadas do mercado

CAMERA Captação de imagens de alta qualidade permitida pela elevada estabilidade das plataformas UAV. Possibilidade de transmissão em “live streaming”

ACTION Plataformas capazes de operar perfis de voo bem distintos em função das necessidades específicas de captação de imagem e das condições do ambiente em que decorre a operação (Ver Vídeo)

http://www.skyeye.pt/

 

A Traceparts tem, agora, desenhos de peças e componentes de Mecatrónica, para vocês desenharem os vosso Planos com tudo incluído, e ainda, um Link para um Vídeo com as Soluções da Solidworks:

http://www.traceparts.com/news/newsletters/TraceParts-newsletter.asp?idfile=77row

A nossa amiga audreyobscura, hoje, ensina-nos como verter um desenho Vectorial para 3D, e depois Impressão 3D, usando nada mais que o Tinkercad!

3D Print a Vector File using Tinkercad

audreyobscura

My pal Diego and I wanted to make something cool for our artist collective called "OUR HOUSE". He came up with this super sweet logo for our project, and I wanted to 3D print it as an ornament. I think it could be made in to jewelry too, and I hope to make a mold from this model. (Next Instructable!)

He sent me his Adobe Illustrator logo file, so I started hacking away at it to create some models that we could print :D

http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Print-a-Vector-File-using-Tinkercad/

Acetona para o Makerbot! Mais um novo Material, um Triciclo divertido, mas que faz sentido, e peças através do Draftsight

Eis um Truque para fazerem Objectos lisos, com os Makerbots mais Fajolas, entra em jogo...

A Acetona!

Se querem peças que deslizem, ou Objectos sem as "escadinhas", é seguirem estes Bacanso, sabe-se lá se algum Geek, algum dia, não faz um programa que adapta um Ficheiro 3D ao resultado final pretendido, um Objecto liso, para que isto seja útil duma forma precisa!

Smoothing 3D prints with acetone and without patent violations

Cory Doctorow

Austin Wilson and Neil Underwood from the North Carolina makerspace Fablocker invented a great, simple process for smoothing out 3D prints using evaporated nail-polish remover in a large jar. The process produces a beautiful finish and sidesteps a bunch of dumb patents for polishing 3D printing output. They're still experimenting with the details, and the fact that the first experiments turned out such great looking pieces is cause for excitement about where this will go when it's fully refined.  

http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/smoothing-3d-prints-with-aceto.html

Inventores, inspirem-se no exemplo deste professor de Física Americano, que não teve medo de inventar, para resolver um problema...

Criou um Material Elástico, que é moldável como o Sugru, mas volta à forma anterior, como os Metais com Memoria. As aplicações deste Material são inúmeras!

New type of silicone exhibits both viscous and elastic properties

Ben Coxworth

Looking for a more effective solution to the all-too-common wobbly table dilemma than a folded up bit of cardboard or piece of rubber under the leg, University of Virginia physicist Lou Bloomfield created a new type of silicone rubber called Vistik – it's malleable enough to take on any shape when pressed, but is still resilient enough to offer support, as it gradually starts to return to its original shape as the pressure is released. The material could have many applications ... beyond just steadying up wobbly tables.

http://www.gizmag.com/vistik-viscoelastic-silicone/26509/

Ao contrário de tantas Engenhocas completamente estapafúrdias, este Triciclo, é tão divertido, quanto seguro, quanto uma boa solução de transporte...

Um Triciclo Eléctrico que se balda, ou  inclina como uma Mota, nas curvas, mas é completamente coberto, eis algo que não só faz sentido, como é divertido de conduzir!

Toyota shows the i-Road – a fully-enclosed, tilting, electric three-wheeled competitor for the motorcycle

Mike Hanlon

Toyota rocked the automotive world a few hours ago with full details of a new form of transport it will exhibit at the Geneva Motor Show which begins tomorrow. Toyota's i-ROAD is a fully-enclosed, two-seater, three-wheeled, fully-electric, Personal Mobility Vehicle (PMV).
The i-ROAD incorporates what Toyota is calling Toyota ‘Active Lean’ technology, which "automatically balances the vehicle when cornering or traveling over stepped surfaces" according to the press statement.

http://www.gizmag.com/toyota-i-road-full-enclosed-tilting-electric-three-wheeler/26498/

O Programa Draftsight e atraceparts, dão-vos acesso a centenas de milhões de peças de toda a espécie, globalmente, para quando queiram desenhar os vossos Projectos, o que quer dizer que podem levar as vossas ideias directamente para a Fábrica!

Hundreds of Millions of Free Supplier Certified Drawings for DraftSight™ Users Exclusively from TraceParts

Saint Romain, France – March 05, 2013 – TraceParts announces the immediate availability of its TracePartsOnline.net part library exclusively for users of DraftSight™ CAD software from Dassault Systèmes. The new library is the first that allows over 1.3 million global DraftSight users instant access to 2D drawings from over 350 leading component supplier catalogs including: 3M, Advantech, Asco Numatics, Bosch Rexroth, Cepex, CGI, Clippard, DE-STA-CO, Facom, IFM, Igus, INA/FAG, Mädler, Norelem, Nozag, Parker Legris, Pneumadyne, RS Components, Schmersal, Schmalz, Schneider Electric, Sherex, Zimm and more.

http://www.traceparts.com/news/press-releases/2013/PR05032013.asp

 

 

Instructables, Traceparts, e Notícias bacanas

Comecemos por este achado, como duplicarem os vossos Cartões RFID, porque um Duplicado faz sempre jeito...

E tem um Link para verem mais projectos dele, à venda, ora aí está uma ideia impecável para tanto outro Engenhocas fazer uns trocados...

RFID Emulator - How to Clone RFID Card, Tag ...

kukata86

Where the idea came.
The idea of creating RFID Emultor come from the idea to create an environment for developing and experimenting with different RFID applications. This article was created with the goal of engineers amateur enthusiasts and fans of electronics who like to experiment with different radio frequency devices and face their challenges. Later i realized it for the useful application of the schematic in our daily lives and how useful it can be developed schematic for making a backup of the existing RFID card, so you always have a backup of your access card - as assume that you have the spare keys to your home or car. If you loss your RIFD card, you will have backup using RIFD Emulator, you will not be able to lift without the barrier of your garage or sitting outside the office. After using this emulator for emergency needs when is possible and in convenient time you can tell people supporting system for access control that your card is lost and want new. And with RFID emulator you can make a backup of it and to use it in subsequent similar need. Most useful of all this is that RIFD Emulator will not confuse engagements planned for the day.

You can buy kit for assembling and see another interesting projects in my website: www.kukata86.com

http://www.instructables.com/id/RFID-Emulator-How-to-Clone-RFID-Card-Tag-/

Mais uma maneira de brilharem enquanto Engenhocas-Artesãos, que muitos de vocês são, eis uma Caixa de Jóias com categoria...

 

Oak Jewelry Box featuring Box Joint Construction

When I decided to make a jewelry box as a birthday gift for my daughter, my goal was to make it as distinctive as possible. So, since I always enjoy learning a new woodworking technique, I decided to teach myself how to create box joints.

The box joint, also called a finger joint, is an aesthetically pleasing form of joinery that turns a simple box into a beautiful piece of woodworking. While similar to the more elegant dovetail joint, box joints are more easily fabricated and actually provide a joint of superior strength. The technique used to create them, as presented in this instructable, is straightforward and relatively easy to master.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Oak-Jewelry-Box-featuring-Box-Joint-Construction/

Arduinos à brava, e cada vez mais, eis um para tocarem Samples, nas Festas lá do sítio...
Mas também servirá para sei lá mais o quê, para ser accionado rápidamente, dum banco de dados. Reparem na caixa cortada por Laser...

 

KeySample 

Internep

This instrument was build using  an Arduino Uno and some  hardware components ( rotary encoder, potentiometer and  simple iron bolds). The software running the actual audio and video is a Pure Data / GEM patch. Additionaly Echonest API was used to do the sample cutup. You can send any mp4 file to it and it returns a folder containing the sliced up .mp4 and .wav files.
The box was made using parametric Flexbox found on thingiverse..

Basic idea was to create an instrument which triggers certain parts of a sample. PD cuts up every sample into 8 sections and maps these on the 8 keys of the instrument. A random factor is build in to play the sample for- and backwards.The keys are plain iron bolds, we used capacitive sensing to trigger the sampleparts.

The rotary encoder on the right side of the instrument runs through the different files in the folder. The slider pitchshifts the sample.

http://www.instructables.com/id/KeySampler/

Para as Jovens Famílias, eis Camas de Beliche que vocês podem construír, com Instrucções passo-a-passo bem completas, não há que falhar...

Easy, Modular, Pine Bunkbeds

The Valiant

I've been building projects from Instructables for years but have never really had the time to post any of my own projects. I've found myself with a little extra time lately though and decided it was time to start giving back to the community. So, for my very first shot at an Instructable, allow me to present (drum roll please):

Bunk Beds! (and there was much rejoicing!)
(from wikipedia): A type of bed where one bed frame is stacked on top of another.

Like Minivans, the more children you have the better bunk beds start to look. And unless you are lucky enough to live in nice big house where everyone gets their own room, the ability to stack your children at night provides more floor space for things like desks, couches, and toys to trip over.

Unfortunately, bunk beds can be pretty pricey - putting them out of reach for most people. Worse than that, most of the production bunk bed frames on the market that I've seen are pretty flimsy - and I just couldn't justify spending $1,000 to have my kids spend 8 hours a night, 5 feet in the air, worried they were going to come crashing down every time they rolled over!

The good news is, you can pretty easily build a bunk bed that is rock solid, looks great, breaks down easily for moves, and is completely modular - and for only $125 - $200 in wood and supplies.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Modular-Pine-Bunkbeds/

Mais um Projecto envolvendo Corte Laser, e umas dicas bacanas para fazerem caixas, e dobrarem Plástico, eis esta maravilha para o vosso Equipamento de Som:

  
Make a custom speaker housing 

future-tinker

Background info

This is a project that I produced for my Product Design GCSE, I then adapted it so that it would be easier to explain as an Instructable

The Project
The speaker has a custom housing that suits a certain theme, for my GCSE I chose the theme of the 4 seasons, but the main style I chose was a snowflake and that's the style that I will be using to explain the design and build proccess.

Please don't forget to vote this for the contests :)

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-custom-speaker-housing/ 

Voltando às Misturas de Samples, eis um Projecto bem simático, que faz lembrar as Consolas de Pac-Man, e usa este achado p'ara usarem os PCs sem os crasharem, o Teensy!

Teensy USB Development Board 
The Teensy is a complete USB-based microcontroller development system, in a very small footprint, capable of implementing many types of projects. All programming is done via the USB port. No special programmer is needed, only a standard "Mini-B" USB cable and a PC or Macintosh with a USB port.

Não sabia disto...
Voltemos então ao Pac Mod, o Pac-Man que toca Mods:

PACMOD MIDI DJ Controller
RedBinary  

For my son’s birthday I made him a DJ controller designed to resemble an old cabinet arcade machine. What follows is a brief overview of the process to make it, including code.

The Teensy was chosen as the brains because of the way it handles USB. Not only does it have native USB, rather than the FTDI USB-to-serial interface that turns making use of the port a series of work-arounds, but as you’ll see in the code the MIDI library makes writing the firmware a trivial pursuit.

http://www.instructables.com/id/PACMOD-MIDI-DJ-Controller/

O Site da Traceparts continua a crescer , como podem ver nesta lista de novos catálogos de peças em 2D e 3D, que podem usar para os vossos planos:

http://www.traceparts.com/news/newsletters/TraceParts-newsletter.asp?idfile=73row

Eis uma ideia a lembrar o trabalho do malogrado Engenheiro Jaime Filipe, uma maravilha da Tecnologia da Reabilitação, é o que é esta ideia para transmitir Braille...
Directamente à Retina dos Cegos!

Researchers transmit braille directly to the retina of blind test subject

Ben Coxworth

Second Sight’s Argus II Retinal Prosthesis is definitely an interesting piece of technology, allowing a blind user to “see” objects, colors and movement in their environment. Ordinarily, this is done with the help of a video-camera-equipped pair of glasses worn by the user. In a recent experiment, however, researchers bypassed the camera, transmitting visual braille patterns directly to a blind test subject’s retina.
Here’s how the Argus II normally works. The prosthesis itself is implanted in a blind user’s eye, placing an array of 60 electrodes against the surface of the retina. The accompanying video glasses take in the view in front of the user, and convert the video signal into electrical pulses. These pulses are wirelessly transmitted to the implanted electrodes, which respond by selectively stimulating retinal nerve cells.
While the results aren’t the same as normal vision, they’re good enough to allow some users to identify individual printed letters.

http://www.gizmag.com/braille-argus-ii-retina/25157/

...E que tal um Chip de Radar do tamanho duma Unha?
Para alguma coisa de bom, servem os Fundos da Ce, de vez em quando, eis o chip de Radar mais pequeno do Mundo, e que ainda por cima, é barato!
Planeado para os Smartphones, esperem só atá a malta do Arduino, Raspberry Pi, e companhia, der com isto, vai servir para muitas mais coisas!
 

Fingernail-sized radar chip could be used in future smartphones

Adam Williams

Research based in Frankfurt, Germany, and funded by the European Union, has resulted in a new low-cost, fingernail-sized radar chip package that could be implemented in a variety of areas, including the automotive industry, robotics and smartphones.
The chip was developed under the “Silicon-based ultra-compact cost-efficient system design for mm-wave sensors” (or Success) consortium, and is believed to be the smallest complete silicon-based system-on-chip (SoC) device for radar able to operate at frequencies beyond 100 GHz.
“As far as I know, this is the smallest complete radar system in the world,” said Professor Christoph Scheytt, coordinator of the project on behalf of IHP Microelectronics in Frankfurt, Germany. “There are other chips working at frequencies beyond 100 GHz addressing radar sensing, but this is the highest level of integration that has ever been achieved in silicon.”

http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-sized-radar-system/25152/