It looks like the Open Source 3D printer movement is making gigantic leaps. Here is an image of the individual layers of a 3D print made with a Ultimaker 3D printer. To the left side of the image you can see a human thumb. Read more here.
As you can see it is very easy to understand why this digital camera has gotten the nickname Frankencamera. Nevertheless it is a very impressive project at Stanford University aiming to create an Open Source camera with clever software features. Check it out.
Having a 3D printer is very interesting. It’s not like having big-screen TV or advanced microwave oven – it’s an inspiring machine that makes you want to make stuff! :)
This time we decided to design a simple hook for hanging stuff from 12 mm (1/2 inch) water pipes in bathrooms. You can download the file from Thingiverse.com.
Ultimaker is now one of the latest additions to the fauna of open sourced 3D printers! Check it out at Thingiverse.
Massimo Banzi, one of the creators of the popular Arduino board talks about this phenomena and why they released it as open source.
One of the projects that we have at Geekubator is the Open Source Photo Studio (OSPS). It aims to design and develop a hardware for image documentation of objects through hardware, photography and smart software. We have spent ages brainstorming, tinkering and defining concepts.
Now we are very proud to have started the hardware design in Kompas-3D CAD where we create all the hardware components. The whole design and matching software will be released under an open source license for everyone to download.
The screenshot above shows a very simple but crucial component of the OSPS. It is the spin table and measures 500 mm in diameter and 22 mm in thickness. The five holes are for holding small magnets for object positioning purposes.
Stay tuned here at geekubator.org for more information about the Open Source Photo Studio.
The good guys at Makerbot Industries have released a very cool and smart automated build platform that makes it possible to create one 3D print after the other without manual intervention. Once a print is done the platform rolls it out from the print surface and frees it up for the next one. Check it out here.
This video shows a very clever use for the open source Arduino hardware platform. It demonstrates how it can be used to rotate automatically and always point at the sun.
It seems like the world of making is undergoing a quite revolution. Every now and then there is a new 3D printer or manufacturing machine being launched! Here is the Ultimaker – The project aims to “designing/developing an easy to build low cost 3D printer with a small form factor but large build envelope”. Read more at ultimaker.com.
Most geeks dream of having their own laser cutter. With such a machine you can make the most intricate shapes in 2D and them cut them out on wood, carton, acrylic and other materials. Most commercial laser cutters are quite expensive but maybe Lasersaur will introduce some change in the future. Check out their project page here.