The team behind the Arduino open-source electronics prototyping platform has now released some interesting news. Among them we have the new boards Arduino Uno (replaces Duemilanove) and the Mega2560! Read more.
This video shows some interesting experiments in zero gravity regarding thin water films.
Check out this very inspirational video showing the manufacturing of a steamed wood bench.
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.
The guys at Arduino have been cooking up something new!
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.
Do you remember floppy disks? If so, do you also remember the affection you developed towards these wonderful and reliable data storage solutions? The image above seems to be the best use for floppy drives that we have seen so far.
The people at Evil Mad Scientist hav just released their new Egg-bot! Check it out here.
The Up! 3D printer is a new member of the ever growing family of small and affordable 3D printers. Not many people have seen one in action but on there is a review on the Ponoko website. Check it out here.
It is not unusual to see robotic snake-like contraptions. This though, from the CMU robotics lab, has taken it a step further. :)