Vicacopter open source autonomous VTOL UAV
The mysterious Jack Crossfire’s open source autonomous VTOL UAVs are amazing to watch. For around a hundred dollars you, too, can build your own.
Open Source Hardware
Open source hardware – feature story in Wired – In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits
Chris Anderson is on a mission… In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits @ Wired. This is it folks! Open source, custom-fabricated, DIY product design – it’s now the lead story in Wired! A garage renaissance is spilling over into such phenomena as the booming Maker Faires and local “hackerspaces.” Peer production, […]
Makerbeam
An open source building system for project boxes, robots, and more.
Shelter 2.0: Distributed manufacturing for emergencies
Bill writes in to tell about Shelter 2.0, a fabbed structure system that aims to leverage distributed manufacturing and shipping to provide durable emergency structures to situations of need.
The Shelter 2.0 was designed by Robert Bridges as a CNC-cut emergency shelter in the Guggenheim/Sketchup contest in 2009. The idea was that it would be partway between a tent and a real house and could be dis-assembled and re-assembled using some interesting CNC-cut joinery to make it easy.
Complete hexapod part set on Thingiverse
Thingiverse user Daniel (“mind”) has uploaded a complete set of files to laser-cut all the pieces of this sweet SpiderBot hexapod. He comments:
A hexapod with servo joints. This design is quite big and needs strong servos but looks really cool…I used 20 HD-2213MG Servos…If you use other servos you need to modify the embeddings for the servos and servo horns. You may make the upper and lower legs shorter to get shorter leverage. Finally the parts get assembled with M2 thread rod and nuts.
From the EFF – 12 Trends to Watch in 2010
From the EFF – 12 Trends to Watch in 2010, Tim Jones writes – It’s the dawn of a new year. From our perch on the frontier of electronic civil liberties, EFF has collected a list of a dozen important trends in law, technology and business that we think will play a significant role in […]
Tiny printable Dremel-powered lathe
While small lathes are of relatively limited value in my opinion, I’ve gotta give it up to Thingiverse user cathalgarvey for designing and uploading the parts to print this motor-tool-powered, printable micro-lathe. As always, would love to see some video!
