When the inevitable happens and robots take over the world, let's all hope that TacoCopter meat and bone Skycatch bring delicious Mexican treats over the fence to the last remnants of humanity. Anthony TacoCopter have entered during the panel "These are not the droids you're looking for," where he discussed the future of autonomous robotics and sensing technology is changing our lives.
The robot is a basic quad-copter with a small box at the bottom that opens automatically. This unmanned plane was piloted by an employee Skycatch but the Christian founder Sanz has prototypes that can follow a laser around the room and even run completely autonomously.
I, for one, welcome our robotic taco-delivery gentlemen.
BotObjects 3D printer is a printing company that promises "full color" in a system that uses a set of colored filaments for extracting colored plastic in layers. Like Makerbot, plastic ProDesk3D layered deposits and can print color bands around an object and not really specific points in a model.
That said, they have more video of the printer in action (I can not embed here, perhaps by design); the founders have offered a practice after a little back and forth.
After following this company in the last month or so, I've seen a number of 3D printers express skepticism in your product. I've seen a lot of vaporware in my day - I was one of the first guys to poo-poo the Phantom console at the time - and, at least, these guys are willing to work the crowd. The printer, as shown in these videos is not exactly full color printing - it is essentially only good in creating bands of color around a device - but could be programmed to add spot color in the right places.
Although I can not say I have seen this with my own eyes, my understanding of the technology we are seeing a working model will be ready to ship within a few weeks.
Is this a true color 3D printer? If you accept the clear limitations of the current incarnation then sure, it's entirely possible to create colorful plastic objects very well with this technology. If you are looking for something more detailed, however, you will need to use services like Shapeways to print real, full color sandstone. I am cautious but optimistic about BotObjects ProDesk3D, that is all I can be without seeing it in the flesh (or plastic).
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springs are a depressing spectacle in this world of cables and connectors Lightning, sitting with his 30-pin connector exposed and alone. There are a number of Bluetooth accessories that can be used with these devices, including one accessory-maker named Freeda Auris. But his latest project is a similar attachment brings AirPlay and DLNA streaming to the docks.
The Auris Skye is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, and connects via Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth. It allows you to stream music from your iPhone, iPad, Android, or Windows Phone and Mac or PC on your local Wi-Fi network using proprietary streaming protocol Apple AirPlay or DLNA on Android and Windows. It is also Wi-Fi Direct enabled, so you do not even need to have a Wi-Fi router or network available for use.
Their are some advantages to using AirPlay via Bluetooth. For one, if you have other AirPlay speakers and stereos at home, you can transmit to Skye and simultaneously from a Mac or PC. Apple has also made every effort to optimize the AirPlay streaming protocol for a high quality, so you'll get a much better sound vs using Bluetooth, as long as the Skye works as advertised. Also, no need to mate; Skye should only appear in the list of available streaming devices once established in your network. Finally, the Wi-Fi range is much greater than that of Bluetooth.
Skye also do not need a separate power supply as it uses power from the dock itself, which is normally used to charge the iOS device sitting on crib. The Auris team says have been tested with a range of speakers now, and so far have not found one that does not work, and offer a control application get configured.
Headquartered in Santa Clara Auris already done and sends two audio accessories, so you know how to build the product. The company previously kickstarted their Bluetooth receiver, and raised $ 131,911 (higher than its $ 40,000) objective. It is worth noting that some supporters complained about the quality of this device in the comments for that project, but Auris has redesigned the original product, and has already exceeded its goal of $ 56,000 Skye, raising $ 72.197.
AirPlay can be tricky to do well, but the latest incarnations of the technology in consumer products have performed reliably, so Auris has much to offer with this project and a timeline for sending Hopefully December 2013 the company learned some lessons from his first lap, though, because this is a very useful accessory to have.
Another day, another 3D printer. This time we have a model that comes from SUNY Purchase College, where he is working on a laser cut, compact printer that can do 3D Altos Extra models simply by swapping some parts.
The printer plastic pumps 100 microns, more than an acceptable resolution, and uses few moving parts. You'll notice that the printhead rides up to three lanes. This will allow longer bar or add extensions to bring the platform bigger things.
Created by students Shai Schechter, Andrey Kovalev, Yasick Nemenov and Eugene Sokolov, the project is currently in pre-beta and intends to launch a crowdfunding campaign in November. You can sign up for updates here.
The team hopes that the product is completely open source and because it uses very few expensive parts that are capable of very aggressive price. While I love projects like these, I'm anxious to see how they build their software - one of the most important parts of a package of 3D printing. While it is solid would be totally down with this cold equipment.
