Category Archives: #Open Source

My first model in OpenSCAD

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Was at a Cafe and thought, screw it. I will code generic cup in OpenSCAD as a skill building exercice.

difference()
{
cylinder(20,7,10,0,$fn=200) ;
translate([0,0,2]) cylinder(20,7,10,0,$fn=200);
}

3D-Printed Embedded Electronics Make this Drone Ready to Fly Straight out of the Printer

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Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have created a 3D-printed drone that is almost completely flight-ready straight out of the 3D printer by using printed embedded electronics.


[via allaboutcircuits ]

Padsa Information: Linux Founder Linus Torvalds: “I Don’t Really Love Other People. I Love Computers”

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Linus is my spirit engineer.

“I’m actually not a people person. I don’t really love other people. I love computers,” the legendary software engineer Linus Torvalds said in an interview with Chris Anderson at the TED conference.

[Via Padsainformation  ]

90 hacker friendly boards

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Our New Year’s guide to hacker-friendly single board computers turned up 90 boards, ranging from powerful media playing rigs to power-sipping IoT platforms.

Community backed, open spec single board computers running Linux and Android sit at the intersection between the commercial embedded market and the open source maker community. Hacker boards also play a key role in developing the Internet of Things devices that will increasingly dominate our technology economy in the coming years, from home automation devices to industrial equipment to drones.

[hackerboards.com]

Acoustic Tractor Beam

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Tractor Beams are mysterious waves that can attract particles towards the source. Here, we will show you how to build an Acoustic Tractor Beam with components that can be bought directly on the Internet for less than 75$.

With this Instructable you will be able to get in your hands a device that it was only seen on SciFi movies such as Star Wars or Star Trek.

[via www.instructables.com ]