Ready Maker One! MakeVR Pro Adds Precision 3D Modeling Tools
Want to create precision 3D models in virtual reality and print them out? Sure you do. There are a handful of VR modelers out there, but the brand-new MakeVR… http://makezine.com/2017/08/07/ready-maker-one-makevr-pro-adds-precision-3d-modeling-tools/
That Guy Dressed Up as a Car Seat to Solve a Robocar Riddle
Somewhere in northern Virginia, a man dressed as a car seat seeks the answers to vital questions about how autonomous vehicles interact with the public. The… https://www.wired.com/story/virginia-self-driving-car-seat-disguise-van/
Ethereum Is Coding’s New Wild West
Pelle Braendgaard has the textbook bio of an old-guard programmer. At 12, he often went to his local computer store in Denmark to write BASIC code on an… https://www.wired.com/story/ethereum-is-codings-new-wild-west/
Photo-Etching and Soldering Your Own Brass Model Parts
If you’re a fan of highly-detailed scale modeling, you may already be aware of the YouTube channel PLASMO (Plastic Models), a consistently mind-blowing video… http://makezine.com/2017/08/08/photo-etching-and-soldering-your-own-brass-model-parts/
World’s First Shape-Shifting Skyscraper Allows Residents to Rotate Their Apartments 360 Degrees
Dubai is full of jaw-dropping engineering marvels: the world’s largest man-made island, the world’s largest shopping mall, the world’s tallest building–all are… http://www.industrytap.com/worlds-first-shape-shifting-skyscraper-allows-residents-rotate-apartments-full-360-degrees/43437
Your Wardrobe of the Future Could Be Printed at Home
We are one step closer to a future where you can print your own clothes at home and 3D fashion designer Danit Peleg is at the forefront of this fashion… http://makezine.com/2017/08/10/your-wardrobe-of-the-future-could-be-printed-at-home/
Arduino Cinque – The RISC-V, ESP32, WiFi, Bluetooth Arduino
This weekend at the Bay Area Maker Faire, Arduino in conjunction with SiFive, a fabless provider of the Open Source RISC-V micros, introduced the Arduino Cinque… http://hackaday.com/2017/05/20/arduino-cinque-the-risc-v-esp32-wifi-bluetooth-arduino/
Machine Learning for Developers
INTRODUCING THE Nexosis makes it easy to start building machine learning applications. Forecasting API Take your historical time series data and predict what’s… http://content.nexosis.com/api-features-signup
Edible robot surgeons will cure you from the inside out
Back in 1985, the best robotic surgeon we had was the Puma 560 , a manipulator arm just barely more advanced than Rocky Balboa’s… https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/09/edible-robot-surgeons-cure-from-inside-out/
Fingernail-sized chip can repair damaged tissue in seconds
OSU A new device can begin repairing damaged organs in seconds, heralding a major breakthrough for life-saving medicine. Developed at Ohio State University… https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/08/ohio-state-genetic-device-breakthrough-organ-tissue-repair/
How Elon Musk Could Kick the Human Out of Tesla’s Self-Driving Truck
Elon Musk’s grand plan of moving beyond passenger cars to truly revolutionize transportation just got a bit grander. In addition to developing an electric… https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-self-driving-truck-musk/
CircuitPython Snakes its Way onto Adafruit Hardware
In a recent discussion with Scott Shawcroft, an engineer at Adafruit, I got really excited. He was explaining their transition into using CircuitPython on their… http://makezine.com/2017/08/11/circuitpython-snakes-way-adafruit-hardware/
Photo: Paralympian Amy Purdy wearing Danit’s 3D printed design at the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Photo courtesy Danit Peleg