Autodesk partners with Circuits.io for 123D Circuits
Autodesk partnered with Circuits.io (see the interview to circuits.io on Open Electronics) to create the first service to collaboratively edit…
The Open Hand Project: A Low Cost Robotic Hand campaigning on Indiegogo
The Open Hand Project is an open source project with the goal of making robotic prosthetic hands more accessible to…
The Microfactory, a Machine Shop in a Box is on Kickstarter
You’ve still seven six more days to support this ambitious project looking for 1M$!: Mebotics: Microfactory – “World’s First Machine…
Pixy a fast, easy-to-use vision sensor gets funded on Kickstarter
This board for computer vision seems a great product: the involvement of Carnegie Mellon university just makes it more interesting…
SpiderFab will allow on-orbit Fabrication in outer Space
SpiderFab technology from Tethers Unlimited will enable on-orbit fabrication: TUI is currently developing a revolutionary suite of technologies called “SpiderFab”…
Making Living Sharing by Jens Dyvik: a documentary about Fabbers
Making Living Sharing – by Jens Dyvik, is a documentary about the fabber/maker community. An incredible video that was released…
Ambient backscatter promises battery-free communications
University of Washington created a wireless communication system that allows devices to interact by harvesting power from the environment.. See…
OSHWA appoints new Board Members
From the OSHWA Blog: New board members are: Gabriella Levin, David Mellis, Star Simpson, Jeffery Warren, and Emile Petrone. Click…
An Open Source Hardware, Nixie Tube Arduino Shield gets funded on Kickstarter
A Nixie tube is an electronic device for displaying numerals or other information using glow discharge. Now one guy funded…
Welcome to Piksi, the ultra precise GPS Receiver for Autonomous Vehicle Systems
This device, particularly designed for applications in autonomous vehicle systems, has been recently funded on kickstarter. An RTK (Real Time…