Toyota launches new Maker Faire-inspired U2 Concept based on “open architecture”
Toyota launches U2 a Car targeted to Makers, said to be based on a “open architecture”, but what would that…
Updates from the 3Drag 3dprinting contest: Roland Hoffert’s Hacks
Roland Hoffert, from www.eytec.de, submitted us this 3Drag (Velleman K8200 version) hack to improve the z-wobble issue, one of the…
A Report from the Second European Maker Faire in Rome
The second Italian edition of the European Maker Faire, held in Rome from 3rd to 5th October, is just ended…
Linux Foundation open-source drone
Apparently Linux Foundation is planning to work on a reliable and open source software platform for UAV: “Dronecode would help…
Microduino-Joypad: an open source Smart controller from Microduino
Microduino studio launched the first kickstarter in September 2013, introducing the brand new Arduino-compatible development board—Microduino. Apparently the “Upin27” interface,…
Hack-E-Bot: wants to be an open source robot for all
This cool robot project called Hack-E-Bot started as a challenge to see if it was possible to create a scalable…
Check out the OpenSource Homebrew Oil Testing Kit from Public Lab
It’s a bit sad to see this awesome project for citizen science and pollution control likely not going to reach…
Open DoVision is Virtual Reality for Everyone (in Open Source)
Open DoVision wants to be the most accessible open source virtual reality headset, made for everybody and promises that all…
Updates from the 3Drag 3dprinting contest: Karl Seiss’s Hack
Karl Seiss from Austria made a very clever hack to a K8200 3DRag printer, turning it into a CNC drilling…
An Affordable Open Source Quadcopter: EconoCopter
A custom, affordable, open source quadcopter for the masses! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY4Q3tGOv-o “The idea all started when we were trying to get…