Teen inventor uses 3D printing to revolutionize prosthetics
"I'm hoping to give someone a functional prosthetic arm for under $1,000," LaChappelle declares. The self-taught teen began experimenting with robotic limbs in 2011Read more in the full article.read more
View ArticleRethink Robotics Enhances its Open Source Platform, the Baxter Research Robot
Rethink Robotics today announced at RoboBusiness that it is enhancing its open source research platform, the Baxter Research RobotRead more in the full article.read more
View ArticlePortland Ripe To Be A 3-D Printing Leader?
...President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union address last year, hailed as “the next revolution in manufacturing.” Its proponents say 3-D printing holds the promise for corporations and...
View ArticleMakers are the new industrial revolution
Following up on the recent review of the Maker's Manifesto, I ran across the book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson. Anderson is a former Editor in Chief of Wired and no stranger...
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Drones for Healthcare Powered by 'Open Source'
About a week after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, one of the Direct Relief partnering organizations called Team Rubicon sought to determine the operational status of the Carigara District...
View ArticleDrone Enthusiasts Use Open Source Hardware To Drive Innovation
One drone-maker in Silicon Valley has a vision: iPhones with wings populating the sky, collecting data about everything. And to get there, he's enlisting tens of thousands of his fellow drone...
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