Enomoto is developing a 5-Axis 3D Printer which will be for sale in about a year. This will change much in the 3D printing world since there were limitations that were imposed from the regular elevation printing style. Since the platform is able to move the printed piece in any angle very complex parts that were impossible before can now be built. Via: Hackaday
If you enjoy table tennis this trainer might be a great next project. Thomas Mayer created this as his bachelor thesis project. Two Playstation CL-eye cameras are used to view the play area and track the ball. A project is then used to display game elements that the players can interact with to play many game scenarios. The game was created using VVVV which is a visual/textual live-programming environment for easy prototyping
If you have a laser cutter and looking for an interesting weekend project, this Laser Cut Bowl by Outfab might be just the thing. The design is very good at material usage since all of the parts are nested inside the overall cutouts. If you wanted to bang together a bunch of them I could see making a slightly different design that could be put together and act as a guide, then
Ben Heck and his team built this Mechanical Television. It uses holes drilled into a vinyl record which is spun with a light source behind it. A light sensor is then used to determine the amount of light that is reflected off the surface of the item that they would like to transmit. A complimentary rotating disk with a controlled light source is used to duplicate what the
If you are tired of reaching for your tiny volume control knob to adjust your music when using your computer look no further than these projects by Engineering Nonsense and DIY Perks. The top one uses a DIGISpark board and a rotary encoder to adjust the volume via USB and the one below uses a potentiometer to adjust the analog output of your signal feeding your amplifier.
LiPo batteries are used everywhere. You might think twice before you toss them around like the regular alkaline batteries that are much safer and very common. GreatScott shows us how accurate the built in protection circuits are. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that they are not very accurate and often take much more current than expected to trip.
There is a theory that you can’t fold paper more then 7 times. There was even a Mythbuster Episode about it. By pressing the paper between folds it is easier to work with but even with the power of this press the experiment fails when the paper basically explodes out of the press.
