If you are looking for an extra boost in the morning, how does a custom message just for you printed on your coffee sound? That is exactly what this 3D Printed Latte Art Machine does! “The Ripple Maker employs 3D printing and inkjet technology to adorn the top of your hot beverage with complex designs that could take the form of someone’s name, their face, or even a personalized message to the attractive customer
Photoinduction has taken apart his Nd YAG Laser. This is a complex beast of a system, I wonder what this thing cost new! He goes over some of the theory behind how the system works and demonstrates some of the parts from his huge laser system. There is some damage to this system, looks like there was probably a water cooling issue or just a loose electrical connection that
Have a look at the great video of this Vinyl LP under an Electron Microscope. Using an Electron Microscope isn’t as easy to use as a normal microscope, in this case the vinyl needed to be metal coated to be viewed. The scanned data was captured with a DSO and processed into a short video. It looks amazing, I didn’t realize how Vinyl Records LPs encoded the 2 stereo
Have a look at the Flamethrower Ukulele that Caleb Kraft from Make built. Might not be the project that you want to use indoors or around anything flammable that you care about. But if you have a fire extinguisher by your side this sure would be fun to build, if you are an outdoor performer this would double as good crowd control. The system uses a modified calking gun to squeeze a
Can’t wait till this style of delivery method is available. Tested had a first hand look at the Google Project Wing Delivery Drone Prototype. Not that it will have a direct replacement for things such as pizza delivery since the payload needs to currently be quite small but the flight and delivery method is great. Scaling these up to handle larger packages would make it great for package delivery
The Dreamliner is a great looking plane and is full of the latest technology but like any other piece of sophisticated technology there is a lot of code behind the scenes keeping things working. Bug in Code Requires Boeing Dreamliner to Reboot at least every 248 days to stay Flying! If you have ever taken even an introductory programming class you will have probably seen the effect of integer
This Robots Pulls up to 2,000 Times Its Weight! It is tiny like an insect and like many insects they can control massive amounts of weight in comparison to their weight. We need to see this technology applied to dragsters, say goodbye to wheel slip. Via: TheVerge  “The super-strong bots – built by mechanical engineers at Stanford University in California – will be presented next month at the International Conference
