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DLP 3D Printers

DLP 3D PRINTER One of the hottest new technologies in the DIY community is DLP 3D printers. DLP stands for Direct Light Processing. It is the process of  using light to cure photopolymer resin into solid 3D objects  one layer at a time. DLP printers are different from 3D printers like the Makerbot Replicator2 in […]

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Multiplo Open Source Robot Kits

MULTIPLO OPEN SOURCE ROBOTIC KITS   Julian da Silva is up to something again. He’s about to turn the open source community on its ear. Julian just launched a new Kickstarter campaign to bring robots to the open source world. He teamed up with some of his friends to form Multiplo LLC., a Florida-based company […]

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LEGO CELEBRATES 80 YEARS – MAKING KIDS HAPPY

If you have been following my blog you know that I like LEGO toys. Lego has been around since before I was born in fact LEGO Celebrates 80 Years in business this year. Lego did something unique to celebrate it’s 80 years in business, they made an animated  movie that tells the companies story. I […]

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Students Won Best CNC Learning Project Award

`  Students Won Best CNC Learning Project Award Morrisville State College Mechanical Engineering and Technology program students won Best CNC Learning Project Award at the 2012 Americas H.T.E.C. Conference. As I recently blogged, the Morrisville M.E.T. class senior Capstone project was to build a working CNC Router table.  After the project was competed, Educators John […]

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Flying Robots Musicians Play James Bond Theme

Flying Robots Musicians Play the James Bond Theme on Piano, Drums, Cymbals, guitars and more. A team of Scientist at the University of Pennsylvania programed a swam of flying Robots to play music by flying into the pads mounted to a keyboard. Other QuadCopters (four rotor flying vehicles) strummed guitar strings and banged drums. This […]

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