MAKER MOVEMENT PROJECTS

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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New Minibloq Beta For Arduino Released – v0.81 – Program Arduino Using Pictures

A New Minibloq Beta for Arduino was just released. Minibloq V0.81 Beta is a graphical programming environment for Arduino which lets you program an Arduino Using pictures. As I recently blogged Minibloq Graphical Programming Environment for has been rapidly gaining support.

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Minibloq Beta Released – Open Source Graphical Programing Environment for Arduino

  MINIBLOQ BETA The anxiously awaited Minibloq Beta is released! Minibloq v0.8 Beta is an Open Source Graphical Programing Environment designed to work with the Arduino family of microprocessors as well as several other microcontrollers. Minibloq allows you to program a microcontroller without having to write code. In addition to Arduino, Minibloq will also work with […]

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Makerslide – A First Look At An Open Source Linear Bearing System.

I have been waiting several months to get a  first look at Makerslide, the new open source linear bearing system that could change the way machines are built. The Makerslide project is an open source effort to make it easier and less expensive for people to make DIY CNC machines and tools. Launched as a […]

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ShapeOko being tested with Makerslide – Open source Linear Bearing System

ShapeOko, a low cost desktop CNC machine is now being tested with Makerslide and open source linear bearing system. The ShapeOko CNC Router is unique because it is made from Laser Cut plywood parts. It was  successfully funded  in July on Kickstarter.com, a crowd funding website.  The project received nearly 8 times more than it’s […]

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