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Esculpir por Computador, e o Acrílico moldado

2012-02-15T12:33:00.003-08:00

Isto é fantástico, e promete...

Esculpir a partir dum Objecto 3D, no Computador:

Digital handheld milling device lets you sculpt anything without screwing it up

By Eric Mack

Even if you think you're pretty handy with a chisel, often all it takes is one wrong angle or strike of the hammer to ruin an entire sculpting project. MIT's media lab has a solution - the FreeD is a handheld smart milling device that gives the artist creative control, but won't let you totally screw up your project with one wrong move.

http://www.gizmag.com/freed-digital-handheld-milling-device/21458/

E uma nota sobre o Acrílico, um simples Fogão Eléctrico como este, tirado do vosso Sótão,

...Pode servir para aquecerem uma chapa de Acrílico, até que vejam uma espécie de embaciado no lado debaixo.

É então a altura, porque o Acrílico ficou mole como borracha, para titarem a chapa e a moldarem, com Luvas de trabalho, para qualquer forma que queiram, usando um Molde.

Depois podem furar, cortar, etc:

Poupam-se assim, a uma data de trabalho!

Eis alguns conselhos bacanos, do EHow. mas quanto a fazer o mesmo no Forno. Mas podem usar esses conselhos nos dois casos, inclusive, usar blocos de madeira para o Acrílico não aderir, e assim, quando o Acrílico estiver a dobrar, já sabem que está bom:

If you have an electric oven, then you can mold acrylic. It can be time consuming, but forming acrylic can become a great tool for your craft projects. Allow time to practice this technique before diving into a project. Testing different temperatures and times will allow you to perfect your acrylic molding technique.

Read more: How to Form Acrylic Sheets | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7511431_form-acrylic-sheets.html#ixzz1mU9pMmiI

... E esta notícia chegou agora, cortesia da minha amiga Catarina Mota, o primeiro Curso Grátis Online do MIT, de Circuitos e Electrónica:

Circuits & Electronics
6.002x
6.002x (Circuits and Electronics) is an experimental on-line adaptation of MIT’s first undergraduate analog design course: 6.002. This course will run, free of charge, for students worldwide from March 5, 2012 through June 8, 2012.
https://6002x.mitx.mit.edu/

Ponoko e a Fresa

2012-02-13T04:12:00.000-08:00

Se quizerem fazer trabalhos em grande, como mobiliário, caixas para os vossos Computadores, Impressoras 3D, ou sabe-se lá o que mais, eis uma ajuda da Ponoko para que os vossos desenhos resultem MESMO naquilo que queriam fazer.

É que uma Fresa CNC tem uma ferramenta de corte com um Diâmetro de trabalho, regras de fabrico, e um acabamento, que não são a mesma coisa que um corte por Laser...

Rules & guides for making your own CNC routed projects with Ponoko

In addition to lasercutting and 3D printing, Ponoko lets you make your own stuff with CNC routing.

Working with CNC routing lets you make much bigger stuff than you can make with lasercutting. But it’s a tricky technique to work with, so we’ve put together some rules and guides to help you get the best results from your CNC project.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/02/12/rules-guides-for-making-your-own-cnc-routed-projects-with-ponoko/

Têem lá três links para que possam trabalhar como deve de ser, por isso...

VÃO LÁ!

...De boleia, vai este Vídeo da Shapeways, sobre o seu novo material, porreiro para Engenhocas...

http://www.shapeways.com/materials/alumide

Wow!

2012-02-12T06:43:00.000-08:00

Wow Stuff, uma prova provada que o Povo da Grâ-Bretanha continua a surpreender, também, e pelas melhores razões;

Gostei!

E um dos seus Produtos, dum Inventor do caraças, o grande Jaimie Mantzel, ora, eis uma maravilha fantasmatástica:

Inventor claims this robot is "the greatest toy in the universe," might be right

By Jonathan Fincher

If you're going to call your invention "the greatest (fill in the blank) in the universe," you'd better be prepared to show off something truly amazing. Luckily for toy maker, Jaimie Mantzel, he may be onto something with his remote-controlled, six-legged robot. It may not have a name yet, but with its various attachments for shooting different projectiles and break away battle armor, it's sure to show up on some Christmas lists in the future.

http://www.gizmag.com/greatest-toy-robot-in-the-universe/21424/

E a malta bacana que vende a Invenção:

About Us

We aim to sell the highest number of gifts, gadgets and toys per square foot within the stores of our major retail partners.

Every product we create goes through the most stringent testing and factory audit procedures to ensure they meet the values of the brands they represent. By providing great licensed brands, in-house developed products and innovative ways to bring them to life, we are focused on increasing shareholder and retailer value.

We are continuing our aim of inventing and bringing to market fresh, exciting and innovative products with mass market and international sales appeal. Our stuff is now available in the USA, France and Germany and we're targeting 40 more countries over the next 3 years. We really do invent our stuff too, as opposed to sourcing stuff that's already sitting on a factory shelf somewhere and being sold by loads of different people in loads of different countries.

New 'invented here' products will increase by more than 300% over the next 36 months and we're targeting sales revenues of $250m, (this figure used to say £75m but we're more excited by our new stuff than ever). This makes us one of the fastest growing privately owned British companies; the really very nice people at the National Business Awards said we were none too shabby and gave us a lovely award for our Growth Strategy. Oh, and for our Marketing Strategy.

P.S. We know we're a little bit up our own bottoms sometimes, but if you hide your light under a Bushel* who's going to see it?

http://www.wowstuff.co.uk/About-Us/

Três boas notícias

2012-02-10T09:04:00.000-08:00

A melhor, para os Engenhocas, é a dum novo hub Fablab, em Lisboa, nos Anjos:

Conferencias Lisboa Talks
by Câmara Municipal de Lisboa

A sala do arquivo dos Paços do Concelho acolheu, no dia 26 de janeiro, o ciclo de conferências Lisboa Talks, com a participação da vereadora da Economia e Inovação, Graça Fonseca, Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho, diretor municipal da Economia e Inovação, e moderadação de João Seixas da Costa, investigador e professor universitário.

http://vimeo.com/35764260

Depois, esta, o vosso próprio canal de TV!

Tecnologia portuguesa permite a cada um criar o seu canal de televisão
A Portugal Telecom está a patentear o novo serviço, disponível para os clientes MEO.
09-02-2012 16:16 por Cristina Nascimento

A Portugal Telecom (PT) lançou um serviço inovador que pretende patentear a nível internacional. Trata-se da possibilidade de cada um criar o seu próprio canal de televisão, no universo MEO.

Um avanço que a empresa considera revolucionário e que representa mais um passo nos objectivos da PT.

“Aquilo que anunciámos é algo inovador, é uma inovação radical em Portugal e no mundo”, garante o presidente executivo da PT, Zeinal Bava.

http://rr.sapo.pt/informacao_detalhe.aspx?did=50091

E notícias do AltLab, Soldar, é preciso:

Próximo Domingo - 12 de Fev. Vem aprender e se divertir com electrónica no SUNDAY SOLDERING ! Inscrições Abertas: http://t.co/B6quwJU9

Carnaval!

2012-02-09T10:08:00.000-08:00

Vi este Instructable, e pensei logo no Carvaval...

Turn almost any 3d shape into a real object

firicescu

I'm going to show you guys how to turn almost any 3d shape you have into a real object. I used a regular hot wire cnc. The hot wire cnc is that computer controlled machine that cuts letters out of eps or xps foam. I actually saw an instructable on this site about making a cheap hot wire cnc. Adding a turning table to a foam cutter cnc allows you to make any round shape like columns, vases, spheres, eggs.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn-almost-any-3d-shape-into-a-real-object/

Óptimo para fazer toda a espécie de coisas em 3D, a partir de chapa cortada a Laser, e usando o Autodesk Inventor, eis este Instructable, para um candeeiro:

Desktop Lamp simple.

Jesse Harrington Au

I created this desktop lamp because I was inspired by another one I saw on Instructables but wanted something a bit simpler in style and creation.

Created with Autodesk Inventor, 123D Make http://123D Make and at TechShop http://techshop.ws
http://www.instructables.com/id/Desktop-Lamp-simple/

E isto, é uma ideia simples, mas muito importante!

Car Door Warning Color
milesfromneihu
This is a simple 'Ible about using color to increase automobile safety.

Where I live, traffic is dense. We have a plethora of motorized vehicles in a relatively small area, from big trucks on down to scooters. We have a lot of narrow streets and alleys too. Also, here in Taiwan we enjoy a high percentage of motorcycle and scooter ownership. It used to be highest in the world, and may still be. Scooters and motorcycles are often streaming past cars, whether those cars are parked, standing, or under way. It is dangerous when a car door opens and oncoming traffic, either two- or four-wheeled, does not have enough warning.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Car-Door-Warning-Color/

...E ainda dá para meter esta notícia, um Carro Desportivo eléctrico Português:

Carro desportivo português

Publicado por renatopovoas

Fonte: Jornal de Negócios

VEECO-RT é o nome do primeiro carro desportivo elétrico português que gasta apenas um euro aos 100 quilómetros. A viatura terá uma velocidade máxima de 160 km/h e promete uma aceleração dos zero aos 100 km em oito segundos.

Para conseguir gastar um euro por 100 quilómetros, o utilizador terá de recarregar o carro durante a noite para usufruir da tarifa bi-horária, sendo necessária a utilização de uma bateria de 16 quilowatts/hora.

http://portugalinovador.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/carro-desportivo-portugues/

Fonte: Jornal de Negócios
VEECO-RT é o nome do primeiro carro desportivo elétrico português que gasta apenas um euro aos 100 quilómetros. A viatura terá uma velocidade máxima de 160 km/h e promete uma aceleração dos zero aos 100 km em oito segundos.

Sketchup foto-realista, em Realidade Aumentada, e em Carpintaria!

2012-02-08T12:25:00.000-08:00

Eis um post cheio de Sketch, e vale a pena:

Um plug-in que vos dá uma imagem foto-realista!

SU Walk: Photorealistic animations for SketchUp
Friday, December 16, 2011 10:28 AM
Sometimes a SketchUp model is only as good as its presentation. Users often take advantage of render plugins to add realism and detail to their work. But to truly illustrate the power of a 3D model, nothing beats a video. To that end, Cadalog, Inc., the makers of SU Podium (a popular render plug-in) have introduced a new plugin, SU Walk.
With SU Walk, you can create beautiful, photorealistic animations from your SketchUp models. Key features include:
Photorealism. Apply reflections and lights directly inside SketchUp.

Keyframe animations. Export a variety of formats including .mp4 and .avi.

Weather environments. Choose from clear sky, moving clouds, rain, fog, even moonlight to add realism to your animation.

Speed. Polygon reduction makes camera movement in the scene very fast.

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2011/12/su-walk-photorealistic-animations-for.html

E que tal... Realidade Aumentada,. para verem as vossas Criações em 3D, nos vossos I-Pads?

3DOn ARchitecture: Augmented Reality for iOS devices
Thursday, December 22, 2011 1:00 AM

Paul from 3DOn Ltd. presented at an event I attended a month or so ago. After his presentation, I asked him if we could tell the SketchUp community about his product, 3DOn ARchitecture. He said yes, but at the time the app was only available in the UK. Now it’s available to SketchUp users all over the world. Hooray!

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2011/12/3don-architecture-augmented-reality-for.html

E atenção, Designers de Mobiliário, podem mandar fazer os vossos planos no mundo real, cortesia deste novo Site:

CustomMade: A community design marketplace

Monday, January 23, 2012 10:27 AM

Here’s an interesting twist on our Make Ideas Real project: sometimes great designs aren’t your ideas. The good folks at CustomMade.com have developed a marketplace that connects roll-up-your-sleeve makers with people who have project ideas they want to bring to life. (Editor's Note: CustomMade is part of the Google Ventures portfolio.) Have an idea for a one-of-a-kind armoire? On CustomMade there are about 3,000 contractors who can help you bring that idea to life.

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2012/01/custommade-community-design-marketplace.html

Portanto, meus amigos, já vos dei 3 boas razões para se tornarem fâs do Sketchup Blog!
Vão lá:
http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/

Cera, depois... METAL!

2012-02-07T12:00:00.000-08:00

Eu era normal
até que o Metal
deu cabo de mim

Depois desta introducção a uma música de Heavy Metal Português, vamos ao que vos vai pôr aos saltos, sem música...
Impressão 3D em Cera, para depois... Fundir em METAL!

Octocat Print from Andreas Bastian on Vimeo.

Cortesia dos bacanos do Blog da Ponoko, é um projecto de Andreas Sebastian, e um projecto porreiro...

E ainda por cima, isto é um projecto open Source, o que quer dizer que um dia, vocẽs podem ter disto em casa, feito por vocês mesmos!

An Open Source Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printer for Rapid Manufacturing in Wax
Motivation:
The current leading open source 3D printers print only in ABS or PLA and are restricted both by the limitations inherent in these materials and by the limitations of the FDM process. Though these printers are entirely capable of self-replication and of producing parts for a variety of light-duty applications, they cannot produce pieces that can replace the cast aluminum parts found in power machinery, CNC equipment, or in numerous other high-strength applications.
Goals:
The goal of this project is to provide a method for rapidly manufacturing complex pieces in metal by manufacturing a wax "positive" of the object, which is then used to make a mold for the lost wax casting process. Current metal rapid manufacturing techniques rely on high-power lasers, plasma jets, or electric arcs to sinter metal powder. This approach sidesteps the higher costs and dangers of these high-power systems in favor of a relatively low power laser-sintering technique.
A complete report on the project with more technical details can be found here. A summary of this project can also be found on the RepRap Wiki

http://andreasbastian.com/3dp/3dp.html

É bom... É muito bom!

Superfícies Interactivas Multitoque

2012-02-04T12:32:00.000-08:00

Vai realizar-se este Evento, e acho importante divulgar:

Workshop de Construção e Desenvolvimento de Superfícies Interactivas Multitoque
Starts Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:00 AM

Event Description

DAR Workshops LEARN Let’s Get Physical Construção e Desenvolvimento de Superfícies Interactivas Multitoque 18/19 de Fevereiro 10:00 às 18:00 Neste workshop os alunos tomarão contacto com os vários métodos para a criação e construção de equipamento multitoque bem como o desenvolvimento de aplicações (TUIO) que aproveitem estas novas capacidades interactivas. (nível básico) Apresentação e demonstração de vários métohttp://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=201202026084dos e técnicas de construção; Construção de um multitoque front DI (Diffused Illumination); Construção de um multitoque LLP (Laser Light Plane); Implementação de pequenas aplicações usando os multitoques previamente construído, especial ênfase em exemplos de: Processing, OpenFrameworks, Flash e Python.

http://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=201202026084

...E os ficheiros 3D do Printrbot de Brook Drumm já figuram no Thinghiverse:

Brook Drumm
I just published the official Printrbot files on thingiverse. Enjoy!
Brook

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:16990

E sabiam que as Impressões 3D tẽem os seus problemas?

Mas também têem quem os resolva:

Um Aranhiço Mecânico

2012-02-03T09:31:00.000-08:00

Notícia da Ponoko, um Aranhiço que desenha!

Pythagoras the drawing robot
A laser-cut delta robot that can draw better than I can

Aaron Fan is a robotics student at Georgia Tech. Over the past few months he has been regularly updating his website with details of his current project: Pythagoras the drawing robot. He covers a lot of ground, from the mathematics to the coding and hardware design.

I love this project because it ticks all my boxes: the parts are laser cut, the design is open source and well-documented, and the finished machine is equal parts ingenious and pointless. Check out this post for an overview of the project, or take a look after the break for video of the bot in action and examples of what it can draw.

http://bhttp://blog.ponoko.com/2012/02/03/pythagoras-the-drawing-robot/?log.ponoko.com/2012/02/03/pythagoras-the-drawing-robot/

Uma besta quadrada dum Motor 1600 CV, em exibição em Paris, esta semana:

1600 hp monster diesel firing up at Rétromobile 2012

By Ben Coxworth

Hey, you like really big engines? Well, here's one that's not going to fit under the hood of your F-150. This 30-ton (27-tonne) Type 9 V.O.S. engine is one of just three built by the French company Duvant in 1962. It's over 18 feet (5.5 meters) long, 11 feet (3.4 m) tall, and gulps down 350 liters (92.5 US gallons) of diesel fuel per hour. With its four valves per cylinder and turbocompressor, it is capable of producing 1600 horsepower. Best of all, should you happen to be in Paris this week, you can see the thing running.

This particular Type 9 spent 50 years in the basement of the Auteuil Race Course, in Paris. There, it drove a giant alternator, that could power the entire facility in the event of a power outage.

http://www.gizmag.com/giant-type-9-vos-duvant-engine/21317/

Um Instructable sobre como fazer uma caixa para o vosso PC, em Lego!

Lego Computer Case
Welcome to the Lego computer build instructable! Through this tutorial I'll show you the general method for how to build a computer case of any style out of Legos! To help with the instructions I'm going to use a Star Wars Imperial themed case that I put together. The end goal should be to make a case EXACTLY how you want it though (i.e. custom colors, theme, exterior and interior shape, etc.) so you can accommodate whatever computer parts you want to use and whatever style you like.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Lego-Computer/

E para dominar a besta que é o programa 3D Blender, cursos a 3 níveis, Básico, Médio e Avançado:

altLab - Lisbon's Hackerspace
BLENDER BEGINNERS CLASS
(for people new to Blender and 3D)
Inscrições abertas! - http://altlab.org/events/event-registration/#blender01

This is your friendly introductory class to Blender. In this seven-hour class we will:

Get an introduction to Blender User Interface...

https://plus.google.com/105675170241002222017

E uma dica para o Ubuntu, se têem partições FAT, do Windows, e as malditas não dão para escrever nada no Ubuntu, eis a melhor solução:

Have you tried writing to the files with a sudo command? That should work with your current setup.

To get file writes for your normal user working, you need to use the uid and gid options to mount, to set the owner of files on the partition to your current userID. You probably also want either umask or dmask and fmask options.

Your mount command would look like this:

sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda6 /media/FAT32 -o uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=022
# assuming your user's UID is 1000, GID is 1000
# umask=022 sets permission mode 755 for all files on the partition

http://superuser.com/questions/79813/read-and-write-permission-for-fat32-partition-in-ubuntu

Moldes irregulares em fundição

2012-02-01T10:37:00.000-08:00

Isto é muito útil, do Blog Metal Casting Zone, para quando não há uma linha clara de divisão entre as duas caixas, por via do molde não ter superfícies planas que se possam usar...

Reparem só no truque, muito engenhoso!

Part 7 – Metal Casting at Home – Oddside Mould Making
Making a green sand mold when there is no flat surface to make the parting line.

http://metalcastingzone.com/blog/2010/10/part-7-%E2%80%93-metal-casting-at-home-%E2%80%93-oddside-mould-making/

Inovadores em Português

2012-01-31T07:52:00.000-08:00

Impecável inovação Portuguesa, soube-o através do Blog Portugal Inovador, nunca mais mandem emails banais, configurem os emails que mandam, como se fossem páginas da Net!
E é totalmente DE BORLA, isto é, grátis, de graça, não custa nada!

BrandMyMail é uma plataforma tecnológica que permite aos utilizadores de email, empresas ou indivíduos, construírem uma presença de marca através da integração de conteúdos das redes sociais nos seus emails. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube ou Flickr são algumas das fontes que podem ser utilizadas.

Esta nova ferramenta de comunicação liga assim o tradicional mas incontornável email com as redes sociais de forma simples, objetiva e não intrusiva.

http://portugalinovador.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/brandmymail-portugues-desenvolve-plataforma-inovadora-de-conteudos-para-email/

E NÃO É QUE FUNCIONA?

No meu tempo não havia destes, eis uma Prancha de Skate que nada deve às pranchas de Surf, pelo menos nas manobras:

SurfSkate skateboard uses 360-degree rotating trucks for more natural flow

By Chris Weiss

While skateboards have their own merits, fixed trucks and hard pavement don't exactly mimic the free-flowing, natural experience that surfers and snowboarders enjoy. Skateboard designers have tried to fix this shortcoming with all kinds of tricks. SurfSkate uses rotating trucks to attempt to fix skating's shortcomings.

http://www.gizmag.com/surfskate-360-degree-rotating-trucks/21253/

Sabem o que é Liberdade de Expressão?
Parece que vai acabar...
Não gosto de meter Política aqui, mas esta notícia, não se pode passar ao lado, Censura Global, disfarçada de "protecção dos direitos dos artistas":

If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA

Updated below.
When sites like Wikipedia and Reddit banded together for a major blackout January 18th, the impact was felt all the way to Washington D.C. The blackout had lawmakers running from the controversial anti-piracy legislation, SOPA and PIPA, which critics said threatened freedom of speech online.

Final Draft Of ACTA Watered Down, TPP Still Dangerous On IP Rules E.D. Kain Contributor
ACTA Moves Forward In Europe Despite Protests - What It Means For Our Freedom Online E.D. Kain Contributor
IP Protection Standards In TPP Represent The Downside Of The Trans-Pacific Partnership E.D. Kain Contributor
See Also: The Latest Developments in ACTA as it moves forward in Europe.
Unfortunately for free-speech advocates, these pieces of legislation are not the only laws which threaten an open internet.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/23/if-you-thought-sopa-was-bad-just-wait-until-you-meet-acta/

Notícias do camandro...

2012-01-30T05:29:00.000-08:00

Um novo material do caraças, uma membrana de Grafeno impermeável até ao Hélio e que só deixa passar àgua evaporada, e deixa-a passar tão fácilmente, COMO SE NÃO EXISTISSE!

Imagino que as possiblilidades abertas por esta notícia vá desencadear uma data de Invenções novas por aí...

Graphene reveals yet another extraordinary property

By Darren Quick

Ever since University of Manchester scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov first isolated flakes of graphene in 2004 using that most high-tech pieces of equipment - adhesive tape - the one-atom sheet of carbon has continued to astound researchers with its remarkable properties. Now Professor Sir Andre Geim, (he's now not only a Nobel Prize winner but also a Knight Bachelor), has led a team that has added superpermeability with respect to water to graphene's ever lengthening list of extraordinary characteristics.

Graphene has already proven to be the thinnest known material in the universe, strongest material ever measured, the best-known conductor of heat and electricity, and the stiffest known material, while also the most ductile. But it seems the two-dimensional lattice of carbon atoms just can't stop showing off.

http://www.gizmag.com/graphene-superpermeable-to-water/21240/

...E o "canivete suíço" das Motorizadas Eléctricas estará em breve à venda, por 4000 Euros:

Production of the EUR4000 fold-up pedal-electric Voltitude set to begin

By Mike Hanlon

The Voltitude fold-up electric scooter has an ingenious EasyFold system. Once folded, a special button on the handlebar enables you to "walk" it alongside you indoors, so you never raise a sweat in reaching a power outlet, which will fully replenish the battery inside four hours. The 25 kph (15.5 mph) electric assist Voltitude begins volume production in July with an on-line price expected in the vicinity of EUR4000.

http://www.gizmag.com/voltitude-the-electric-swiss-army-bike/

...E que tal... DADOS, para aprender a tocar?

Chord Dice give songwriters a chance

By Gizmag Team

We uncovered lots of fantastic technology-driven innovations at NAMM recently, but as we saw with PocketStrings, not all good ideas are built around transistors. Chord Dice is another example. This clever songwriting and teaching tool dispenses with chord charts and books and hangs musical theory on the roll of the dice.

Part of learning to write a song is figuring out which chords sound good together. While experienced musos may be able to reel off all the chords in a particular key, beginners may find themselves constantly referring to charts in order to hit upon the right combination. The idea of Chord Dice is to distill this information onto the face of a die so that it's easy to learn the chords in a particular key. Even if you are not a beginner, there may be some inspiration to be had from rolling the dice.

http://www.gizmag.com/chord-dice/21262/

Ainda mais uma, divulgando a DAR news, vejam lá a introducção ao Arduino:

DAR Training

We can't talk about advanced resources without developing proper training strategies. That's why DAR is developing an intense formation plan that starts with informal workshops but that will also include other types of courses. In January 2012 we will announce our yearly workshops program.
It will be organized in four different main themes distributed along each month four weeks. The idea is to turn a theme into a course and also better evaluate the outcomes.
Also DAR wants to assume all the formation plans as a solid and flexible complement do traditional design education.
This is one of the most important areas of dissemination of all the design resources DAR identifies since the association is completely independent from any political or technocratic rules.

+INFO:
check our facebook page!
or our temporay web page and like us!

http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c98a34e589751c39b4a8e4b33&id=dbccfdd1d1&e=fecd6f1f59

Fabricação digital

2012-01-29T04:02:00.000-08:00

Uma maravilha de Apresentação e Apresentadora, de mais um Post da Ponoko...

A primer on 3D printing
2012 may be the year of 3D printing: Lisa Harouni on TED
We may be preaching to the converted, but for those who still aren’t convinced (or maybe even aren’t aware) of just how exciting 3D printing is, this recent TED talk gives a neat overview.

E vejam só até onde se pode ir!

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/01/29/a-primer-on-3d-printing/

...E se fizerem uma Empresa de Fabriucação 3D, ou de outras Engenhocas, que tal, apresentarem Cartões de Visita...
DESTES?

Ultraviolet Business Card Flashlight
If you've seen some of my other business cards, I like the idea of giving away cards that are useful in some way. Most of my others have been more proof-of-concept, but this one is not only fun but easy to make, inexpensive and has a real wow factor.

It's a simple ultraviolet torch, but the basic design can easily be made as a normal (white) flashlight instead, and the components only cost a couple of dollars.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Ultraviolet-Business-Card-Flashlight/

Criar é preciso

2012-01-26T23:48:00.000-08:00

Criar ideias, criar, recomeça as aulas:

http://criarideiascriar.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/vamos-recomecar-as-aulas/

E as meninas de todas as idades podem levar uma Boneca para casa, o equivalente de estoirar com coisas, ou criar Engenhocas, para nós, faz bem à Neura! Está aqui:

Workshop de EVA 3D
26 Jan 2012 2 Comentários
by Criar Ideias,Criar in Artes Decorativas, EVA 3D, Workshops Etiquetas:3D, Aprendizagem, Boneca, Cabelos ao Vento, Eva, Fofucha, Moldura, Sábado, Workshop
Sábado, próximo dia 11 de Fevereiro, Workshop de EVA 3D.
Quatro horas de aprendizagem a trabalhar EVA 3D, entre as 12:00 e as 16:00, em Benfica.
Materiais incluídos.
Número mínimo de alunos: 6
Aprenda a fazer e leve uma boneca para casa.
Dois modelos à escolha: a Boneca Moldura ou a Cabelos ao Vento:

http://criarideiascriar.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/workshop-de-eva-3d/

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ElastomatiK, cortada e pronta a enviar pelo correio!

2012-01-26T09:02:00.000-08:00

Já juntei mais opções de compra, por isso podem simplesmente comprar e montar a pistola, se viverem nestes Países:

Para além da Itália para Portugal, agora, América, Alemanha, Nova Zelândia, e Brasil, ainda que, no caso do Brasil tenham que importar a coisa da Grâ-Bretanha...

Vejam a opção que melhor vos sirva, aqui:

http://www.google.com/cse?cx=015830374398894034702%3Agln6g_ma26e&ie=UTF-8&q=elastomatik&siteurl=www.ponoko.com%2F#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=elastomatik&gsc.page=1

E se viverem noutro lado, vão aqui, e carreguem onde está sublinhado,que eu vou ver se dou um jeito!

Máquinas de clips!

2012-01-26T07:18:00.000-08:00

Isto é um Instructable para quem diz que "não tem jeito", pois podem fazer as suas máquinas a partir de... Clips!

Building Machines From Paperclips

Several months ago I awoke one morning with an idea for a project. I had gone to bed thinking about a presentation I am going to make to a group of middle and high school technology teachers in a couple of months. I wanted to come up with a couple of simple and inexpensive projects they could use to teach their students some aspect of technology and hopefully inspire their creativity. During the night I dreamed of making machines out of paperclips and this project was born.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Building-Machines-From-Paperclips/

E um Robot-sentinela, que se atira por aí:

Novatiq enters robotics market with SCORP throwable robot

By Darren Quick

After 15 months of development, privately-owned Swiss company Novatiq is set to enter the robotics market with its first offering, SCORP. Designed for scouting and surveillance applications, SCORP is a Micro Unmanned Ground Vehicle (MUGV) that joins the growing ranks of throwable robots. As such, it is small, rugged and lightweight enough to be carried in a backpack and thrown into buildings or over rough terrain.

http://www.gizmag.com/novatiq-scorp-throwable-robot/21221/

Chapa dobrada, Software, e Hardware

2012-01-25T09:30:00.000-08:00

Eis um add-on ao programa Grátis para uso não-comercial, atenção, Estudantes, que podem descarregar e testar, Medusa, para desenhar uma caixa, ou lá o que queiram, em Chapa dobrada:

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Falando ainda de dobrar chapa, eis uma Firma Portuguesa que faz esta Máquina de dobrar chapa inovadora aparecendo na B2fair em Luxemburgo.
Também se fala aqui da Produtech, uma iniciativa que é para muito Engenhocas investigar, eu cá, sei que vou lá, a seguir:

http://www.b2fair.tv/video/antonio-cardoso-pinto-jos%C3%A9-carlos-caldeira-Adira

Mais uns elementos sobre a Produtech:

Os desafios do Século XXI exigem uma resposta estratégica, coordenada e inovadora.

O PRODUTECH - Pólo das Tecnologias de Produção – é uma rede articulada de fornecedores de tecnologias de produção capazes de responder aos desafios e aos requisitos de competitividade e sustentabilidade da indústria transformadora, com soluções inovadoras, flexíveis, integradas e competitivas.
O seu Programa de Acção integra actividades e projectos nas vertentes da Cooperação, Internacionalização e Inovação e desenvolve-se em estreita colaboração com os principais sectores utilizadores e com entidades do sistema científico e tecnológico.

http://www.produtech.org/

... E esta nada tem a ver com Chapa, como preparar a Areia de Fundição:

http://metalcastingzone.com/blog/2010/09/part-6-%E2%80%93-metal-casting-at-home-%E2%80%93-preparing-the-moulding-sand/

Novidades

2012-01-24T12:10:00.000-08:00

Isto é importante, registros de dados, para já, de luz e temperatura, para o que queiram, porreiro tanto para Cientistas como Inventores, é sempre bom ver o que aconteceu, quando um Protótipo dá para o torto...

Mini Dataloggers
The new Mindsets mini datalogger will be an indispensable tool for all manner of investigations and experiments. These first two versions of the datalogger record temperature or light level. The datalogger is in the form of a USB stick, so no cables are required to retrieve data or configure the device.

http://www.mindsetsonline.co.uk/index.php?cPath=16_3_673

... E Invenções para salvar vidas, Made in Portugal:

Biodevices: Quem ainda não conhece a Vital Jacket?

Publicado por renatopovoas

Fonte: DN

A Biodevices é uma inovadora empresa nacional que nasceu em Aveiro e comercializa um produto que veio revolucionar a vida de quem tem problemas cardíacos. A ideia é muito simples e partiu de um grupo de investigação universitário: criar um sistema de eletrocardiograma em ambulatório fácil de usar no dia a dia. O resultado foi a Vital Jacket, uma T-shirt muito confortável e adaptável a qualquer situação do quotidiano. Este produto comporta o sistema Holter, ou seja, permite o registo contínuo do ritmo e da frequência cardíaca, tal como num eletrocardiograma, mas durante o período de 24 horas.

http://portugalinovador.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/biodevices-quem-ainda-nao-conhece-a-vital-jacket/

Já podem comprar a ElkastomatiK, no Brasil!

2012-01-23T06:21:00.000-08:00

Como não quero que vos falte nada, aí vai como comprar as peças, cortadas no Reino Unido, e enviadas para o Brasil, mais baratas que feitas nos EUA, por causa das despesas de Correio da América!

Com um grande Saravá para todo o pessoal, do vosso amigo Edgar.

http://www.ponoko.com/design-your-own/products/elastomatik-uk-brazil-7167

Uma ideia bacana prás Garagens e/ou Oficinas dos Inventores!

2012-01-22T07:20:00.000-08:00

É claro que também faz uma boa Secretária, mas para os Engenhocas com Garagens, isto dś para muita coisa...

Pallet-desk

A simple way to create a desk using a pallet and some ikea table legs.
The pallet allows to double the desk surface and to get a lot of storage.
See more images on flickr

http://www.instructables.com/id/Pallet-desk/

Da NASA, um programa Open Sorce para desenhar Aeronaves!

2012-01-21T10:48:00.000-08:00

Acham que são os próximos Bert Rutamn?

Ou só querem fazer um Avião para o vosso Hobby?

De qualquer maneira, uma descoberta na net da Ponoko, a NASA ofereçe este programa para desenhar Aeronaves:

OpenVSP: parametric aircraft modelling tool

NASA kicked off this year by greatly expanding their commitment to open source, launching their new site code.nasa.gov:
Ultimately, our goal is to create a highly visible community hub that will imbue open concepts into the formulation stages of new hardware and software projects, and help existing projects transition to open modes of development and operation

Some of the projects they’ve opened up are way over my head, but the one that caught my eye is OpenVSP:

OpenVSP is a parametric aircraft geometry tool. OpenVSP allows the user to create a 3D model of an aircraft defined by common engineering parameters. This model can be processed into formats suitable for engineering analysis.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/01/20/openvsp-parametric-aircraft-modelling-tool/

Aviões, é bom!

Grandes notícias!

2012-01-20T07:54:00.000-08:00

Primeiro, cortesia da Ponoko, um Site que já devia de existir há 10 anos, Inventables, onde podem achar de tudo para...

INVENTORES!

About Us
We believe that it is currently too difficult for designers, artists, and inventors to source materials. To solve this problem, we are building an online store that will streamline the process of innovation and inspire everyone—regardless of profession—to explore what’s possible.
Our Mission: An R&D lab on every desktop

Cimento translúcido?

Ímanes flexíveis?

Cortadores Laser CNC, etc?

Vão lá, e vão parecer crianças numa loja de Brinquedos!

https://www.inventables.com/

Lá encontram esta pequena maravilha, um cortador de placa CNC, sem dúvida, o mais acessível que há, por 2,467 Dólares, mas o que é isto, pessoal, o Natal dos Inventores?

Desktop Laser Cutter
40W CO2 Laser Engraver and Cutter with 9.5"x14.5" laserable area

This is a brand new entry level desktop laser engraver and cutter designed for hobbyists. The manufacturer, Full Spectrum Laser, has designed this machine as inexpensively as possible to make laser cutting a possibility to a larger audience that can’t afford an industry standard machine.

With this laser you can engrave from any application that can print to a standard printer including CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Autocad, Inkscape and even MS Word and MS Paint. This is made possible because the machine uses Direct Print Drivers with the manufacturers RetinaEngrave USB Controller.

For cutting wood and acrylic the machine has a honeycomb table and exhaust fan. This fourth generation model uses a CO2 laser and a visible red laser pointer.

https://www.inventables.com/technologies/desktop-laser-cutter

A notícia original da Ponoko é esta, um bacana dum Sistema de Construcção para Impressoras 3D, mas eu seja cão, se vocês não vão achar 1001 outros fins para esta fantástica ideia, robots, máquinas-ferramenta, sei lá que mais!

A 3D printer built with MakerSlide
A simple, stable, and scalable 3D printer proposal.

Barton Dring (bdring) of Buildlog.Net fame recently designed a 3D printer based on the multifunctional MakerSlide beams. MakerSlide, another of bdring’s projects, was designed to provide a standardized linear bearing for CNC digital fabrication equipment. It launched on KickStarter last year with 5x the requested funding.
This new design takes advantage of the simplicity and scalability of MakerSlide. The result is a 3D printer that is easy to fabricate, easy to assemble, easily scalable for a larger build area, and is extremely stable. Oh, and the wires are hidden inside the hollow space in the MakerSlide. Overall, it looks like a promising project.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/01/20/a-3d-printer-built-with-makerslide/

Mas porque hoje é dia das boas notícias a granel, não pára aqui;

A Sculpteo, agora, permite-vos fazer a Loja mais especializada que queiram, basta adeririem ao este esquema de vendas, onde adaptam os Objectos da Sculpteo ao gosto do freguês:

What Can the Sculpteo 3D Printing Cloud Engine Make for Your Business?

Today, we would like to tell you more about our 3D Printing Cloud Engine.
As an online retailer, you can now embed the 3D printing revolution directly into your store thanks to the new Sculpteo 3D Printing Cloud Engine solution.
We developed an easy-to-integrate customization solution that let you embed unique 3D customization tools (3D gallery, 3D viewer, 3D customization tool) to your store and give your customers the ability to have their customized products easily 3D printed.
We developed the 3D Printing Cloud Engine as a tailored-made solution. It means that we really adapt to the specific needs of your online store or website to provide you with the best customization solution.

http://blog.sculpteo.com/2012/01/20/what-can-the-sculpteo-3d-printing-cloud-engine-make-for-your-business/cloud2-2/

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Instructables!

2012-01-19T07:53:00.000-08:00

Um Osciloscópio a partir da Placa de Som dum PC!

PC SOUND-CARD SCOPE INTERFACE FACILITATES DC RESTORATION
To start with I must appreciate acknowledge and thank ‘Christian Zeitnitz’ for the fantastic Sound-card Oscilloscope & signal generator software available at his website on which this Instructable is based.

While working with the PC sound-card oscilloscope and signal generator I found the following limitations:

1. A low Input Impedance of the order 10 Kilo Ohms
2. Input voltage range limited to 2.8 V p-p
3. AC coupling of the I/O signals
4. Output voltage limited to 2V p-p
5. Sampling rate limited to 44kbps

Not much can be done about the sampling rate as it is a limitation of the sound card but the scope interface presented here attempts to improve the other factors.

Most significant is the addition of circuitry to estimate the positive and negative peak DC values of the signal and use this to offset the waveforms providing a realistic DC-coupled scope display.
http://www.instructables.com/id/PC-SOUND-CARD-SCOPE-INTERFACE-FACILITATES-DC-RESTO/

Um Mini-Robot...

Mini 2-wheel robot with IR sensor weight 14gr and ATTiny13 Soic

Hi From France !
My name is Mic
Sorry for my English (:
My purpose a Very Small Bot
A little easier to build for Robot can we have patience and a good magnifyingglasses,
Its name: Roule_Robot
His nikename: RR
Curb Weight: 14gr
Dimensions: 39 x 22 mm

http://www.instructables.com/id/Mini-2-wheel-robot-with-IR-sensor-weight-14gr-and-/

...E um Candeeiro Steampunk!

Steampunk Floating Arm Desk Lamp

Like many of my projects this began with the chance finding of a lovely old brass bowl in a thrift shop. I paid a dollar for it and walked out thinking "I love the patina - it would make a great lamp..." and when I got home tossed it into the box of brass bits and pieces collected over the years from my frequent visits to the recycling plants, the junkyard and the thrift shops I frequent. I forgot about the bowl for nearly a year and then had a hankering to make a floating arm desk lamp in the Steampunk genre and re-discovered the bowl. This provided the impetus and I went looking through my boxes for other bits and pieces which could be re-purposed to provide key elements of the construction. Many of my projects start this way and in a sense, this is what makes them difficult to present as a how-to-do-it instructable. So much of this depends on what bits and pieces you may have to hand or can find, that even planning is no more than a vaguely realized "Concept Drawing". The actual details will vary depending on what components one can find, or, in hitting a problem, how one chooses to solve the problem.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Steampunk-Floating-Arm-Desk-Lamp/

Fundição, e peças para Fabricação

2012-01-18T08:42:00.000-08:00

Aqui vai mais um Vídeo sobre Fundição, este, sobre como fazer os núcleos que vão ser usados para fazer objectos ocos, ou com orifícios, cortesia de mifordboy, e apresentado no Metal Casting Zone:

Making sand cores:
Time to make a Core! Don’t know what a Core is? We can help you with that.

http://metalcastingzone.com/blog/2010/09/part-5-metal-casting-at-home-backyard-foundry/

Eis um artigo interessante da Ponoko, uma data de peças já de Fábrica que voçês podem acrescentar às vossas Engenhocas:

Online 3D mechanical resources
Useful content for your projects

For those of you making or interested in making mechanical projects, there is plenty of helpful content available on the net. There has recently been some fantastic examples of working 3D printed mechanical components including Syvwch’s clock – that I covered a few weeks ago. Component manufacturer’s are starting to upload their cad libraries. I looked into a few mechanical precision component manufacturers this week

http://blog.ponoko.com/2011/05/22/online-3d-mechanical-resources/

O Poder da Mente

2012-01-17T09:56:00.000-08:00

Um Computador que se controla com a Mente, e atenção, sem nenhuma armação atada à cabeça, mas sim uma simples correia, ao braço:

BodyWave lets you control a PC with your mind - without a headset

By Kent Sutherland

A bio-feedback armband called BodyWave is the first of its kind to measure brainwave activity through the body, not the scalp. Instead of an EEG headset recording a user's concentration level, the Bodywave reads brainwaves at the arm by measuring the electric current given off by neurons firing in the brain. Bundled with an interactive software package called Play Attention, it reportedly enables interactive feedback and training towards peak mental performance. Apart from the obvious potential in sport, its ability to train attention and teach stress-control in mobile situations (much less obtrusively than wearing a headset) opens up wider potential. It has already found applications in education, industry and the military as well as in improving the lives of people with disabilities like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

http://www.gizmag.com/bodywave-arm-band-pc-mind-control/

Internet para mesmo todos, a India desenvolveu um aparelho análogo ao Ipad, mas comn oi preço de menos de 35 dólares!

Increasing internet usage gives more and more power to the people of India and China
Shannon Buckley

Due to expense, there was controversy in New Zealand mid last year when an Auckland school required the purchase of some sort of digital tablet such as an iPad by every new student. However, India may have developed new technology which overcomes the problem of expense and allows hundreds of millions of Indians in remote rural areas to connect to the internet. It may also soon make Indians the biggest single internet user population in the world.

The new device is similar in function to the Apple iPad – but the major difference is that it can be made and sold for under £35. Professor Prem Kalra, who is a team leader at the Rajasthan Indian Institute of Technology, has commented:

"We expect that within five or 10 years everyone will have one – and every year there will be greater capacity. There will be children learning, farmers checking on irrigation or crop prices, pregnant women getting medical assistance, all through the Aakash [the name of the new device]. It is empowerment on a global scale,”

http://www.mercatornet.com/demography/view/10166

...E mais um vídeo sobre CNC, com Robots amudar as Ferreamentas duma màquina CNC:

http://www.cncinformation.com/CNCBlog/fastems-cts-central-tool-storage-for-cnc-machine-tools/


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6.002x

6.002x (Circuits and Electronics) is an experimental on-line adaptation of MIT’s first undergraduate analog design course: 6.002. This course will run, free of charge, for students worldwide from March 5, 2012 through June 8, 2012.

https://6002x.mitx.mit.edu/

Ponoko e a Fresa

Wow!

About Us

Três boas notícias

Carnaval!

Desktop Lamp simple.

I created this desktop lamp because I was inspired by another one I saw on Instructables but wanted something a bit simpler in style and creation. Created with Autodesk Inventor, 123D Make http://123D Make and at TechShop http://techshop.ws

http://www.instructables.com/id/Desktop-Lamp-simple/

Car Door Warning Color

milesfromneihu

http://www.instructables.com/id/Car-Door-Warning-Color/

Carro desportivo português

Sketchup foto-realista, em Realidade Aumentada, e em Carpintaria!

SU Walk: Photorealistic animations for SketchUp

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CustomMade: A community design marketplace

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Cera, depois... METAL!

An Open Source Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printer for Rapid Manufacturing in Wax

Superfícies Interactivas Multitoque

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Brook Drumm

I just published the official Printrbot files on thingiverse. Enjoy! Brook

Um Aranhiço Mecânico

Lego Computer Case

Moldes irregulares em fundição

Inovadores em Português

Notícias do camandro...

DAR Training

Fabricação digital

Ultraviolet Business Card Flashlight

http://www.instructables.com/id/Ultraviolet-Business-Card-Flashlight/

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