futurist-foresight:

Commander Chris Hadfield performing aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Simply superb!

so good :D

Source: charmedlives

6chris hadfield,

“In the city of the future worldwide […] a society of total automation, the need to work is Replaced by a nomadic life of creative play, a modern return to Eden. The ‘gay ludens’ Whom man will become once freed from labor will not have to make art, for he can be creative in the practice of his daily life. ” - Constant Nieuwenhuys

Source: dreamsin8bit

6robotics, futurism, work,

jtotheizzoe:

Last week, someone announced that they had 3D printed a gun. Why don’t we remind ourselves how they can also inspire young inventors?

The heartwarming story of an 11-year-old and his 3D printer, via On The Media.

Source: onthemedia.org

63D printing, education,

futuretechreport:

MakerBot & RoboHand Make DIY 3D Bionic Prosthetics a Reality

Richard Van and Ivan Owen are on a mission to make DIY 3D Printed hands a reality with their Indiegogo project Robohand. The Robohand is a set of mechanical fingers that open and close to grasp things based on the motion of the wrist.

The crowdsourcing project recently received a boost of support from leading 3D printer company MakerBot 2, who donated 3D printers for the team to use for prototyping which collapsed the time to create the prototypes as well as drastically reduced the money required to create one.

According to their Indiegogo page: “The first hand was fitted to a 5 year old boy Liam who has come leaps and bounds with using his Robohand. This was done for free. Robohand has helped 4 children in total in South Africa with Robohands but we have run out of funding to continue to provide this device for free”.

Their Indiegogo campaign is raising funds that will supply the necessary materials, like Orthoplastic/Thermoplastic, hardware for putting the hands together (nuts, bolts, bungi cord), rolls of PLA plastic for the 3D printer to print the actual hands, plastidip for the fingers, anodizing materials (like sulphuric acid, desmutting liquid, colourant/dye and distilled water) the time and committment from Rich to create these hands.

What’s fantastic about this project is that Robohand is “Open Source” and the file is available for download from Thingiverse.com.

Visit their blog at www.robohand.blogspot.com for more information.

(via futurescope)

Source: indiegogo.com

6this, all day long,

pablomarques:

1-Bit Symphony

Source: vimeo.com

6chiptune,