Printer
Lego printer writes ‘Hello World’ with felt-tipped pen (video)
We’ve seen some pretty amazing Lego creations over the years, and this has to be one of our favorites. (Or at least, one of today’s favorites.) A YouTuber named “horseattack” has assembled a Lego printer that uses little more than a felt tip pen to greet us all with a hearty “Hello World” (although we’re sure it can write other stuff as well). And no sir, this isn’t a Mindstorm kit..
HP Taiwan reportedly reaffirms pre-October launch for webOS tablet
Don’t mind us taking a few grains of salt on this one, but according Digitimes, HP Taiwan Vice President Monty Wong has confirmed a webOS-powered tablet is due out in the market before the fiscal year ending in October. This jibes with what we heard earlier this month , including the common sense caveat that more details will be forthcoming only after the Palm acquisition is completed near the end of July
DuPont can print a 50-inch OLED TV in two minutes, you’ll be waiting a little longer
Right now LG’s 15-inch OLED TV is the cheapest you can get — but at about $2,500 it won’t be rocking too many peoples’ lives.
DC-MCNAS1 Movie Cowboy NAS will wrangle your torrents, herd your HDDs
Having a box sitting on your network and offering up terabytes of storage is a lovely thing, but it’s even lovelier when that box can kind of take care of a variety of other problems as well. Such is Digital Cowboy ‘s DC-MCNAS1, a case with dual 3.5-inch SATA bays into which you can slot whatever volume of storage your budget allows. Once connected to your network (over gigabit Ethernet) it can serve up MySQL instances, accept files over FTP/SSH, manage your printers, and of course handle however many torrents you can throw at it
HP’s Designjet 3D series start shipping to wealthy European prototypers
Just three months after HP bought itself into the 3D printer market by making a partnership with established player Stratasys, the company’s first Designjet 3D models are now shipping in Europe, set to start churning out bits and bobs soon.
Inhabitat’s Week In Green: 3D printed veins, solar cell towers, and the Ingocar
At Inhabitat we’ve seen 3D printers that create entire buildings out of stone and complete meals out of simple ingredients, but this week we watched in awe as scientists used a 3D printer to create the world’s first “printed” human vein . And if advances in biotech get your blood flowing, you’ll be excited to hear that this week a team of researchers successfully tested a new type of nanobot that travels through the bloodstream to turn off tumor cells. Contact lenses are also getting a much needed upgrade as scientists unveiled a new type capable of fighting glaucoma and other diseases by dispensing a powerful dose of medication
