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Category: 3D printing

AI is coming to design and engineering
February 28, 2017
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| 3D printing, Design, Engineering, New, Science & hacking

There is one thing in life that you can count on: AI is going to be bigger and happen sooner than almost any of us expect. Autonomous cars are perhaps the most visible implementations of AI, but it’s creeping in everywhere.  From personal assistants (Sirri, Cortana, Alexa etc), to administration jobs (IBM’s Watson), and now – design and engineering.  Have a look at this article about a team who have applied machine learning to automotive design: http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/how-artificial-intelligence-could-design-your-next-car-20170228-gumxy6.html From the…

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3D printer has arrived!
September 5, 2016
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| 3D printing, Featured, New

After nearly a month long wait my Bee Prusa 3D printer has arrived. I don’t blame The 3D Shop – who I purchased it from, as their stock was held up by customs.  Just the usual trials of international freight!  They did however keep me appraised of the situation, which was good. I bought two rolls of filament to go with the printer (since it has two heads) – PLA and PVA.  PLA is mostly good for prototyping, or…

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Motorcycle helmet HUD – 3
August 22, 2016
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| 3D printing, Design, Electronics, Microcontrollers

I may still be waiting for my 3D printer to arrive, but in the mean time, the components for my HUD were waiting in the mail box today! It included a Rasberry Pi model 3 B, an Adafruit Feather Bluefruit (bluetooth enabled Feather development board) and some headers for the Bluefruit. So now I’m ready to push forward with this project and get the electronics finalised.  Once the 3D printer arrives, then I can start working on housings for…

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3D printer has been ordered!
August 6, 2016
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| 3D printing, Featured

Update: the supplier expects to have stock in on Monday 15th.  So I should have a printer by the end of the week! I came to the realisation that many of the projects that I am planning would benefit greatly from being able to 3D print parts (like cases for electronics). To that end I have just ordered a Bee Prusa 3D printer from The 3D Printer in Melbourne (https://www.the3dprinter.com.au/) at a cost of AUD$958.  Note: the price of…

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