Apr 14
Supposing you’ve had several fingers chopped off in the recent past and you understand how to operate a scissors, Robohand may well have a solution for you. The company began … Continue reading
Apr 11
We were promised robots. The future, science fiction told us, would be a world swarming with automatons that did all the jobs we didn’t want. But you know what? Robots are really expensive and hard to build. Two MIT scientists want to change all that with inkjet printers and techniques borrowed from origami.
Apr 10
With what has to be one of the most ambitious Kickstarter projects to come along in a while, the folks behind this Mini Mobile Robotic Printer want to revolutionize the mobile office. Because of instead of carrying a page-wide device that has to pull paper through it, this little marvel will instead print directly on a piece of paper while it rolls around on top of it.
Mar 20
HP is promising to shake up the 3D printer industry with new technology that not only makes the process faster but delivers higher-quality models, with CEO Meg Whitman teasing a … Continue reading
Mar 14
Ever have that sense of panic when you’re standing in line at the grocery store and can’t remember your constitutional rights? Well, then you need the CONSTI2GO, a clever little device that lets you print out a full copy of the U.S. Constitution in receipt form.
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Mar 13
These days we take design on computers for granted, but 30 years ago we were still surrounded by low-res screens, clunky interfaces and command prompts. Way back then, though, was when Apple stole the lead and became the choice of creatives everywhere.
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Feb 18
We’ve come across Legos at some point in our childhood, some have simply come to know of its existence when they’ve stepped on one, but it goes without saying that there’s a lot one can make out of Legos. That’s the whole idea behind them anyway. Last year the company launched its lineup of EV3 Mindstorms robots, but instead of building a goofy robot, 12 year old Shubham Banerjee, a seventh grader and resident of Santa Clara, built a braille printer primarily using the $350 Mindstorms kit.
12 Year Old Builds Braille Printer From Legos original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 23
Most printer news these days involves expensive 3D models designed to create almost anything from melted plastic. But Cricut’s new Explore model still deals with paper, just not how your inkjet at home does. Like its predecessor, using a small blade on its ‘print head’ the Explore can actually slice up a page however you want. But this new model also introduces the ability to draw any design using a marker of your choice.
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Jan 22
Liat Segal’s Confession Machine printer isn’t designed for running copies of TPT reports at work, unless you’re really making an effort to realize a truly paperless office. Because instead of ink or toner, Segal’s creation uses an array of 16 ultraviolet LEDs to ‘print’ messages on a static surface covered with a photosensitive paint that turns bright blue as the printhead passes over—but only momentarily.
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Jan 16
Do you feel guilty printing out an entire email when all you really needed was someone’s address? King Jim’s new compact Cocodori printer is designed for just those occasions. Using an included piece of software, it lets you highlight only specific areas of your screen for printing. And what you’re left with is a receipt-sized note with an adhesive backing that you can even use as a sticky note.
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