Want to ROCK the San Diego ComiCon? Have $7,000? Buy this amazingly detailed, life sized, replica costume of one of the Halo villians on Ebay. An interesting revenue stream made possible to custom manufacturing enthusiasts. It does run afoul of many copyright laws though.
In addition to having a brillian logo I <3 Robotics has an interesting post about working out the engineering kinks when building 3D printed enclosures for robots.
I wonder when we will see the first O’Reilly book on the subject?
Curious how various 3D printing techniques stack up against a well known benchmark? Flickr user Don Solo was as well so ordered custom Lego bricks from 3D printing service Shapeways to see for himself. Thankfully he shared with the rest of the community.
StickyBits is one of the more interesting location based social networks that provides “A fun and social way to attach digital content to real world objects.” Basically, if you like a product you can scan it, add a note/photo/voice recording to it. You can also make your own barcodes. If you were packing boxes for a move you could photograph the inside, slap a bar code sticker on the box, scan it, and have a digital inventory manager. There are lots of neat potential applications, but the service needs more users to be effective. Check out a full review or download it for free.
The Boston Globe has an interesting photo feature on the present day state of robotics, from war machines to educational bots. Equal parts inspiring and terrifying.
The Build-a-Bear Workshop funded a startup that allows young customers to build unique cars rather than bears, called “RideMakerz”. The service has slowly been growing its retail presence, but opened a large store in youth tourism mecca of Orlando Florida. It will be interesting to watch how a “clicks and mortar” strategy plays off in arguably the best retail location imaginable for a company like this.
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