This 3D Printed Bike Tells You Where to Go

Maybe it has been the influence of the current hipster scene: the hype among urban biking.  Apparently urban biking requires entirely different bikes than suburban biking does and therefore a Bike Design Project started where five design studio’s across five cities had to come up with a perfect urban bike. The winning bike will be manufactured for a limited run of 100 bikes and will be in stores next year. Industry, a Portland-based studio came up with a very interesting bike: one that uses bluetooth and handlebars that tell you when to stop or turn.



Industry worked together with Ti Cycles to create a bike with a 3D printed titanium frame. The bike is called Solid and can connect to a smartphone app: My Bike. This app alarms a user when a light needs replacement and if something gets wrong with one’s brakes. There is also software called Discover My City, which has a series of routes through Portland’s most trendy neighborhoods, with suggestions about where to eat and shop.


Source:
http://www.3d-print.today/?categoryId=29888&itemId=50066

Sharebox3D Lets You Share 3D Printers With Friends, Family, Enemies

The folks behind Sharebot, a simple 3D printer, have taken to Indiegogo to introduce Sharebox3D, a system for sharing 3D printers with remote users. The app, which works on smartphones and tablets, allows you to choose a model and print it just as you would print a document on a 2D printer.

The app lets you store model files (STLs) and slice them on the fly, turning them into models that a 3D printer can then print. When connected to a compatible printer you can also activate prints and monitor them as they happen via webcam and notifications.

Thus far only Makerbot has done a good job of phone-based printer control which opens a wide avenue for apps like this one. Write the creators:

Source:

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/20/sharebox3d-lets-you-share-3d-printers-with-friends-family-enemies/

Acer opens up its Aspire Nitro notebook to gestural control and 3D modeling

Time to get your arm muscles in shape.

It’s a good idea in general, but it could be essential if the kind of in-the-air gestural control that Acer announced today for its Aspire V17 Nitro gaming notebook becomes commonplace.

This version features Intel’s RealSense 3D camera, which can detect movement in three-dimensional space. The Intel component includes a conventional camera, an infrared camera, and an infrared laser projector. The tech employs bounced-back infrared light to infer depth, which, combined with RealSense motion-tracking, is used to determine body movements as well as facial expressions.

The gesture-sensing capabilities resemble Microsoft’s Kinect, so that users can navigate Web pages, play games, or operate applications by body motions and without touching a keyboard or a mouse.

Source:
http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/03/acer-opens-up-its-aspire-nitro-notebook-to-gestural-control-and-3d-modeling/