https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/veritasium/snatoms-the-magnetic-molecular-modeling-kit
Simply intuitive – feel how atoms connect!
Kickstart project Snatoms, from the maker of Veritasium, is a molecular modelling kit with magnetic atoms that snap together. http://kck.st/1LamxxV
Qualcomm-backed Brain Corporation announce BrainOS, a development kit incorporating 3D printable designs, AI-software tools and Qualcomm-powered hardware, to make it easier for developers to build learning robots. I assume BrainOS will support Qualcomm’s Neuromorphic chips when they become available.
Brain Corporation Builds BrainOS to Train and Democratize Robots | Xconomy.
Learn electronics and programming building the nanomouse. Free online video lectures at Udemy.com, open 3D printable frame and all the electronics available in a kit for $100 kit. All parts details at Michael Backus’s Nanomouse site.
Artificial Intelligence with Arduinos by Michael Backus | Udemy.
Foldscope: Origami based print and fold paper-microscope.
An origami $1 microscope that can open up micro-biology to everyone, in particular schools across developing countries (although we could also do with them here in the UK too).
Foldscopes can provide up to roughly 2,100x magnification, providing a resolution of about 0.7 microns. Can be looked through or used to project.
Cheap bits to view tiny blobs! Not sure how the lenses are made.
Foldscope – The $1 Unbreakable Origami Microscope – Popular Mechanics.
iPad-oriented 3D printer for children on Kickstarter for ~£325. Alas, no information on print resolution or the technical capability of the iPad app.
Printeer – a 3D printer for kids & schools by Mission Street Manufacturing — Kickstarter.
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