The Raptor hand is a design of prosthetic hand that can be printed on consumer grade 3d printers like the Ultimaker 2. Anyone can get the files from Thingiverse and make one. We didand were amazed by the reactions from kids and parents
The designer Jacky Wan explains the hand project to Norm from tested. Also shows a new design that has a cooler steampunk feel as well as some cool modifications like 3d printed temsioners that replace those pesky screws.
TextStar is a small LCD (liquid crystal display) that is easily controlled using basic serial command from and Arduino or similar. Great for debugging and has a some nice bar graph features built in. Not very cheap tho.
Fifty artists-hackers and hacker-artists get together over a weekend in a big space to create an art exhibit from scratch and demonstrate the expressive potential of new technology and the power of radical collaboration in art.