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Printable Self-Assembling Bots Will One Day Be Our Affordable Minions
There seem to be two major camps when it comes to robotic research these days: those working to create the most capable and human-like robots with no concern over cost, and those looking to build useful robots but on the cheap. And the researchers at Harvard and MIT behind this printable inchworm, obviously fall into that latter category.
The Image Toaster Brings Google Images To Your Breakfast
We live in the future, so chances are you’ve got all manner of gadgets flashing and beeping at you to remind you what’s happening on any given day. But your toast isn’t in on all that fun. And why shouldn’t it be? If you had something like the Image Toaster, it could be. And maybe someday you will.
Carve Out A Place For Your Nostalgia With Custom-Made Wooden Photos
Nowadays, we take most of our photos digitally and they stay digital. Photo paper and bulky albums are dead. So if you are compelled to print you photos for some reason, you might as well try to make it interesting, like printing them as tactile wood reliefs with the Photocarver.
The First 3D Printing Photobooth Is Like A Walk-In Shrink Ray
If you’ve ever thought it would be cool to have a miniature figurine of yourself — or maybe a loved one — just hanging out on your desk and doing it’s thing, your day has come. The first 3D printing photobooth is due to open in Japan later this month.
Turn Your Instagram Stream Into A Calendar And Relive A Year’s Worth Of Meals
Remember that amazing lemon shrimp scampi pasta you had eight months ago? No? Well if you’re like most people and use Instagram to document your daily dining, you can order a 365-day calendar from Prinstagram and relive every meal you had over the past year.
Geniuses Squeeze Hamlet On A Bookmark In Case Your Book Is Awful
Like hiding a comic book inside the textbook you’re supposed to be studying, this handy bookmark ensures you’ve always got something interesting to read when your book takes a boring turn. It features Shakespeare’s complete Hamlet, so reading it can’t be considered slacking off since you’re still getting a dose of culture.
These Incredible Photos Were Printed With E. Coli Bacteria
These woozy prints of the famous faces of Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin were created using a modified photo-printing process invented by artist Zachary Copfer. Rather than use traditional light-sensitive photo emulsion to print photos, he used genetically altered E coli. It sounds gross, but the results are oh so beautiful.
Holy Crap It’s Edible Instagram For Chocolate
There are certain things we like at Gizmodo HQ. Instagram is one. Chocolate is another. Oh, if only they could somehow be combined without getting goo in your phone. Oh, wait, they can! Meet Cocoagraph. Vintage-style photos, printed on delicious chocolate squares. Yes, please?
Time Lapse Video Of An Incredibly Detailed 3D-Printed Yoda
Printing this bust at .1mm layer height gives Yoda a significant increase in detail, as compared to the .2mm layer heigh model shown in a side-by-side comparison in the time-lapse video above.
