Maker Message Monday!
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Here is your weekly dose of “Maker Message Monday”, a list of what we are enjoying or pondering as Makers!
Random Shower Thoughts
This is a Hyperboloid of straight lines. In geometry, a hyperboloid of revolution, sometimes called circular hyperboloid, is a surface that may be generated by rotating a hyperbola around one of its principal axes.
Videos We Are Watching
What Are Particle Robots?
Researchers from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move around, transport objects, and complete other tasks.
These particle robots move around obstacles and other spaces.
However, none of the particles directly communicate with or rely on one another to function.
This is a great benefit because other particles can be added or subtracted without impacting the group.
Typically, robots are complex and stop working when any part malfunctions. These particle robots are made of simplistic components and enable more scalable and flexible systems.
Engineers state the next step is miniaturizing the components to make a robot composed of millions of microscopic particles.
Articles We Are Reading
Scientists Engineer a Bioprinter That Can Print Skin To Heal Wounds
The new device, and first of its kind, could one day be filled with a patient’s own cells to print new skin, helping in the healing of large wounds or burns.
This is because the bioprinting system allows bi-layered skin to be printed directly into a wound.
The bioprinters mix major skin cells involved in wound healing with a hydrogel.
The wound is scanned and then printed with new skin exactly where it is needed.
Learn more about how this bioprinter works by reading the full article here by Interesting Engineering!
Projects We Are Enjoying
Ping Pong Ball LED Clock
This awesome LED clock is a simple project that nearly everyone can make.
It can function as a Clock, can be LED decoration, or it can just be a nice piece of decoration when turned off.
See the full instructable tutorial by thomasj152 here.
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