Hardware

Back at the beginning of this month we feature the new CHIP minicomputer that had been created by Next Thing, and was available to purchase for just $9 from its crowd funding campaign website. The CHIP minicomputer is powered by a 1 GHz processor supported by 512MB of RAM and provides 4GB of … [Read more...] about CHIP The $9 Computer Passes $1.5 Million In Funding (video)

A new 3D printer has been unveiled this week by Chinese manufacturer EcubMaker, in the form of the Fantasy Pro II that offers users a build volume of 300 x 200 x 200mm and a minimum layer thickness of 0.05mm. This advanced 3D printer is designed to cater to both hobbyists and professionals who … [Read more...] about EcubMaker Fantasy Pro II 3D Printer Unveiled And Available To Pre-Order

A competitor to the popular Raspberry Pi mini PC that has taken the maker community by storm has been launched over from the Indiegogo crowd funding website this week in the form of the Lemon Pi single board computer. Lemon Pi is fitted with a powerful Actions S500 ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core … [Read more...] about Lemon Pi Raspberry Pi Clone Powered By Actions S500 Quad-Core CPU (video)

Flow has this week unveiled a new portable 3D printer they have created that is capable of printing in different printing filament materials yet still provides high-quality printing with a set-up time of just 20 seconds and a first print time of just 2 minutes. The Focus 3D printer has been … [Read more...] about Focus Portable 3D Printer Unveiled By Flow (video)

Zotac has this week launched a new range of mini PCs in the form of the Zotac ZBOX R series that are equipped with 2 x 2.5 inch drives together with additional space for a mSATA SSD to be fitted on some systems. A handy addition to the Zotac ZBOX R series is the inclusion of RAID 0 and RAID 1, … [Read more...] about Zotac ZBOX R Mini PC Range With RAID Support Launches

Arduino the makes of the popular development boards has this month launched a new miniature version of its Arduino Yun board in the form of the aptly named Arduino Yun Mini. Arduino Yun Mini is a breadboard PCB equipped with an ATmega 32u4 MCU and QCA MIPS 24K SoC CPU operating up to 400 MHz. … [Read more...] about Arduino Yun Mini Now Available As A Mini Wireless Development Board

Hungarian 3D printer manufacturer Do3D has this month unveiled the latest version of its Do3D G1 3D Printer DLP system. The Do3D G1 3D printer will be offered as a range of systems that will be able to reach Z-axis resolutions of 30 (the “I” system) and 20 (the “H” system) microns. … [Read more...] about Latest Do3D G1 3D Printers DLP Systems Unveiled

Microduino Studio has launched a new Kickstarter campaign today for its Arduino compatible electronic modules that are small and stackable and called the Microduino mCookie. The Microduino mCookie modules have been designed for engineers, students and makers of all ages say it’s developers. … [Read more...] about Microduino mCookie Arduino Compatible Modules (video)

Adafruit has this week unveiled a new Raspberry Pi 2 bundle called the AstroBox pack, that consists of an open source software called AstroPrint that enables you to wirelessly manage your 3D printer. AstroPrint features a mobile friendly user interface that has been designed to function across … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi 2 AstroBox Lets You Wirelessly Manage Your 3D Printer