== Projects == {{attachment:Blackboard.jpg|Blackboard|height="300"}} {{attachment:Balloon.jpg|Balloon|height="300"}} {{attachment:Rostock.jpg|Rostock|height="300"}} ---- Edit this page to join, add, or suggest a project and to adjust project status. To express interest in or join a project, add your name and contact the instructors or other participants. Be sure your contact information is on the people page so folks can reach you. To add or suggest a project, edit the project page to add a project title, then click the title to start a new project page from a template. Include a few photos, a brief description, references, and your name. To comment on a project, edit the project page for that project. Add only constructive comments or suggestions. ---- === Projects (2018-19) === ---- * [[Acoustic leviation]] Lift and balance with sound. * [[Mobile cosmics (classified)]] Classify 1.7M images of interactions of cosmics rays in mobile phones with direct and deep learning techniques. * [[Mosquitos]] Identify mosquito species via audio and video analysis to determine if that bug is a disease vector. * [[Pint-sized PET]] Let's build a tabletop positron emission spectroscopy experiment. * [[BadgerLoop Pod IV]] BadgerLoop Pod IV? What will it be THIS time! * [[Multi-contrast microscope]] Build and innovate with a smartphone-based multi-contrast microscope using color-multiplexed illumination. * [[Muon tomography]] Follow-on to Troy project, but using nuclear emulsion technology, mobile phone cameras, and the CNC router to scan. === Projects (2017-18) === ---- * [[Muon tomography]] Follow-on to the Troy project, but using nuclear emulsion technology and cell phone cameras. * [[BadgerLoop Pod III]] 0 to 350 mph and back in 0.75 miles. Electric. * [[Cell phone microscope]] 1mm OD glass sphere, smart phone, single-cell resolution. Sweet! * [[High altitude hydrogen generation]] Keep things aloft, forever. * [[HalbachWheelDevelopment]] Halbach Wheel Development, further research and development of Halbach arrays for magnetic levitation and acceleration * [[Breadcrumbs]] Electronic ones, for spelunking === Projects (2016-17) === ---- * [[HalbachWheelDevelopment]] Halbach Wheel Development, further research and development of Halbach arrays for magnetic levitation and acceleration * [[Antibubbles]] Fun and counterintuitive, on the road to bubble-onium. * [[Pilot-wave hydrodynamics]] Faraday waves and drops * [[Smart Reed]] - investigation of active feedback for a reed instrument * [[Smart Collar]] - smart dust year two, this time with a bazillion sensors as well as gps and wireless LTE, ditching bluetooth, going for broke. Not, I mean not broke at all! * [[Corundum]] - this is a gem, making sapphires. * [[Personal centrifuge]] - a start on DNA analysis in the field * [[Peltier power]] - hot 'n cold => electric current === Projects (2015-16) === ---- * [[Smart dust]] - little arousable autonomous things that know where they are and stuff, to put places * [[Fizeau experiment]] - Light, moving water, optical interference, and special relativity (year 2). * [[Hyperloop]] SpaceX Elon Musk's pneumatic tube high speed transport demonstrator * [[Watt Balance]] The kilogram defined in terms of quantized power with Legos(TM), just not exactly NIST level. * [[Maglev]] Not the macroscopic diagnetism used by Badgerloop - atomic scale diamagetism. * [[Virtual Reality]] Synthetic video for virtual reality on a cell phone * [[SafeCycle]] LIDAR-based safety for the bicyclist, with haptic interface. * [[CNC Router]] Building the OX open-source router with LinuxCNC for control * [[DIY Electron Accelerator]] DIY Electron Accelerator - are you instructable? * [[GoAMP]] Backup power. We all need that, right? * [[Smart Mirror]] Reflect on this * [[Affection]] Facial Action Coding System (FACS) technology - an interface to emotion ---- === Projects (2014-15) === * [[3D printed musical instruments]] A trumpet has 28 parts. No problem. * [[Fizeau experiment]] - Light, moving water, optical interference, and special relativity. * PeopleCounter - R&D on monitoring occupancy. * WeightUpSolutions - What is up, what down. Repeat. * [[Synthene]] - Graphene-based supercapacitor R&D * [[Simulating Brain Activity]] - Build an interactive 3D display of a brain that will show neural activity through lighting. * [[High Altitude Balloon]] Close to space without a rocket, a tracked flight to 100,000' above Madison, round 2. * [[Tests of gravitational time dilation]] Your feet aren't aging at the same rate as your head when you are standing. * [[X-rays from peeling tape]] Maybe don't try this at home. Oh, you already did... * [[Methane Digester]] Small-scale microbial digester that produces usable methane gas. * [[3D Printer Recycling]] A personal recycler prototype, year 2. * [[Autonomous 3d scanner]] Multicopter based optical scanning and reconstruction * [[3D printing]] Resources and suggested projects. Start with something from Thingiverse === Projects (2013-14) === * [[EEG]] Pattern recognition based on electrical pickup for Brain Computer Interfaces/Mind control * [[Quadcopter]] Large one to carry a payload, international collaboration * [[Troy project]] Archaeology, muography, tomography algorithms,... * [[Homemade GPS Receiver]] Improving on your smartphone * [[Bubble Stability]] A novel kind of bubble and blowing smoke * [[Graphene Micro-Supercapacitors]] Towards a cheap battery replacement * [[3D Food Printing]] Just imagine anything you want to eat... * [[Research computing cluster]] Develop an undergraduate research computing cluster * [[Receipts]] No thank you! Starting with UW campus. * [[Website]] We need more than this wiki, eh? * [[prINKart]] A photosensitive paper * [[Mounds and petroglyphs]] 3D-models of Ouisconsin's heritage * [[Personal Greenhouse]] Living Pantry for the inner city, 3rd world, and 1st world * [[Grey Water Toilet]] Use that shower/bath water, OK? * [[Hivemind]] Hivemind seeks to create a revolutionary new way to interface with our day to day devices via the power of thought alone. * [[Hammocks!]] Outdoor learning spaces for the 21st century * [[Foucault Pendulum]] The Earth rotates. The Foucault pendulum demonstrates it. * [[Laser pointer safety]] Be wary of the blue and green pointers. * [[Fusor]] Homebrew fusion ---- === Suggested projects === ---- * [[Granular crystals]] DIY macroscopic and mesoscopic crystals have remarkable mechanical properties * [[Exoplanets]] Find some with a remotely operated telescope. * [[Xbox Kinect for Instructional Labs]] So many markets for this... * GoogleGlass Develop educational and other apps for Glass. * [[Lidar]] Light Detection and Ranging for archaeological survey. * [[RC Helicopter]] Try a fuel cell to explore extending the range of UAVs generally. * [[Visitor counter]] Help track the Physics Museum use, sell that product to say Walmart. * [[Drones]] Drones, and more drones; resources and project ideas. * [[Buddha Board]] Sustainable white board. * CubeSats 10cmx10cmx10cm satellites free for student use. * [[Biopowered GPS insect tracking]] Fly with the monarchs. * [[Robotic human voice]] How do we talk? * [[4D Photography]] Faster and volumetric optical and near optical sight * [[Active feedback stabilization of magnetic levitation]] Futuristic looking demo with practical applications for high-speed transit * [[Active mechanical stablization of structures]] Exercise in using parametric excitation. * [[Graphene loudspeaker]] Using a new material. * [[Hydrophone]] Use those ear bud microphones to troll for sounds. * [[Controlling bioluminescence]] Luciferin rocks. * [[iPhone technologies]] Smart phones are the tricorder of today. * [[Entrepreneurship clinic]] Resources on starting your own business. * [[Start-up weekend]] Launch a company in 48 hours. * [[Take apart a Laptop]] So, um, what is inside a laptop, iphone or droid, ipad, itouch,.... * [[Jawbone]] Wristband computer. Neck band? Ringband? Google Glass? * [[DNA origami]] Programmed self-assembly of nanoscale containers, motors,... * [[Develop demonstrations]] Physics needs you to improve our classes. * [[SuperCooledWater|Supercooled Water]] An example demo * [[DYI gadgets]] Stuff you can MAKE. * [[Thermoelectric devices]] Transmutation of energy in various forms remains foundational. * [[Education]] Helping K-12 and ourselves. * [[Art]], Design, Architecture Ideas for projects blending art, science, and technology. == More suggestions == For advanced lab projects, see for example https://advlabs.aapt.org/BFY/Proceedings/2015/. 3d-printed musical instruments. We have done a trumpet. A flute next? How about hydraulaphones? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJb9WyhCUc Get electronic: Samchilians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbOIBIwg_E4 AlphaSphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8y2ZwNbQ6k Just weird mechanical is fun too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c__xzSfQA5g === The Fun theory === Making a staircase into a piano gets people to choose it rather than the escalator. Can you make a game of something to solve a problem? http://www.thefuntheory.com/award-entries === Lenticular printing === Prints that project 3d images and animations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing http://www.vicgi.com/lenticular-tutorials.html Send to this or other commercial print house http://www.snapilypro.com/ === Light field cameras === Capture the angles and positions of photons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-field_camera, http://www.raytrix.de/index.php/Cameras.html ,http://www.raytrix.de/index.php/3d_video_en.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytro, http://cameramaker.se/plenoptic.htm === Photographic processes === Explore albumen, autochrome, calotype, carbon, collotype, cyanotype, daguerreotype, platiumum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanotype http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/p/photographic-processes/ http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/p/photography/?utm_source=vam.ac.uk&utm_medium=redirect&utm_content=legacy&utm_campaign=photography-2012&processid=pr012&row=2 === Acoustics: Follicle mites and small scales === I wonder what follicle mites sound like... Acoustic ecology http://www.acousticecology.org/presentation/index.html, http://www.acousticecology.org/soundscapelinks.html MOMA : Acoustics: Subtleties of the sonic : http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v500/n7464/full/500526a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20130829 === Acoustics: Sound engineering === Bottling up sound waves: Acoustic bottle beams hold promise for imaging, cloaking, levitation and more, [[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140804151512.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily+(Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily)|http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140804151512.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29]] Generation of acoustic self-bending and bottle beams by phase engineering, http://www.nature.com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/ncomms/2014/140703/ncomms5316/full/ncomms5316.html A Macroscopic Tractor Beam with Acoustic Waves http://physics.aps.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/articles/v7/46 ---- === Sources for inspiration === ---- Practical physics - a collection of experiments by the Nuffield FOundation Institute of Physics (IOP) http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/practical-physics HUANG YI & KUKA - A DUET OF HUMAN AND ROBOT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7moBSpAEkD4 Reverse engineering (KahnAcademy) https://www.khanacademy.org/science/projects/Reverse-Eng Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/?&offset=14 Udoo: http://www.gizmag.com/udoo/27099/ Google Glass specs: http://www.gizmag.com/google-glass-specs/27087/ Biomedical engineering undergraduate projects archives: http://bmedesign.engr.wisc.edu/ Ingestible sensors: http://www.hqinc.net/thermodot/products/, http://proteusdigitalhealth.com/ Kickstarter projects: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1130494637/techstyle-haus-solar-decathlon-europe-2014, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/143072809/rhode-island-mini-maker-faire-2013, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/916029689/the-fab-lab-at-space, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1697625937/the-tiltyimu-a-family-of-user-friendly-robotics-co, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/374019694/balloon-chain-at-burning-man-2013 The walls have ears http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S37/69/38I40/index.xml?section=science Design awards http://www.core77designawards.com/2013/recipients/ === Challenges === Projects, contests, grand challenges https://ninesights.ninesigma.com Challenges at Mind Sumo https://www.mindsumo.com/challenges === Links/ideas (many more on the Diigo page!) === --- . Crossing the goal line: New tech tracks football in 3-D space -- ScienceDaily [[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140613101659.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily+(Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily)|http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140613101659.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29]]. Use photogrammetry on video Muon detector could help UK reduce carbon emissions -- ScienceDaily [[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140613084419.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily+(Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily)|http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140613084419.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29]] Buy lunch, pay with your hand: Vein scanning technique -- ScienceDaily [[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140612120426.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily+(Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily)|http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140612120426.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29]] Octocopter named “HorseFly” takes flight [[http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/06/octocopter-named-“horsefly”-takes-flight|http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/06/octocopter-named-%E2%80%9Chorsefly%E2%80%9D-takes-flight]] DARPA’s newest toy lets human scale vertical glass wall, just like Spider-Man http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/06/09/darpas-newest-toy-lets-human-scale-vertical-glass-wall-just-like-spider-man/?tid=hp_mm Nestlé claims credit for ‘major advance’ in beverage powder solubility http://www.beveragedaily.com/R-D/Nestle-claims-credit-for-major-advance-in-beverage-powder-solubility Drones give farmers eyes in the sky to check on crop progress http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/06/drones-give-farmers-eyes-sky-check-crop-progress?et_cid=3978500&et_rid=517740405&location=top Millennial Trains Project http://crowdhitch.millennialtrain.co Clever Domino's Applies Physics Principles to Pizza Delivery http://mashable.com/2014/06/09/pizza-delivery-physics/ Reinventing the Physicist: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education for the 21st Century http://www.aps.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/programs/education/conferences/innovation.cfm Partners in the Sky: Aviation and Aerospace Industry Leaders Join the Smithsonian in Worldwide Conservation Efforts | Newsdesk http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/partners-sky-aviation-and-aerospace-industry-leaders-join-smithsonian-worldwide-conservatio. 1-gram tracking devices just got a push! Extraordinary absorption of sound in porous lamella-crystals : Scientific Reports : Nature Publishing Group http://www.nature.com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/srep/2014/140414/srep04674/full/srep04674.html . Extraordinary absorption of sound in porous lamella-crystals J. Christensen, V. Romero-García, R. Picó, A. Cebrecos, F. J. García de Abajo, N. A. Mortensen, M. Willatzen & V. J. Sánchez-Morcillo Affiliations Contributions Corresponding author Scientific Reports 4, Article number: 4674 doi:10.1038/srep04674 Received 19 March 2014 Accepted 26 March 2014 Published 14 April 2014 Guide to Silicon Valley Startup scene. http://steveblank.com/visitors-guide/ The Public Forum Institute | Internships . http://publicforuminstitute.org/about/internships/ The Public Forum Institute Intern Program offers college students the opportunity to live and work in Washington, D.C., gaining experience in government and public policy. Interns have direct contact with congressional staff, as well as members of the executive branch and other elected officials. Brigham Young Researchers Develop Google Glass System To Assist Deaf Students -- Campus Technology http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/05/28/brigham-young-researchers-develop-google-glass-system-to-assist-deaf-students.aspx GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor http://www.gemconsortium.org Microbubble Compositions, Properties and Biomedical Applications http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2889676/ Medical things one can do with bubbles. Can you think of other applications? LIX - The Smallest 3D Printing Pen in the World by LIX — Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lix3d/lix-the-smallest-3d-printing-pen-in-the-world Maker Faire | Find a Faire Near You http://makerfaire.com/map/ Robots transform into furniture at EPFL http://www.rdmag.com/videos/2014/05/robots-transform-furniture-epfl?et_cid=3953140&et_rid=517740405&type=cta Interesting concept. Make smaller differently? Make something that climbs a wall and then hauls itself up? A Woman Has Been Given A New 3D Printed Skull http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/woman-has-been-given-new-3d-printed-skull 3D Printed Cast Speeds Bone Recovery Using Ultrasound http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/3d-printed-cast-speeds-bone-recovery-using-ultrasound Winning Ag Prize teams address global food system challenges, from food spoilage to hunger | Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. http://wid.wisc.edu/wid-culture/winning-ag-prize-teams-address-global-food-system-challenges-from-food-spoilage-to-hunger/?utm_source=May+2014+Newsletter&utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_medium=email Maker Commons – A Community of Makers | Commons In A Box http://commonsinabox.org/archives/1044 Replacement for wiki? World’s smallest magazine cover . [[http://www.rdmag.com/videos/2014/04/world’s-smallest-magazine-cover?et_cid=3905015&et_rid=517740405&type=cta|http://www.rdmag.com/videos/2014/04/world%E2%80%99s-smallest-magazine-cover?et_cid=3905015&et_rid=517740405&type=cta]] Nanoscale drawing on plastic Blender whips up graphene | Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/blender-whips-graphene Auditory brainstem response to complex sounds: a tutorial http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2868335/ Flute Finger Hole Locations http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/fingers.html Flutomat Javascript Flute Designer http://11wall-west.com/~ph_kosel/flutomat.html 3d cad and print? Advanced Tactics, Inc. | Home of the AT Black Knight TRANSFORMER https://www.advancedtacticsinc.com Internships in California for quadcopter VTOL Patent Lens Home http://www.patentlens.net/daisy/patentlens/patentlens.html California VC Greg Robinson to Lead Wisconsin’s 4490 Ventures | Xconomy http://www.xconomy.com/wisconsin/2014/03/04/california-vc-greg-robinson-to-lead-wisconsins-4490-ventures/ Forget wearable tech, embeddable implants are already here - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/08/tech/forget-wearable-tech-embeddable-implants/index.html National Robots Week Open House | Wisconsin Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory http://hci.cs.wisc.edu/national-robots-week-open-house/ Crowdfunding Site Raising Capital for ASU Student Projects -- Campus Technology http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/04/03/crowdfunding-site-raising-capital-for-asu-student-projects.aspx Hmm. UW should have this! CollabFinder - Find A Cofounder http://collabfinder.com Headset & Accessories http://emotiv.com/store/headset.php WID Frontier Fellows take on exonerations, archaeological sites and science images with data | Wisconsin Institute for Discovery http://wid.wisc.edu/wid-culture/wid-frontier-fellows-take-on-exonerations-archaeological-sites-and-science-images-with-data/ Wind Industry’s New Technologies Are Helping It Compete on Price - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/business/energy-environment/wind-industrys-new-technologies-are-helping-it-compete-on-price.html?ref=business&_r=0 ,http://www.altaerosenergies.com/. Firestarters: Emotional Arcade | IDFA DocLab http://www.doclab.org/2013/emotional-arcade/ XYZprinting Inc. – da Vinci 3D Printer $499 at Amazon http://us.xyzprinting.com/Product Soccer displays fractal dynamics http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/03/soccer-displays-fractal-dynamics?et_cid=3832585&et_rid=517740405&type=cta Pretty naive video analysis on a system that could be interesting. Shapeways | About - How it works http://www.shapeways.com/about/how_does_it_work?li=home-learnmore [1402.7101] New type of microengine using internal combustion of hydrogen and oxygen http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.7101 Agisoft PhotoScan Standard | www.agisoft.ru http://www.agisoft.ru/products/photoscan/standard/ Roomy Cages Built From DNA : Wyss Institute at Harvard http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpressrelease/148/ Innovative solar-powered toilet developed by CU-Boulder ready for India unveiling | University of Colorado Boulder http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2014/03/12/innovative-solar-powered-toilet-developed-cu-boulder-ready-india-unveiling State of Inqenuity SOI SourceLink http://www.soisourcelink.com WI Drone 2013 Senate Bill 196 http://docs.legis.wi.gov/2013/proposals/sb196 GenoCAD: CAD Software for Synthetic Biology http://www.genocad.org Posters in the Rotunda 2013 http://www.wisconsin.edu/posters/ Epicenter: Creating a Nation of Entrepreneurial Engineers http://epicenter.stanford.edu Campuses | Dream. Design. Deliver. http://dreamdesigndeliver.org/about/ Someone interested in putting WI on this map. Dell Social Innovation Challenge http://www.dellchallenge.org/discover/projects The Awesome Foundation http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en Physics - Droplets Caught at High Speed http://physics.aps.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.1.014004 34 microsecs to form a drop Battery-free tech brings gesture recognition to all devices http://www.rdmag.com/videos/2014/02/battery-free-tech-brings-gesture-recognition-all-devices?et_cid=3795336&et_rid=517740405&type=cta Grants | NCIIA http://nciia.org/grants National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Start it up :Mission & History | NFTE http://www.nfte.com/what/mission Org devoted to promoting entrepreneurship We The Geeks | The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/we-the-geeks Laser-Sintering 3d printing http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2014/02/laser-sintering-effect?et_cid=3788672&et_rid=517740405&type=cta Global Space Balloon Challenge http://www.balloonchallenge.org Microscopy: A new phase for X-ray imaging : Nature : Nature Publishing Group http://www.nature.com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/nature/journal/v467/n7314/full/467409a.html A battery small enough to be injected, energetic enough to track salmon http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/02/battery-small-enough-be-injected-energetic-enough-track-salmon?et_cid=3775592&et_rid=517740405&type=cta Students | AAAS 2014 Annual Meeting http://meetings.aaas.org/students/ Just down in Chicago, an earful for $70. Session: Nurturing Scientific Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the University Ecosystem (2014 AAAS Annual Meeting (13-17 February 2014)) http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2014/webprogram/Session6794.html RSA US Student Design Awards — An RSA Catalyst Project http://sda.rsa-us.org Stratasys introduces world’s first color multi-material 3-D printer [[http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/stratasys-introduces-world’s-first-color-multi-material-3-d-printer?et_cid=3736667&et_rid=517740405&type=cta|http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/stratasys-introduces-world%E2%80%99s-first-color-multi-material-3-d-printer?et_cid=3736667&et_rid=517740405&type=cta]] Engineers at beta user Trek Bicycle in Waterloo, Wisc., are using the Objet500 Connex3 for assessment and testing of accessories like bike chain stay guards and handlebar grips prior to actual production. "The Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer changed the way we manufacture at Trek, augmenting our traditional, time-consuming CNC processes with fast, iterative and realistic prototyping and functional testing," says Mike Zeigle, manager of Trek's prototype development group. ‘Office hours’ on State Street offers informal advice to entrepreneurs (Jan. 27, 2014) . http://www.news.wisc.edu/22484?utm_source=iUW&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=iUW2014-01-28 3-D printed soil reveals the world beneath our feet http://www.rdmag.com/videos/2014/01/3-d-printed-soil-reveals-world-beneath-our-feet?et_cid=3733746&et_rid=517740405&type=cta Interesting application of 3d-printing Penn State Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Moonlander -- Campus Technology http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/01/22/penn-state-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-for-moonlander.aspx Inkjet printing - the physics of manipulating liquid jets and drops - Abstract - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - IOPscience http://iopscience.iop.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/1742-6596/105/1/012001 High-Speed Imaging of Drops and Bubbles - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 40(1):257 [[http://www.annualreviews.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.fluid.40.111406.102215?prevSearch=searchText:(bubble)&searchHistoryKey=|http://www.annualreviews.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.fluid.40.111406.102215?prevSearch=searchText%253A%2528bubble%2529&searchHistoryKey=]] 3D Printed Food | BotBQ | The Open Source 3D Printing BBQ http://botbq.org/services/3d-printed-food/ Madison Startup Fair | Capital Entrepreneurs http://www.capitalentrepreneurs.com/startup-fair/ PowerUp 3.0 App Toys | PowerUp Toys http://www.poweruptoys.com/pages/app-toys Technology uses micro-windmills to recharge cell phones - News Center - UT Arlington http://www.uta.edu/news/releases/2014/01/microwindmill-rao-chiao.php University of Toronto http://criticalmaking.com The critical making laboratory is a shared space for opening up the practice of experimentation with embedded and material digital technology to students and faculty in the Faculty of Information. The lab provides tools, materials, and training for building devices such as wearable computers, RFID systems, ubiquitous computing networks, and other physical computing technologies. Swivl personal cameraman http://www.swivl.com ArduSat - Your Arduino Experiment in Space by ppl4world — Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/575960623/ardusat-your-arduino-experiment-in-space Arts Business Symposium @ UW-Madison Continuing Studies [[http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/conferences/arts-business-research-symposium/index.html?source=madisonartsbusiness.com/‎|http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/conferences/arts-business-research-symposium/index.html?source=madisonartsbusiness.com/%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%BD]] Open Source Ecology http://opensourceecology.org/index.phpUW Physics alum Marcin Jakobowski's project Students showcase wearable computing projects, design thinking (Dec. 19, 2013) http://www.news.wisc.edu/22403?utm_source=iUW&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=iUW2013-12-19 Superpedestrian - The Copenhagen Wheel https://www.superpedestrian.com PNNL: News - Algae to crude oil: Million-year natural process takes minutes in the lab http://www.pnnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=1029 UW Rapid Prototyping Consortium http://prototype.wisc.edu/contact DROP AND SPRAY FORMATION FROM A LIQUID JET - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 30(1):85 http://www.annualreviews.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.fluid.30.1.85 Lionhead 3D Printer and 3D Scanner with Li Modeling Software by Radiant Fabrication — Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/radiantfabrication/lionhead-3d-printer-and-3d-scanner-with-li-modelin Outgrowth of rapid prototyping center Harvesting waste plastic for 3D printers to reduce poverty: Plastic Bank : TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/harvesting-waste-plastic-reduce-poverty-plastic-bank.html Engineer designs mug to keep coffee temperature just right http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/12/engineer-designs-mug-keep-coffee-temperature-just-right?et_cid=3653754&et_rid=517740405&type=cta How to Teach Entrepreneurship -- Campus Technology http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2013/10/16/How-to-Teach-Entrepreneurship.aspx?Page=1 Print Your Own 3D Learning Objects -- Campus Technology http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2013/12/04/Print-Your-Own-3D-Learning-Objects.aspx?Page=1 Video: A flying robotic jellyfish? Prototype proves it's possible - latimes.com [[http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-flying-robot-jellyfish-insects-bioinspired-engineering-20131125,0,1118474.story#axzz2mKaPFGeoÂ|http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-flying-robot-jellyfish-insects-bioinspired-engineering-20131125,0,1118474.story#axzz2mKaPFGeo%C2]] The engineering behind additive manufacturing and the 3-D printing revolution http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/12/engineering-behind-additive-manufacturing-and-3-d-printing-revolution?et_cid=3638079&et_rid=517740405&type=headline Associated Students of Madison approves 2015 Green Fund | Office of Sustainability http://sustainability.wisc.edu/news-and-events/associated-students-of-madison-approves-2015-green-fund/ Amazon proposes cargo drone http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/technology/amazon-delivers-some-pie-in-the-sky.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131203&_r=0 Open-Source Lab, 1st Edition | Joshua Pearce | ISBN 9780124104624 . http://store.elsevier.com/Open-Source-Lab/Joshua-Pearce/isbn-9780124104624/ Michigan Tech Open sustainability technology, Joshua Pearce. http://www.mse.mtu.edu/~pearce/ ---- FrontPage ----