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the impossible instant lab — is transforms any digital image in your iPhone into an instant photo, exposed using only the light from the display and then processed and developed with chemicals. The digital image is converted into a photo that exists physically; a oneof-a-kind original that can be shared, exhibited, and preserved with no need for an electronic device to view it. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/impossible/impossible-instant-lab-turn-iphone-images-into-real the fotobar concept — was announced this week at the International CES show, and the first store is due to open in Florida in February. Visitors will be led through an experience where they pick a surface on which to print their photographs, choosing the most compelling photos they have taken and edited with their smartphones. “The lessons that we hope to learn are twofold,” Fotobar founder and CEO Warren Struhl tells LS:N Global. “One is that in a digital age, people are starting to value and care again about physicality. The second is about people’s value of physical stores. The Fotobar is a place where you can touch, feel, and be inspired.” http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/a-trip-to-polaroids-newfotobar-retailer/
3d printed record — Amanda Ghassaei of Instructables has converted digital audio files into 33rpm records that play on standard record players. She has created a program for converting the audio files into 3D-printable 33rpm records with a sampling rate of 11kHz (a quarter of typical MP3 audio) and 5 to 6-bit resolution (less than one thousandth of typical 16-bit resolution). The songs are still easy to recognise. http://www.psfk.com/2013/01/3d-printed-records.html video: http://vimeo.com/56017345
s e l f c u s t o m i s at i o n local motors — is an American open-source automobile company founded by John "Jay" Rogers and Jeff Jones, bi-located in Wareham, Massachusetts (founded) and Chandler, Arizona (facility). They co-create vehicles with their community of auto designers, engineers, enthusiasts, and customers. Local Motors is in production with their first vehicle, called the Rally Fighter, an off-road race vehicle designed to also be street legal. Customers buy the car as part of a build experience with Local Motors engineers in a Local
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nokia’s lumia 820 — Shells are based on 3D printing instructions that allow Nokia customers to print their own phone covers, expanding the customisation potential. As 3D printing becomes more affordable, self-customisation of all varieties of user gear will accelerate rapidly. Nokia has made a modest start, but has announced its intent to support more use of 3D printing technologies. http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing-files-nokia-lumia-820/25881/ faberdashery — aims to provide the 3D printing community with the best printing material available. Based in Somerset, England, Faberdashery grew out of the joint passions of ecodesigner Clare Cunningham and Andrew Dent, PhD in materials science and former supervisor on the RepRap project at Bath University. Dent describes Faberdashery’s goal as creating “a place that offered a haberdashery like experience: friendly, tailored, highly skilled and attractive, that provided an emporium of fabbing resources.” http://www.faberdashery.co.uk/