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Open Source Hardware Gift Guide

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-now-there's-an-idea dept.

ptorrone writes "Looking to give gifts this year that are open source? Here's MAKE Magazines "Open Source Hardware" gift guide. Open source 3D printers, TV-turn-off devices, iPod chargers, music players, Wi-Fi companions, educational electronic kits and more. Each of the kits, projects and open source hardware gifts in this guide represents more than just a holiday gift, it's a change to support this nascent open hardware movement."

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  1. Re:MP3 Player by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's open source, right? You have the source to the MP3 player, you have the source for the Ogg/Vorbis, make your own firmware that supports Ogg.

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  2. Why nerds can't have girlfriends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    because you give them crappy "open source" gifts

  3. TV-turn-off devices by Bob54321 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean a finglonger?

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  4. 3D Printer option: chocolate? by dada21 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have a long history with stereolithographic devices (I used to consult with CNC companies as a teenager and young adult), and my dream was to have a SL device that made custom chocolate bars and pieces. While proper chocolate has to be poured at the right temperature into the mold, I've always wondered if there is a future to make a machine like an SL 3D printer that can print in chocolate.

    I've done some basic searching, but found no one even talking about it. Yes, it's corny, but I'd love to know if anyone has played with candy/sugar/chocolate as the substrate for a 3D printer.

    1. Re:3D Printer option: chocolate? by necro81 · · Score: 4, Informative

      The current issue of Make magazine has a short article on a rapid prototyper some guys built that does selective sintering of powdered sugar! Instead of a laser or electron beam to do the sintering, they created a jet of hot air to carmelize the powder. They've turned it open-source and called it the CandyFab project.

      As for using chocolate, I don't know of anyone dabbling in that. But, I suppose there's no reason you couldn't build a fused deposition modeler that uses chocolate chips in a hopper as the raw material. What would you use for support structure?

  5. Note to /.ers by Silver+Sloth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Leave this article where wives/girlfriends/parents can see it so that they can give them to you. Attempts to use these gift suggestions the other way round may be hazardous to the holiday spirit.

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