DIY group sends Balloon to the Stratosphere
Want to see how the earth looks like from way way up in the skies? send a balloon equipped with some smart electronics and let it do some sightseeing for you. That’s what this group of hardware hackers did. Their balloon reached 70000 feet, aprox. 21 Kilometers of altitude and was discovered after landing thanks to it’s google android phone hacked with an app that send an SMS with it’s position whenever it got a cell phone signal. NASA, prepare for some competition in the skies!
via Wired
Bike Tuning
Monareta Rebaixada
Monareta Boom Box
Ceci Loucamente Tuned
Call it disruptive innovation or user innovation, bike tuning is one of the seeds of the DIY movement. Here in Brazil, specially away from the big cities, a whole lot is happening. Check the blog Ceci Brisa Tuning for example, and you will find numerous stories of custom bikes made by passionate users. They exchange tutorials and tips around their creations and are proud to show of their skills. We love it!
photos source: Ceci Brisa Tuning
Open Design in a documentary: Delivered in Beta
Delivered in Beta from KS12 on Vimeo.
The conversation around the concept of Open Design is starting to pick up momentum, last week at the Betahaus in Berlin, a workshop was organized during the Social Media Week Berlin 2010 to discuss the topic among designers.
The documentary: Delivered in Beta was shot during the workshop and exposes some of the ideas talked about there.
As an open design platform, we are happy to see the start of a more broader conversation on the topic hoping that this wave of attention will help us achieve greater success in realizing our design ideas.
via SwissMiss and @hipertipo
