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Your Next Hardware Project Might Be Biological, and Other News from the Solid Conference

Your Next Hardware Project Might Be Biological, and Other News from the Solid Conference

O’Reilly Media held itsย annual Solid conference this week in San Francisco. It’s an annual showย  covering “Hardware, Software & the Internet of Things.” We found it eye-opening, informative, and occasionally controversial.ย Here’s some of what we heardย at this year’s show: Synthetic Biology Joichi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab, explained that code is now being […]

Review: LulzBot Mini 3D Printer

Review: LulzBot Mini 3D Printer

LulzBot is known for theirย exceptional engineering, upgradability, and commitment to open source โ€” but not for portability, nor for having a space-saving footprint. Now, the team has released the LulzBot Mini to help those who donโ€™t have the desk space required for their larger Taz, but are looking for many of the same features. The […]