Amazon’s Echo Dot and its online Alexa speech recognition system for controlling the Internet of Things is pretty cool, and so it is taking the world by storm. Therefore what we need is an open-source Thing that it can control to
Extra Senses
As I mentioned in the last blog post, we were inspired by the Feelspace Project (which gives you a magnetic compass sense, like migrating birds) to have a go at making a wearable device that would allow you to feel your surroundings – essentially extending
RepRap Printing on Fabric
I was recently at the FAB 12 Meeting in Shenzhen. One of the things I saw there was a very simple and effective idea: 3D printing on fabric with RepRap to give a flexible and wearable backing. So I decided to give