Discover the Intel® Edison development board, a tiny, ultra-power-efficient development platform the size of an SD* card that is small enough to drop into just about anything.
It can be designed to work with most any device—not just computers, phones, or tablets, but chairs, coffeemakers, and even coffee cups. The possibilities are endless for entrepreneurs and inventors of all kinds.
The Intel Edison board features a low-power 22nm 400MHz Intel® Quark processor with two cores, integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth*, and much more.
The unique combination of small size, power, and rich capabilities makes the Intel Edison board a game changer, lowering the barriers to entry for thousands of visionaries.
Intel Edison board-powered devices can cooperate in highly customized and sophisticated ways. These devices don't have to be hardwired one-trick ponies; they can house multiple apps that can be downloaded and installed just like we do with phones and tablets.
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So with Mark's submission that settles the conversation with how much the inventor made. So, as I stated previously stated the real conversation is "What is an inventors worth, if he only invents?"
Yes, it would be nice to look at the numbers. That's the conversation then... "What is an inventors worth, if he only invents?". A similar model is in the music industry. The artist typically makes the least and many times are actually in debt to the record label until their 2nd or 3rd album. There is risk on the investors side and none on the inventor.
The bottom line, as exemplified in this article, is that you can be an inventor, but if you don't understand marketing, product development, manufacturing, or have the funding, you cannot bring your product to the masses. So the "what you don't know, you pay for" adage applies appropriately to this particular scenario.
A new 3D printer can print carbon fiber and other composite materials.
Created by Boston-based startup MarkForged, it's called the Mark One.
Company founder Gregory Mark showed off the printer at the SolidWorks World design conference in San Diego, Calif. this week.
"We took the idea of 3D printing, that process of laying things down strand by strand, and we used it as a manufacturing process to make composite parts," Mark said in an interview with Popular Mechanics. "We say it's like regular 3D printers do the form. We do form and function."
In addition to carbon fiber, the Mark One can print other composite materials, including nylon, fiberglass and PLA (a thermoplastic made from renewable materials).
The advantage of 3D printing with composite materials, as opposed to the plastics that 3D printers typically use, is their strength; they are much stronger than plastics, and therefore have a wider range of potential applications.
The 3D printer will cost $5,000, and will be available for pre-order on MarkForged's website beginning in February. Mark said the company is keeping the price of the printer low to ensure that it's as accessible to as many people as possible.
"It's a material that everybody knows, but probably most people haven't used," he said. "We wanted to make it really easy for people to start printing with it, so they can explore prosthetics, custom bones, tools and fixtures."
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