→生活大爆炸,第六季第14集:
Howard和Raj重金买下一台3D打印机,只为制作出完美的私人定制玩偶……
Howard and Raj order personalized action figures in their likeness, but the figures they get look nothing like them at all. Determined to get their action figures, they decide to split the cost of a very expensive 3D printer to make their own figures.


→德国柏林,抛掷式全景球形相机问世:
德国柏林5名图形设计师设计出一款"抛掷式全景球形相机",安裝了36个手机摄像头。使用者只需简单把相机拋向空中,相机在到达最高点就会自动开始拍摄图像。使用者可以看到头顶或背后的全景图像。
A new camera will allow users to see what it's like to have both an eye in the sky and an eye in the back of your head. The camera is circular and called the Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera. Created by 5 graphic designers in Berlin, Germany, the camera uses 36 mobile phone cameras to capture a picture of what is going on all around. The user simply tosses the camera into the sky and it is programmed to take a picture once it reaches the pinnacle (高峰) of its toss.

好吧,微信君你在说啥?这两条内容有神马关系?你也许发现了,不论是生活大爆炸里的Howard和Raj,还是德国的设计师,都在利用高科技DIY一些创意小物。这可不是个别现象,这个潮流如此之火爆,以至于参与高科技DIY的这群潮人给自己起了一个名字:创客。
"创客"一词来源于英文单词"Maker",是指出于兴趣爱好,努力把各种创意转变为现实的人。创客最主要的标志就是"自生产",所以3D打印机就是创客重要的生产工具之一哦。
看维基百科给"创客文化"的定义:
The maker culture is a contemporary culture or subculture representing a technology-based extension of DIY culture. Typical interests enjoyed by the maker culture include engineering-oriented pursuits such as electronics, robotics, 3D printing, as well as more traditional activities such as metalworking, woodworking, and traditional arts and crafts. The subculture stresses new and unique applications of technologies, and encourages invention and prototyping. There is a strong focus on using and learning practical skills and applying them creatively.
关键词:technology-based,DIY, electronics, robotics, 3D printing, invention,prototyping,感觉是理工技术宅们的"过家家"有木有……
微信君突然有点心动,要是能把哆啦A梦口袋里稀奇古怪的工具变成现实就好了……可是,这种发达国家高大上的玩意,难不成我们想玩一次"过家家"还要出趟国吗?

其实不用啦!去深圳就行。深圳南山区有家名为"柴火创客空间"的潮店,成立于2000年,在行业内已经小有名气,积累了100多名活跃会员。

柴火创客空间为创客们提供基本的原型开发设备如3D打印机、激光切割机、电子开发设备、机械加工设备等,并组织创客聚会和各种级别的工作坊。

微信君可不是在做广告啊亲们,是李克强总理逛了这家潮店,所以它火了……看总理体验一款创客自制的遥感机械手臂UARM:

UARM的作者叫李佳诺(Tina Li),毕业于人民大学。UARM利用体感测试仪和蓝牙技术连接桌面式的机械手臂,它可以模仿人手的动作,还可以"记住"这个动作并不断重复。
Tina说,如果在底盘上增加车轮,再安装上机械手指,上厕所忘带手机时UARM可以帮忙取手机;增加人脸识别装置后,UARM还可以作为居家老人的智能看护装置。
这套产品的售价是399美元,已经有Boston University和Stanford University购买作为教学仪器使用,有没有心动?下次敲键盘的时候想要吃薯片又怕把手指弄脏的话,只要输入了"拿薯片-喂食"的动作并不断重复就可以啦!
实际上,这类创客平台在国内还有不少,像上海的新车间啦、北京的创客空间啦、深圳的洋葱胶囊啦,都已经形成了各自的特色。

你想玩次这种高大上的"过家家"吗?
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