Friday, February 20, 2009

 

OLPC Viewfinder


The OLPC XO Laptop for kids has a camera built in to the front of it. Great for video chat, but not so good for when the kids want to point the camera at something that is away from them. There is a commercial viewfinder but now it has been reprapped:




Here it is fitted:




If anyone wants to modify it, the Thingiverse URL is: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:330

Hopefully this is the first of a large number of objects that can be made by schools using a RepRap to further their children's education and enjoyment.

Vik :v)

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# posted by vik-olliver @ 11:07 PM
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sweetness. you rock.
# posted by Blogger Zach Smith : February 21, 2009 2:40 AM
 
Interesting that the original design was also prototyped in FDM.
# posted by Blogger Unknown : February 21, 2009 2:53 AM
 
... and what a magnificent piece of technology it is!
# posted by Blogger Unknown : February 21, 2009 9:03 PM
 
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