Blog for the RepRap project at www.reprap.org - a project to create an open-source self-copying 3D printer. To get all the early posts on this blog with all the images as a single PDF visit this page.
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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)
sweetness. you rock.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that the original design was also prototyped in FDM.
ReplyDelete... and what a magnificent piece of technology it is!
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