Weekly Staff Picks, January 22, 2012

January 22

We have some really interesting links for you today from Technological and scientific fields and artistic endeavors and some from multiple areas.   We hope you enjoy them on this cold Sunday in Philadelphia.

HAPTIC INTELLIGENTSIA   A project that mixed a human element with 3D printing technology.   They use haptic feedback to tell the human user when to extrude material from a glue gun.   The end result is a human’s interpretation of the original design. - Alex

Transparent Aluminum?   Not quite, but almost.   A classic clip from Star Trek IV (predicting the future?) and a discussion of transparent aluminum: aluminum oxynitride or AION. - Gregg 

Incredible sewn art. - Brandon

A 3D printable Zoetrope.   You’ll have to click the link to find out! - Alex

A video projector for smart phones The size that this is packed into is amazing. - Brandon