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"MakerBeam is a project to build a toy and tool for the open source imagination. Based on Mini-T, a new open source standard, MakerBeam will develop a construction toy for our times: open source precision hardware equally at home doing desktop fabrication or serving as a drawbridged castle for action figures. The fully developed MakerBeam line of connectors will make for an unsurpassed builder's toy and maker kit. Connectors, pivots, hinges, pulleys, cables, wheels, slot-in PCBs, and ALL of it open source, with the models published under Creative Commons licenses." | "MakerBeam is a project to build a toy and tool for the open source imagination. Based on Mini-T, a new open source standard, MakerBeam will develop a construction toy for our times: open source precision hardware equally at home doing desktop fabrication or serving as a drawbridged castle for action figures. The fully developed MakerBeam line of connectors will make for an unsurpassed builder's toy and maker kit. Connectors, pivots, hinges, pulleys, cables, wheels, slot-in PCBs, and ALL of it open source, with the models published under Creative Commons licenses." | ||
=Assessment= | |||
Suresh Fernando: | |||
"The product is very much WYSIWYG, with few opportunities for | |||
disappointment. Already sold and delivered the first batch of mini-T | |||
slot to tens of customers (?). For development roadmap, can rely on | |||
industrial T-slot." (February 2010) | |||
Revision as of 06:54, 19 February 2010
= Open Source Construction Systems (an effort to produce an open source building system, in the spirit of Lego and Meccano).
URL = http://www.Makerbeam.com
Description
"MakerBeam is a project to build a toy and tool for the open source imagination. Based on Mini-T, a new open source standard, MakerBeam will develop a construction toy for our times: open source precision hardware equally at home doing desktop fabrication or serving as a drawbridged castle for action figures. The fully developed MakerBeam line of connectors will make for an unsurpassed builder's toy and maker kit. Connectors, pivots, hinges, pulleys, cables, wheels, slot-in PCBs, and ALL of it open source, with the models published under Creative Commons licenses."
Assessment
Suresh Fernando:
"The product is very much WYSIWYG, with few opportunities for disappointment. Already sold and delivered the first batch of mini-T slot to tens of customers (?). For development roadmap, can rely on industrial T-slot." (February 2010)
More Information
- More information via Sam Putman, Sam@Makerbeam.com
- Product Hacking