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Smart phone-powered 3D printer for USD 99

Anyone to print three dimensional objects directly from their smart phone, using a new material called daylight resin. 3D printing has grown from a futuristic manufacturing technique with great potential to an affordable design solution. Now, the OLO 3D smart phone printer is about to make it even more. accessible. The portable, multi-material device is currently crowd funding on Kickstarter and has already raised over USD 1.5m. OLO 3D is a USD 99 device that enables anyone to print three dimensional objects directly from their smartphone, using a new material called daylight resin. To begin, users select an image of a 3D object — this can either be something they have designed themselves or a ready-made design from the OLO library. Then, they place the device on top of their touch screen smartphone and pour in the resin, in a colour of their choice. From there, the device uses the white light that emanates from the phone's screen to form the object, which takes approximatel...

The Power of Positive Thinking By Remez Sasson

Positive thinking is a mental and emotional attitude that focuses on the bright side of life and expects positive results. A positive person anticipates happiness,health and success, and believes he or she can overcome any obstacle and difficulty. Positive thinking is not accepted by everyone. Some, consider it as nonsense,and scoff at people who follow it, but there is a growing number of people, who accept positive thinking as a fact, and believe in its effectiveness. It seems that this subject is gaining popularity, as evidenced by the many books, lectures and courses about it. To use it in your life, you need more than just to be aware of its existence. You need to adopt the attitude of positive thinking in everything you do. How Positive Thinking Works The following story illustrates how this power works: Allan applied for a new job, but he didn't believe he will get it, since his self-esteem was low, and he considered himself as a failure and unworthy of success. He had a neg...

8 ways to help protect your child on the Internet

If your teen is glued to their phone or laptop, they're not alone. Young people today spend a staggering 27 hours per week online, according to the watchdog Ofcom. That's over a day's worth of streaming music, instant messaging and posting pics to Instagram. And a quarter of teens admit to being on their phones constantly. Sadly, the increased use of social media can often come with risks. A recent study from Glasgow University found teenagers are getting more anxious and depressed because of the 24-hour demands of social media accounts. The teens also felt pressure to respond immediately to texts or posts. Worryingly, sleep quality and self- esteem were also affected. On top of this, social media is now an avenue for new forms of bullying, including social media exclusion. Exclusion in the playground as a bullying tactic is nothing new, but it's now thought cyber bullies have taken to social media as a way to leave their victim isolated from group chats and the happeni...

12 health habits you should encourage in your kids They'll thank you later.

As a parent, your kids pick up more than just your genes – they pick up your habits too, for better or for worse. Children learn by example and if you look after and value your own well-being kids will learn to do the same. Geraldine Walford, a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry for Dr Morton's says: "One of the ways children learn is by watching and imitating or modelling what others around them are doing. If you treat yourself and others with care, kindness and consideration then they learn to do that too. If you are harsh and critical with and about others chances are they'll learn to do that too." So here are the children-specific health habits you'd be wise to encourage in your kids now for life-long health: 1. Eat more mackerel Research has shown a diet rich in omega-3 is linked to better cognitive ability in kids and could potentially improve children's behaviour in and out of the classroom. Introduce oily fish into your child's diet two ...