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3d Patent and Copyright Research

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/02/20/0317250/the-patents-that-threaten-3-d-printing (outlines several still-active patents)

http://www.publicknowledge.org/it-will-be-awesome-if-they-dont-screw-it-up (long)

http://www.publicknowledge.org/Copyright-3DPrinting (even longer, but worth reading about patents vs copyrights)

Let the 3d printing patent wars begin!

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/11/21/1333233/form1-3d-printer-and-kickstarter-get-sued-for-patent-infringment

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/10/12/1424250/drm-could-come-to-3d-printers

Ghetto Heated Bed

I built this off thingieverse HERE, but this is a build log of how I did it.

The maker is Veroboard.com, but I ordered it from amazon.

Prototype Universal Stripboard 4″x 10″ (101x254mm) 4000 hole Epoxy Fiber

I bought two of these and taped them flat side by side.  I put a bead of CA down the middle with both boards bent at a 90 degree angle from each other.  When I was happy with the bead, I put both of them on a flat surface with the tape facing down.  I pressed the boards together for about 30 seconds, then let them site for about 15 minutes.  When I got back, I removed the tape and I had one solid board.  From there I took a solid core wire.

Pixel Print Ltd
1059 Marine Drive
North Vancouver, BC  V7P1S6

 

Tel: 778-340-3002      Fax: 778-340-3301  Email:  info@veroboard.com     http://veroboard.com

SIIG 7 Port USB Hub

It has both usb 2 and 3 ports on it. With a little sticky velcro on the bottom, it makes for easy expansion.  The original product page on the SIIG site is here.

Information on this hardware is as follows.

Technical Specifications

  • Interface: USB 3.0 Revision 1.0
  • Chipset: NEC
  • Interfaces/Ports: 3 x USB 3.0 (Type A); 4 x USB 2.0 (Type A)
  • Data Transfer Rate: Up to 5Gb/s
  • Certifications/Standards: RoHS
  • Dimensions: 3.5″ x 2.5″ x 0.875″

Downloads:

Raid Array died this morning (Update: repaired)

I have a Venus T5C array, that decided to not power up after a UPS reset. 7.5 TB i have to figure out how to recover.  The drives aren’t dead I think, but the entire unit will not power up.  It’s attached to an APC UPS, but that unit had an alarm and I had to power cycle it when we had a power outage.

AMS T5C Raid Array

It was made by American Media.

Technical Support
Hours: Monday – Friday ( 8:30am – 5:30pm ) U.S. Pacific Time, except for Holidays
E-mail: techsupport@american-media.com
Phone: 510.353.0211 ext. 19

If I have to I will buy another, but I’ve contacted AMS tech support to see if there is a newer raid array that can see the drives as they are.  I can get one of these from Amazon, but we are talking $230 bucks.

 

UPDATE:  2/10/2013

The new unit came in, I transferred the drives, left the dip switches to all off for autodetect, and the array came back up with no data lost to the best of my knowledge.