The group designed and launched a balloon kitted out with a Nikon Coolpix and custom built electronics, intending to get some shots at 30, 000 feet.

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The most ambitious is Socket HMD, a complete 1, 280 x 800 headset that involves a 3D-printed shell and custom-assembled electronics.

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Born from a need to re-create mixed drinks in perfect proportion, Bartendro uses food-grade tubing, pumps and custom-built electronics to pipe liquids out with a measurement accuracy of a milliliter.

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These three kits are perfect companions to the MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer, as they all require custom items to hold the electronics, which can all be 3D printed on a MakerBot.

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It also produces custom analog and logic products, as well as chips used to manage power in portable devices like handheld electronics and power tools.

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