Model Airplanes

The human fascination with flight has been going on forever. Such envy we experience in watching a simple bird or more complex predator fly almost as high as the heavens; it’s rare that one sees a hawk or eagle overhead and doesn’t watch in awe until it’s out of sight. The curiosity begins in children, and for some it grows into a lifelong hobby or even careers in ornithology.

For Kazuhiko Kakuta, a medical doctor in Japan, his lifelong interest in birds began when he was very young. He simply never tired of looking anything that flew–from birds and kites, to airplanes. Once he became a successful doctor and had more disposable cash to spend, he took up the hobby of model helicopters, putting them together and flying them, but quickly lost interest.

His interest in flying models was reinvigorated in 2007, however, upon watching a diminutive, remote controlled ornithopter. He decided to try his hand at building them and soon had a creative and wide-ranging collection–starting with an airplane, and then a pteranodon. From there, his interest in making birds–and putting them into 3D print–grew.

“I made bird ornithopters, an insect-type ornithopter, and imaginary world flight objects which appeared in anime and movies,” Kakuta told 3DPrint.com.

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In beginning to make 3D printed electronic devices, Dr. Kakuta quickly became aware of the benefits involved. He discovered that fine processing

Article source: http://3dprint.com/82355/3d-printed-ornithopters/

The Internet of Things and the Inevitable Collision with
Products Liability, published in February 2015, identified a number
of factors leading to the emergence and phenomenal growth of the
Internet of Things (IoT). It also identified issues relating
to potential product liability exposures and the impact that
IoT-connected devices could have on risk assessment and risk
transfer due to the consequences of foreseeable vulnerabilities and
failures with IoT-connected products.

This second article addresses in more detail the emerging
liability risks for the stakeholders at the forefront of the
development and implementation of these technologies who, in turn,
will be forced to confront those liabilities whether or not they
are prepared to do so.

Several documented IoT failures have already occurred in 2015.
Notably, Wonk’s wireless hub, which is connected to a variety
of devices in homes via a single app, experienced a failure in
April that disabled the connected devices, potentially leaving
consumers vulnerable to breach of their home security systems or
other failures. Chamberlain and Ooma also experienced failures,
both of which involved compromised IoT connective services and
resulted in disruptions that had the potential to affect
customers’ home security.

The first IoT class action was brought in March 2015 spurred by
the February publication of a report by U.S. Senator Edward Markey
(D-MA), which was also covered on a CBS broadcast of 60
Minutes. The action was brought against Toyota Motor
Corporation, Ford Motor Company and General Motors LLC. (See Cahen, et al. v. Toyota Motor

Article source: http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/413258/IT+internet/The+Internet+Of+Things+And+The+Inevitable+Collision+With+Products+Liability+PART+2+One+Step+Closer