Interesting camera

I think this could be trained to recognize SMD parts for an automated pick and place machine.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/254449872/pixy-cmucam5-a-fast-easy-to-use-vision-sensor

3D Printer filament

I came across this on hackerday.com, it will be interesting to see the results.

http://bit.ly/19kwGbn