RUG/Oklahoma

RepRap Developer Groups in Oklahoma:

• Davenport (halfway between Tulsa and OKC) is the location of [http :// www . geeksok . com / GeeksOK], apparently(?) the first RepStraps built in Oklahoma.

• Tulsa RepRap group: several people who occasionally meet at [http :// www . fablabtulsa . com / Fab Lab Tulsa], are building RepRaps, including DavidCary.

• Oklahoma City RepRap group: seems pretty active at the [ http :// forums . reprap . org / list.php?119 RepRap forums: "Oklahoma City RepRap User Group"].

Some of the projects Oklahoma RepRap developers are working on:

• building more RepRaps
• a more portable RepRap (smaller, lighter, hopefully cheaper) -- a variant of the SAE Mendel using lighter, cheaper 1/4" threaded rod and 1/4" nuts -- rather than 5/16" threaded rod of SAE Mendel, rather than the 8 mm threaded rod of the original Mendel).
• Using a small Android tablet mounted directly on the RepRap at the "host" end of the USB cable connected to the Arduino. (Does this meet the "print autonomously without a PC attached" requirement of the Gada Prize?)
• a RepRap-printable case for a wearable EKG recorder with more or less all the functionality of the one developed by wikipedia: Norman J. Holter, except smaller, lighter, (hopefully) more comfortable, longer run times, etc.
• ... etc.