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// 1-Principles and proyect management   // 2-Computer-aided design // 3-computer-controlled cutting
// 4-electronics production // 5-3D scanning and printing // 6-electronics design // 7-molding and casting
// 8-embedded programming // 9-computer-controlled machining // 10-input devices // 11-composites  
// 12-interface & application programming // 13-output devices // 14-networking & communications
// 15-mechanical design, machine design // 16-appplications and implications
// 17-invention, intellectual property and income // 18-project development
// FinalProject // 

Week17: Invention, Intellectual prop. & income

r2d2 RC

Intellectual property


My development is based in numerous other ideas published by other people, like the Fabduino, the processing code etc... So the first thing i had to do is incorporate their authors to the final documentation. 


The first thing to do is choose a license to make my proyect available to other people. Under the web page of Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/) you can read about all the terms of the licenses to the products, and can choose the right one for your proyect. Also in this website you can get your license from choosing the aspects you want to preserve and which not. Goto :  http://creativecommons.org/choose/

In example, i want my work available to change it, but only if i had a mention in the new job. This allow me to control the point reached by my work. I allow a comercial uses of my work (because this allow my job to get in markets where maybe it cant arrive without a company), and i want this license only apllies in Spain.
So in the web site y choose this things and....

creative commons

At the end of the process i have a small logo for my website, which includes all the terms that someone who uses my proyecto must comply.


Here is the logo:


income


So, how can i get some income to make my prototipe a real design? Well, i think that actually the best way to get it is in the crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing allow a simple person to get the basic income to  get another level (once you have a working prototipe) and allow the final user os your product to buy it cheaper than at the final release, in exchange for their support to your idea.

People can support your product, but you must give something "to be made" if you get the money to fund the proyect. As much as they support, the bigger the rewars.

So here is my "theorical" crowdsourcing proyect:



kickstarter portada
The new kind of amazing robot DIY is here to stay. Help us to build a building kit to get your own FABrobot-android-controlled, and you could get a pack to build yourself in home!

It has all the amazing features of the RC models: goes to all directions, his heads turn around, his speaker can make all the sounds available like in the films....its R2D2!

Its lightweight, ideal for the childs. No metal parts on it. Has a rechargeable battery of 750mA. You can storage easily with its 1:3 scale.



Pledge 1$ or more:
You will get our effusive gratitude by mail, with a photo of the final design.

Pledge 5$ or more:
You will have the reward before and your name will figure in the final instructions of this great robot.

Pledge 15$ or more:
You will have the reward before and a T-Shirt with R2D2 on it.

Pledge 20$ or more:
You will get a DIY kit to ensamble the final robot, and the free app to control it. You will have all the boards and all the components to get the mechanisms to controll your own arduino platform.

Pledge 35$ or more:
A ensabled kit of components, and a finished R2D2 housing to dress your andriod controlled platform. You will have a standard R2D2 housing in blue.

Pledge 40$ or more:
The last reward plus your robot will have a command that can say your name through the speaker.

Pledge 50$ or more:
The last reward and the housing you wish from the R2 robots series. You can have another housing (also the R2D2) from an R2D1, or the one you want.