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Laser Cutting the Ultimate Game of Dungeon!

Laser Cutting the Ultimate Game of Dungeon!

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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For the ultimate Dungeon! game board Dace Campbell used SketchUp and virtual reality to make sure he got his details right!d

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SketchUp and Materialise Partner for 3D Printing Design Optimization

SketchUp and Materialise Partner for 3D Printing Design Optimization

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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The popular design tool and the additive manufacturing experts team up to allow for optimized 3D printing capabilities of your designs.

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How to Build a 20-Foot Functional Geodesic Dome Out of PVC

How to Build a 20-Foot Functional Geodesic Dome Out of PVC

Eric Schimelpfenig

By Eric Schimelpfenig

Eric Schimelpfenig

Eric Schimelpfenig is a kitchen and bath designer and the founder of SketchThis.net. His passion is taking pencil and paper operations and converting them to the 3D world—he has created 3D content for companies large and small, and continues to turn to Home Depot for his building material needs. Having worked with Google on Sketchup software’s development, Eric is now on a three-year nationwide teaching tour in collaboration with Kitchen & Bath Design News.

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A geodesic dome made of PVC may be the most cost-effective method of building a structurally solid yet transportable shelter.

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SketchUp Gamifies Design Learning with “Adventure Mode”

SketchUp Gamifies Design Learning with “Adventure Mode”

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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Learning design is hard. Even with the simplest of tools, like SketchUp, it can be difficult to get your brain to associate those little icons with real world actions. The folks at SketchUp know this, and they’re taking great measures to help ease the process. What better way to teach basics than to turn it into […]

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SketchUp : Word processing for 3D printer

SketchUp : Word processing for 3D printer

By Bertier Luyt

Bertier Luyt

Bertier is a self-educated entrepreneur. Invited to Maker Faire New York in 2011, he launched le FabShop in 2012, a digital workshop. He is the co-author of the first book in French about 3D printing.

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  That’s not the name of a new tomato sauce. SketchUp is the MS Word-like editor of the 3D world. Modeling a fully customized lamp without special skills, in less than 5 minutes ? This is possible, thanks to SketchUp. Denis and is team from Adebeo, demonstrated how they do it on the SketchUp Heroes stage […]

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And the Winner of the Maker Faire Design Challenge is…

And the Winner of the Maker Faire Design Challenge is…

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Almost two dozen makers from around the world participated in the first-ever Maker Faire Design Challenge, a competition to create a new kind of temporary information kiosk for use at Maker Faire. We’re pleased to announce the winner, runner-up, and honorable mention entries.

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