Further proving my belief that al crafters, artists, and makers are the nicest people on the face of the earth, I sent a note to the crew at Maptote asking if I could stop by while attending BlogHer. Sure enough, they invited me over to get a sneak peek at their Brooklyn workspace.
From the Thingiverse blog: Rhys Jones’s set of tweezers consists of PLA and silicone, printed in one run. KeanuWoah! A couple of days ago, we needed another set of tweezers for the RepRap lab. Naturally, rather than going and buying a pair I thought I’d RepRap them. After a quick search around Thingiverse for inspiration, […]
Ladyada writes – This is actually not any sort of product or public project (!) – its something we designed to help me evaluate solar panels and how they act when charging batteries. Normally this requires a lot of multimeters and its a bit of a pain to do if you have to constantly change […]
Instructables user beberly37 made a wrench set case from some old jeans, and shows you how, too! More: CRAFT Project: Yoga Mat Bag from Old Pants HOW TO – Neck Pillow from Old Pants Make a laptop sleeve from a pants leg
Here’s a neat video about a design firm in the ’60s, and what it looked like to build things before the days of 3d modeling and rapid prototyping.
Maker Faire heroes i3Detroit are hosting a Maker Mixer at their space next month, to give everyone who was too wrapped up in running their events a chance to relax and socialize.
Becky spotted this delightful improvisation from Dutch artist Helmut Smits. Now we need somebody to put a printer in a windshield wiper blade that can print out graphics across the windshield and/or wipe them off on command. Or maybe a windshield wiper POV display? [via CRAFT]
