Month: May 2012

3D Printer census

Maker Faire 3D Printer Census

While walking around the Maker Faire grounds this morning I took a quick census all of the 3D printers. All told I saw 55 3D printers on the fairgrounds, 23 of which were unique designs. That’s not including the CNC machines or the stock of three dozen or so Replicator, Up! printers, and Printrbots for […]

How-To: Use Sewable LED Sequins

How-To: Use Sewable LED Sequins

Becky Stern has a cool new video tutorial up over on Adafruit, using nifty sewable LED sequins, which lay flat on your project surface. If you don’t want components sticking up from the surface of your project, and you don’t mind using a soldering iron, you might try making these: LED sequins. More: How-To: LED […]