Book Review: Harvesting Color by Rebecca Burgess Review by Meara O’Reilly I recently experimented with using the oxalis plant (more commonly known as the weed sourgrass) to dye some towels a bright yellow. It was such an easy and rewarding process, I wanted to look around and see what other colors might be within reach! This book […]
NYC Resistor member Holly Hudson built an alarm clock that wakes you up with light instead of sound: I’ve been wanting a sunrise lamp for a long time, but I’ve never found the perfect one. Having a free summer, and the knowledge that I would be starting my first full time job in many years […]
A new player on the field by the name of Tangibot recently arrived, not with a new printer or even an innovative new derivative, but with a near-exact clone of arguably the most prominent printer in the market: the MakerBot Replicator. Will MakerBot close their products in an attempt to protect themselves from future cloning?
The Makerbot Replicator 2 is just that, a second generation of MakerBot’s wildly popular Replicator 3D printer, now faster, quieter, and more rigid than the original. “Hand assembled in Brooklyn, NY,” the Replicator 2 sports a sleek black metal and PVC case, oil-impregnated bronze linear bearings, a larger build volume, and faster printing times. The upgrades make what was already a fantastic machine, even butter. But the improvements do come at an increased cost that could be a deal breaker for some buyers.
As part of MAKE’s research for our upcoming special issue, Make: Ultimate Guide to the 3D Printers (on newsstands Nov 20, 2012), we had an opportunity to take the new MakerBot Replicator 2 for a test drive. Here’s a tour of the new machine.
Everyone seems to be overflowing with zucchini at this time of year, and while I’ve made zucchini bread, zucchini fritters, zucchini chips, and zucchini roasted every which way, I have never tried zucchini pickles!
ITP resident researcher and sound artist Nick Yulman has expanded his Bricolo modular music system to now include melodies.
