How-To: Alphabet Pompoms
Make a fluffy statement with this amazing alphabet pompoms tutorial from Mr. Printables.
Year: 2013
Weekend Projects HOA – Optical Tremolo Box LIVE NOW!
Join us later today for our sixth installment of Weekend Projects Hangouts On Air. We’ll be chatting with the author of Make: Electronics, Charles Platt, who in MAKE Volume 15 theorized a hypothetical tremolo wheel. Years later MAKE Technical Editor Sean Ragan would build this project, giving us the Optical Tremolo Box (and subsequently one […]
Maker Pro Newsletter – 11/14/13
“No hardware plan survives contact with a factory.” From the editors of MAKE magazine, the Maker Pro Newsletter is about the impact of makers on business and technology. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, and innovators, along with technology and market trends. Please send items to us at makerpro@makermedia.com. Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Are […]
Aurora: Art Uniting Community
A 2+ year odyssey started when my kids Sam and Julia, then 7 and 9, stated the obvious solution to a simple problem, “Let’s give it a home in Palo Alto.” They wanted to see artist Charles Gadeken’s Aurora, a life-sized, all-metal sculpture of a weeping willow tree lit by thousands of LEDs.
Adorable Bunny Wall Art
This little guy is just CUTE. Simple to make and adorable to look at. By Jeanne Chan on Well Rounded NY.
Art + Technology = New Art Forms, Not Just New Art
Many people who appreciate traditional art forms may wonder, “Why should we even try to use technology in art?” I’d like to attempt to answer that question in this post.
Microsoft Releases “3D Builder” Touchscreen 3DP App Today
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Shanen Boettcher, General Manager of Product Management at Microsoft about their 3D Builder graphical touchscreen application for Windows 8.1, slotted for release at midnight GMT today, Nov. 15. 3D Builder incorporates a combination of slicer and client software plus integrated Windows drivers for several popular 3D printers to provide a easy-to-use desktop manufacturing experience that aims to make it simple for the average consumer to get into 3D printing quickly.
