Month: January 2014

Providence-based makers James Rutter and Matt Stultz recently discussed AS220 Labs, home 3D printers, and the Robohand project on Dan Yorke’s State of Mind television show.

Sometimes the materials that you work with are really what gives the objects you make their form, as these stunning sculptures made from recycled paper by artist Janna Syvanoja demonstrate.

For all those chilly lawnmowers languishing in back yards and garden sheds this winter, here’s an image of a fantastically yarnbombed lawnmower shared by Eduardo Castellon.

About a year and a half ago, I engaged on an admittedly quixotic project to build my own laptop.

Today at CES 2014 I spoke with Andrew Boggeri of FSL3D, the creators of the Full Spectrum laser cutter about their new Pegasus Touch SLA 3D printer.  The Pegasus Touch has a LCD touchscreen and starts at under $2,000 with a 7″x7″x9″ build area. It’s already been successfully Kickstarted at double their goal, with 26 days left to go.

The Parrot AR. Drone 2.0 has become one of the most visible entries in the quickly developing quadcopter landscape, and now it has a tiny sibling that comes with a fun and surprising addition: a set of wheels. Unveiled at CES this week, the small drone, aptly named the Parrot MiniDrone is barely larger than […]