DIY Fog Projection Screen
Low-cost and lightweight, this indoor-outdoor screen looks awesome and adapts to the weather
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Titancraft Lets You Create Custom Creatures For 3D Printing
I’m always looking for interesting now sources for fun 3d prints. This fun little site called Titancraft Minis popped up and I hopped in to give it a try and was blown away! You can create and customize monsters, then download them for free (or have them printed and shipped). At first glance it didn’t […]
Building A Portable Air Quality Monitor
Air quality is on a lot of people’s minds right now, especially if you’re on the West coast of the US. Mike Winter was putting together a system to measure and display the air quality and had an idea to make it portable and partially wrist mounted. His results were pretty nice, as you can […]
Quick Look: The Tormach XS Tech CNC Router
We finally got a chance to play with Tormach’s desktop learning system. this was a fun little piece of equipment and presented some interesting approaches to a desktop milling experience. Tormach looks to be focusing mainly on education with this unit. It ships not only with the mill but with a computer loaded with Path […]
Plan C Live: From Invention to Innovation: Maker Incubators During Covid-19
In his book How Innovation Works, Matt Ridley defines invention and innovations as different things. The creation or invention of a product is not the same as developing a product that meets a need and becomes useful. For makers, this often means making the transition from prototype to product, as well as developing the capabilities […]
Sipeed Maixduino
I’ve been excited to try out the Sipeed Maixduino for a while now. With the sparse amount of RISC-V development boards available in the hobbyist market, this one has stuck out like an oasis in a desert. The Maixduino is a RISC-V 64-bit development board for AI and IoT applications. This board has an Arduino […]
Maker Spotlight: Engineer Emily
Name Emily Where are you located? South Carolina What is your day job? Senior Mechanical Engineering Student Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace? Most everything of what I work on is done in my college apartment. I have two 3D printers and most all of my tools are kept in my “workshop closet” as I […]