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3D Printing & Imaging
If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
3D Printed Kinetic iPhone Cases
This iPhone case is a piece of kinetic art, printed in a single pass, no assembly required. Designer Chris Cordingley, who created it to be an analog fidget relief device, modeled it in Autodesk Maya, and printed it at Shapeways. Says Chris: Back in September last year I decided to use 3D printing to […]
Three-Dimensional Thinker? MAKE Wants You!
MAKE is looking for enthusiasts in 3D printing, scanning, and CNC to help expand our coverage of this dynamic field online and in the magazine . We’re looking for contributors with their ears to ground who can write about trends, industry developments, new technologies, and the latest applications of all things 3D.
The Turbo Entabulator: A 3D-Printed Mechanical Computer
Chris Fenton’s 3D-printed mechanical computer can do simple calculations with the help of punch cards, also 3D-printed.
The Dreambox is a 3D Printing Vending Machine
Last week I caught up with Richard Berwick, co-founder of the Dreambox, at UC Berkeley. The Dreambox is a 3D Printing vending machine.
Extraterrestrial 3D Printing
In partnership with NASA, Made in Space, Inc. recently announced that they’ll be sending one of their custom 3D printers to the International Space Station in August of 2014. The benefits of being able to print in space are clear: envision the potential lowering of NASA’s costs by granting crew members the ability to print new tools and replacement parts.
The Emergence of 4D Printing
MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits recently revealed some of his fascinating work in the field of self-assembling structures, coined “4D Printing”. The four dimensions in question here aren’t all spacial — the “4D” aspect utilizes three spacial dimensions, in the form of 3D Printing, and an additional time dimension. The parts printed in this way are then submerged in water to facilitate self-assembly.