ThingiverseCollage is like drawing with MakerBot sprinkles
Love Thingiverse, but having trouble coming to terms with the fact that there are just too many awesome designs to be able to print and use them all yourself?
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!
Open Retail panel tomorrow at Eyebeam in NYC
Tomorrow some MAKE friends will participate in a panel discussion called Open Retail at Eyebeam’s Summer School series in New York City. The event will also be live streamed, for all you out-of-towners. Moderated by Dustyn Roberts, Eyebeam Disscussants: Bre Pettis, MakerBot; Giana González, Hacking Couture; Becky Stern, CRAFT and MAKE Magazines, Sternlab Using Re:Group […]
Flat-pack chair design software
Bdring, on Buildlog.Net Blog, writes: I am just amazed, and I am not easily amazed. I saw this SketchChair application at the Ponoko Blog. This is just plain amazing. I love Flat-pack and this is like Flat-pack crack. This program is a collaboration between Greg Saul and the JST ERATO Design UI Project in Tokyo. […]
Zach from MakerBot on the Design Process
When I was in New York recently, I had a chance to visit with the folks at Makerbot. Zach Hoeken is in charge of R & D for the project and had some interesting things to say about how he uses the Design Process on the Makerbot.
LED-illuminated acrylic MakerBot
From the MAKE Flickr pool: This nerdpr0n beauty shot of an acrylic MakerBot CupCake 3D printer. Most makerbotters stick to the classic plywood enclosure because acrylic has a tendency to crack — but the payoff, if executed well, oh baby. This one was made by Rob Giseburt of CCCKC.
Jamming with a MakerBot
EFFALO is experimenting with using MakerBot printers in live performance.
3D-printed mechanical iris
Another gem from Madox.NET.