Designing a Bike for the Perfect Commute
Denny is powered by Intel Edison, a SRAM E-Matic electric assist hub, and you. Designers Matt and John walk us through the latest version, coming soon via bike manufacturer Fuji.
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 makersโincluding the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether youโre already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
Polyforge Unveiling Affordable SLS Printer at Maker Faire
I’m hosting an event tomorrow night here in the DC area, a salon at Artisphere, looking at the artistic, cultural, and technological import of 3D printing and desktop fabrication. In doing research for the event, I wanted to bone up on the state-of-the-art in selective laser sintering (SLS) printing, a form of 3D printing that […]
HP Sprout Announces Partnership with Dremel
Today HP’s Sprout division announced a partnership with Dremel to help move toward a full-cycle approach to 3D printing and scanning
New CAD Tool OnShape Is Free for Makers
[youtubeย https://youtu.be/JV8WHJ48Duk] OnShapeย is a new CAD tool that is likely to make a serious impact within the Maker community by offering professional level tools to Makers for free. The OnShape team has createdย their tool as a web app, making OnShape a cross platform tool working on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and soon Android. We caught up […]
Electroplating 3D Prints Looks Surprisingly Good
[youtubeย https://youtu.be/osbEiWAkPRw] The 3D printing community is coming up with new ways to finish 3D prints every day. Some are complex, some simple, but the goal is always to get away from the ridges visible in most 3D prints. The Orbit1 is a machine that takes your 3D print and electroplates it to give it the […]
This Week in 3D Printing: Going Mainstream and Saving Lives
From establishing a unified file format to saving the lives of infants, 3D printing made national headlines last week. Here are some that caught our eye: Microsoft followed its announcement last week of a 3MF Consortium to standardize 3D printing formats by launching an overhauled version of the .3MF file format for 3D products. The […]
Fun Designs for the Moat Boat Paddle Battle
The first races of theย Moat Boat Paddle Battleย are almost here! If you are headed toย Maker Faire Bay Areaย next weekend, now is the time to enter and have your shot atย winning one of the fantastic 3D printersย fromย SeeMeCNC. Register Now During the announcement we offered would-be racers a downloadable file of two example boats that they […]
