NASA Releases 3D Printable Files for Pint-Sized Curiosity Mars Rover
Curiosity might just be our favorite Martian robot. This week, NASA has released files to 3D print your very own Curiosity rover.
Digital Fabrication
Digital fabrication tools have revolutionized the way designers, engineers, and artisans express their creativity. With the right resources, you can learn to use these powerful instruments in no time! Whether it’s 3D printing or laser cutting that interests you, these articles will provide useful tutorials and inspiration for makers of all levels. Discover how digital fabrication can open up new possibilities so that your craftsmanship is truly extraordinary!
This New Printer Works in the Lonely Vacuum of Outer Space
An organization called Made In Space has announced that they’ve made a breakthrough in 3D printing within a vacuum.
Casting Your Own 3D Printed Parts
Need a part in hurry or a custom-sized part you can’t get elsewhere? Try 3D printing and casting it yourself.
3D Printable Robotic Telescope You Can Build
When I was a teen, I did an astronomy (and archeology) summer camp one year. As part of it, we got to spend some nights operating the telescope in the teacher’s backyard observatory. He had turned a Sears metal garden shed into an impressive little observatory, complete with a motorized roof that opened to raise […]
Adorable Automated Turret Launches Rubber Band Barrage
This 3D printed rubber band launching turret looks like it popped right out of Portal.
Working 3D Printed Circular Saw the Size of a Fingernail!
If the giant fingertips in these images look familiar, that’s because they belong to the same crazed maker, New Zealand’s Lance Abernethy, who 3D printed a miniscule, working power drill last year. Lance is back and this time he’s brought his fingernail-sized circular saw. The viral success of his drill video appears to have inspired […]
You Won’t Believe this Beautiful Melodica Is 3D Printed
Maker Daren Banarsë went on a quest to fabricate his ideal melodica. He had to reverse engineer and 3D print it, and the result looks and sounds completely authentic.