New Makers Building Parts for the Space Station
One of the initiatives announced by President Obama today at the White House Maker Faire will allow middle and high school students access to the first 3d printer to be flown aboard the ISS.
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 Printing Without Installing Slicers
3D Printing has never been this easy. I lazily sit in my beachfront office, upload my .STL to Astroprint’s cloud slicer (cloud slicer! what an awesome word pair), choose what printer I’m using, and hit print. That’s it. The printer in my living room whirs to life while I sip my martini. Sure, I can […]
Top 10 Photos from the #NationOfMakers – So Far!
The National Day of Making is almost upon us! Participate by tweeting your project pics and videos to @make with the hashtag #NationofMakers. Here are 10 favorites so far – but we want to hear from you!
Recreating A UFO Light With A 3D Printer
last year I downloaded SketchUP and just doodled around with it. I didn’t really do anything challenging. I went to MakerFaire in Queens, and was completely inspired. Then, I went to the MakerBot store in New York, and I was blown away. I immediately knew I wanted to build something cool. I spent about a […]
Faster, Finer: Formlabs Updates its Flagship 3D Printer
Formlabs, which produces one of the best known stereolithographic (SLA) 3D printers, has just announced a major upgrade/overhaul, the Form 1+, that it claims will deliver superior prints at higher speeds.
Leapfrog 3D Printer Giveaway Makes Father’s Day BIG
What could make Father’s Day really feel big this year? How about a really big 3D printer for free? Leapfrog thought that would be really cool, so they’ve asked if we want to give one away. Of course we said yes. Leapfrog has offered up a Creatr XL printer. These things are really big, with […]
Dan Royer’s Robot Arms
Dan Royer makes many things, right now he’s most excited about robot arms. When he told me this at MakerCon, I had a moment of skepticism. What is so exciting about robot arms? Haven’t they been around forever? I think I had one made by Nintendo at some point. “Yes” he replied, “but so […]