Beco blocks are home-printable blocks that snap together
r3becca of the Syndey hackerspace Robots and Dinosaurs designed these nifty Beco Blocks, which are 3d-printable blocks that you can snap together to make posable toys, hinges, or whatever.
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!
DIY 3D printing timeline
I like this timeline of the year in DIY 3D printing put together by Miles Lightwood. Scroll through to see what exciting things have been going on in 3D printing, and click on the thumbnails for more info. It’s user editable, so anyone can add milestones that may have been missed. UPDATE: Miles gave credit […]
3D-printed flute
[Via @bruces]
Giant Lego minifigs invade Kansas City
Michael Curry designed and printed these 4x sized Lego men for Christmas gifts this year
World’s first store for 3D printed goods
World’s first store for 3D printed goods… .MGX, Materialise’s high end design label for 3D printed furniture and lamps, just opened the world’s first physical store for 3D printed goods. The .MGX Flagship store is in Brussels’ exclusive Sablon district. At the store people can look at and explore .MGX’s lighting and other collections. In the future .MGX […]
LasercutChristmas classroom project in development
The original idea came from the work of several of my students in the Fashioning Tech class. Sam and Brooke were cutting images that they found online, and saw that the heavy black lines made image contours, which cut as a continuous line. What they saw as a horrible mistake, I thought looked really neat, and suggested they carefully glue the image outline to a backing sheet. They were hand cutting the background sheet, but it looks much more polished if they use the laser to cut the outline shape on the laser
21st century Christmas gift making
My son Blake and I always try to make something to give our family for Christmas. In the late ’90s, we were quite proud of the packing/box art (inset) we made for some handmade (not by us) ornaments we gave out. We found one of these boxes in the attic this year and it looks […]
