Moving? Don’t bother packing, just bring your Makerbot!
My friend Marty recently moved away, and apparently forgot a few things on the way, such as his shower curtain and bottle opener.
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!
Blacklight-happy fabjects
Nicholas Lewis of Everett, WA, made a Mendel print using translucent blue PLA and got a neat surprise: After receiving my PLA from UltiMachine on Monday I put the natural roll on and did some test prints. I was saving the blue translucent until after adjusting the machine a little more. For some reason I […]
A Concerto for Three MakerBots
CrashSpace hosted a night of hand made music on June 25th 2010. Among the performances was a Concerto for Three MakerBots composed by Frank Capodieci. MakerBots are 3D printers that create objects out of plastic, but in this case the extruder portion was removed and the stepper motors were driven at different speeds to create […]
Hot-wire cut styrofoam chair
The Wip Chair, by Khodi Feiz, is a chair cut from a single piece of polystyrene foam. Basically the design was modeled in the computer, and something like a giant hot wire cutter carved out the form. The chair was mass produced and used in an installation at the Dutch embassy in Berlin in June 2006, called NL-Lounge.
Using a MakerBot as a microscope
Catarina M and Joel Belouet have been experimenting with using a MakerBot as a microscope stage.
Programmable Origami
A group of researchers from Harvard and MIT have pushed us closer to a world of programmable matter. Their approach is a self-folding surface that can take on almost any shape.
How To: Make Your Own Gears
Gears are easy to understand, make, and use, IF you know the vocabulary and can space the gears at the correct distance apart.
