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!
This table is made through rapid prototyping (3D printing) of branches that become increasingly more dense at the top to form a planar surface. It was developed by Platform Wertel Oberfell and Matthias Bär. Via Core 77. Related: Rapid prototyped brain lamp Avatar… in real life (3D printing)
3D printers print layer on top of layer, slowly building a three-dimensional object. A plethora of materials and methods are used to build these layers.
3D scanners are not as common as 3D printers, which is strange because you can build one in a few minutes.
Designer Alexander Lervik made a lamp by 3D printing a model of his own brain.
A Long-Tail, Pro-Am, Digital Maker Thing.
Bruce Sterling’s “Kiosk” is a tale ripped right out of the future. 3D printing, carbon nano-tubes and more… – THE FABRIKATOR WAS UGLY, noisy, a fire hazard, and it smelled. Borislav got it for the kids in the neighborhood. One snowy morning, in his work gloves, long coat, and fur hat, he loudly power-sawed through […]
Alex writes – My name is Alex and I’ve been following MAKE for the past year now and have really enjoyed everything the magazine and website have to offer. Today when my fiance and I were out running some errands in downtown Toronto we wandered into the Umbra Concept Store and after looking around for […]
