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GE Garages is a mobile manufacturing lab that celebrates technologists, entrepreneurs, and everyday people with a one-of-a kind opportunity to discover modern prototyping and manufacturing processes, collaborate in hands-on workshops, participate in specialized manufacturing training and education, and learn from guest speakers. GE Garages appeared at SXSW 2012, Rice University in Houston, TX and received […]
Whether you’re creating a costume for the next convention or gearing up for Halloween a little early, you’ll dig Etsy seller Ivan Owen’s mechanical hand extensions. Covered in fur or left bare, Owen’s prosthesis are suitable for werewolfs to steampunk robots and everything in between.
Admittedly, there are lots of ratcheting screwdrivers in the world. Especially nowadays. But I love the Easydriver, and I suspect I always will, and not just for the warm glow of nostalgia the one from Dad’s toolbox evokes for me. The Easydriver, IMHO, is a classic of modern industrial design. It belongs in a nice coffee table book, somewhere…
Ready to get started with metal stamping, but want to see the basic technique in action first? Check out this metal stamping 101 video from Heidi at Hands Occupied to see the tools you’ll need plus the full stamping process!
The Treadmill Bike by Bicycle Forrest is cracking me up. Yes, it’s a viral video to ever so subtly introduce you to their Bicycle CAD software, but that’s not going to stop me from writing about it. Besides the fact that there’s CAD software geared towards building bikes, which is cool by itself, I think it’s great that they had an itch and decided to build a treadmill/bike mashup to scratch it.
Yesterday was a thrill and change. We had a very productive day (and night) and were able to accomplish three tests on many of the machines. Today we’re doing more testing and at 3pm PDT will be hosting a Google+ Hangout on Air to share the weekend’s grand adventure and to join up with offsite 3D printing enthusiasts.
Join the MAKE team on Sunday (9/9/12) for our first 3D Print Shop Weekend – virtually or in person at the MAKE offices in Sebastopol, CA. Visit us at 3pm PT on G+ (google.com/+MAKE) for a sneak peek of the action, a chance to hear from the 3D Printing community, MAKE editors, and more.
