Baby Princess Leia Rocks This Mini Star Wars Speeder Bike
Australian Maker dad Tez Gelmir decided to build a Star Wars speeder bike for his daughter’s first birthday.
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 Print Your Own Stepper Motor
Learn how one Maker created his own stepper motor using a 3D printer, an Arduino, and a few materials picked up from the hardware store.
E3D and LittleBox Partner to Crowdfund New Power Printer BigBox
The BigBox is a collaboration between the E3D team and Kickstarter alumni LittleBox whose promising Kickstarter campaign ends this Sunday.
NASA Releases 3D Printable Files for Pint-Sized Curiosity Mars Rover
Curiosity might just be our favorite Martian robot. This week, NASA has released files to 3D print your very own Curiosity rover.
This New Printer Works in the Lonely Vacuum of Outer Space
An organization called Made In Space has announced that they’ve made a breakthrough in 3D printing within a vacuum.
Casting Your Own 3D Printed Parts
Need a part in hurry or a custom-sized part you can’t get elsewhere? Try 3D printing and casting it yourself.
3D Printable Robotic Telescope You Can Build
When I was a teen, I did an astronomy (and archeology) summer camp one year. As part of it, we got to spend some nights operating the telescope in the teacher’s backyard observatory. He had turned a Sears metal garden shed into an impressive little observatory, complete with a motorized roof that opened to raise […]
