Shawn Thorsson Just Created the Definitive Star Wars Flametrooper Helmet Replica
Shawn Thorsson’s Flametrooper helmet replica pays homage to the upcoming Force Awakens installment of Star Wars
3D Modeling
Watch Your Favorite Song Transform into a 3D Model
If you’ve used a desktop music application, you’ve probably discovered some type of hypnotic visualization feature that renders patterns and colors that are synchronized to your tunes. But how many of those visualizations create a 3D model viable for 3D printing? My bet is probably zero. Blair Neal, a Brooklyn-based artist and creative technologist, developed […]
Getting Started with Sprout by HP
Sprout by HP is far from your average desktop PC. It’s a way to merge the physical world that we live in with the digital world that we work in. With new ways to bring physical objects into the digital workspace, Sprout is poised to change the way that we interact with computers, and each other.
New CAD Tool OnShape Is Free for Makers
[youtube https://youtu.be/JV8WHJ48Duk] OnShape is a new CAD tool that is likely to make a serious impact within the Maker community by offering professional level tools to Makers for free. The OnShape team has created their tool as a web app, making OnShape a cross platform tool working on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and soon Android. We caught up […]
This Web App Easily Turns Your Selfies Into 3D Models
Smoothie-3D is trying to make the 2D-to-3D process easier with their free online modeling tool.
Trimble is Ready to Tango
The location-based solution developer presents their new SketchUp Scan and Through the Wall apps for Project Tango at Google I/O today. Trimble’s Omar Soubra stopped by the Make: office to give us a sneak peek!
You Wouldn’t 3D Print A Car — Until Now
Come on down to Maker Faire Bay Area to see Michael Curry’s 3D printed, 70 pound, giant RC vehicle. This monster took over 5 months to fabricate in PLA at Kansas City’s Hammerspace on two MakerBot Replicator 2.