New Makers Building Parts for the Space Station
One of the initiatives announced by President Obama today at the White House Maker Faire will allow middle and high school students access to the first 3d printer to be flown aboard the ISS.
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3D Light Painting With A 3D Printer
Yesterday we showed you how two creative people were using an industrial robot arm to do some light painting. The results were really cool, but the hardware was simply out of reach for most people. However, Ekaggrat has come up with an interesting way to use existing 3D printers to make light paintings in 3 […]
Recreating A UFO Light With A 3D Printer
last year I downloaded SketchUP and just doodled around with it. I didn’t really do anything challenging. I went to MakerFaire in Queens, and was completely inspired. Then, I went to the MakerBot store in New York, and I was blown away. I immediately knew I wanted to build something cool. I spent about a […]
Faster, Finer: Formlabs Updates its Flagship 3D Printer
Formlabs, which produces one of the best known stereolithographic (SLA) 3D printers, has just announced a major upgrade/overhaul, the Form 1+, that it claims will deliver superior prints at higher speeds.
Leapfrog 3D Printer Giveaway Makes Father’s Day BIG
What could make Father’s Day really feel big this year? How about a really big 3D printer for free? Leapfrog thought that would be really cool, so they’ve asked if we want to give one away. Of course we said yes. Leapfrog has offered up a Creatr XL printer. These things are really big, with […]
Darth Chocolates
Come to the dark side, we have chocolate. Juan Gutierrez does all kinds of 3D printing art, vacuum forming, and various interesting home manufacturing projects. His latest endeavor was quite tasty looking. He combined 3D printing and Vacuum forming to create a dark chocolate Darth Vader mask. He started with a 3d print, vacuum formed […]
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.