Filament Friday: Taulman3D’s Bridge Offers Nylon Durability
Nylon is a great 3D printing material because of its durability, but it can be tough to print. Taulman3D has released Bridge, which gives you the best traits of nylon.
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Robots Are 3D Printing a Bridge Right Underneath Them
As more people become familiar with 3D printing and the ways additive manufacturing can change how things are made, new ideas and applications continue to emerge. While printing toys and cell phone cases can be fun, these are not world-changing applications. A team in Amsterdam, Netherlands MX3D, is preparing to change the world by printing […]
Ancient Chinese Bridge Recreated by Students
A group of students constructed a wooden footbridge inspired by an illustration in a Song Dynasty scroll. Check out their process photos and get the backstory from their teacher.
Lego Technic bridge launcher
This neat model by Peer Kreuger wins points for its excellent gearboxes — for instance, the bridge has no servos on it, it extends and contracts via a servo on the vehicle itself. The Stilzkin EXT3 Bridge Launcher is used to deploy bridges to cross rivers, small chasms or similar obstructions. Placing the bridge takes […]
Software MIDI bridge uses serial port to transmit MIDI
Got a cool idea for a physical computing project (or actual music instrument) that uses MIDI, but don’t have a computer with an actual MIDI port?
Thrift Store Paper Cutouts
I found these truly stunning pieces of cut paper at the thrift store this weekend for $.60 each! I can’t imagine how painstaking these must be to make. They scanned into very perfect pieces of art. I was thinking of using them to burn some screens for screenprinting, and then framing them.
