Big news! We’re SO EXCITED to announce the winners in the MAKE/MakerBot CupCake CNC 3D printer kit giveaway! Participants were asked to design 3D objects and upload them to Thingiverse, where they were judged by Bre Pettis, Gareth Branwyn, and Becky Stern based on complexity, ingenuity, and “MakerBottability,” or how likely they are to print […]
The first entry in our Gadget Freak Design contest is in, and it’s a doozy: Matthew Katzenstein created this sweet 3×3 RGB LED matrix, controlled by an Arduino Diecimila, that plays a game of blue-vs-red 3-dimensional tic-tac-toe. The video, above, is lengthy and quite detailed. You can watch it work at 5:30 (it should automatically start there if you click above); the whole video can be seen here.
Don’t forget, tonight at 11:59 PDT is the deadline for entering the MAKE/MakerBot CupCake CNC kit giveaway! Design an object and upload it to Thingiverse, then post a link to it at the giveaway landing page. One lucky entrant will receive a Deluxe CupCake kit, and several others will receive some nifty gear as well!
Wow! Juniortan designed this folding guitar stand for Thingiverse users everwhere to download and print, and it’s an entry in our MakerBot CupCake CNC Kit giveaway! Design and upload an object to Thingiverse, put a link to it in the comments on the giveaway landing page, and you could be the proud new owner of […]
Inhabitat has just launched their annual “Spring Greening” creative reuse contest. There’s a $250 prize for the best example of “clever, creative reuse of old objects or materials that might otherwise be collecting dust.” Deadline is midnight East Coast time on May 3. [Thanks, Mike!]
Our Save My Oceans contest is well underway, and we’re excited to see all the upcycled projects you’re making for your chance to win an iPad. Are you needing a little inspiration? Let’s revisit Sean’s outlet-mount device charging pocket. He turned a shampoo bottle into hanging charging dock and detailed how to do it in […]
Becky’s preliminary robot build. Note the use of a sewing bobbin as an idler wheel. We’re absolutely thrilled with the response we’ve gotten to the Make: Robot Build! The participation on the Forums, Flickr, and on contestants’ personal project blogs has been so inspiring. We’ve heard from a lot of people that this project inspired […]
