State of the Printer: A Look at Industrial Additive Fabrication
These top-of-the-line machines can print huge parts from a range of materials. In some cases, they even print parts for aircrafts.
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PreNav Reveals Centimeter-Accurate Drone System
With the launch of its centimeter-precision drone platform, PreNav is bringing quadcopter flight into highly technical arenas, both outdoors and in.
How-To: Pipe Frame Coffee Table
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a huge fan of industrial elements in home decor, and I love that current design trends are so in line with my own aesthetic tastes. A perfect example: this simple, modern pipe frame coffee table project!
Chris Thorpe: 3D Printing the Industrial Revolution
The mainstream news media is awash with speculation that 3D printing is bringing about a second industrial revolution. Whether this is true or not, nowhere is the comparison more apt than with The Flexiscale Company, a small UK startup making 3D models of the great steam engines of the first industrial revolution. I caught up […]
“The Machines That Made The Jet Age”
If you like giant machines—and who really doesn’t?—don’t miss Tim Heffernan’s wonderful new feature over at Boing Boing: The magnificent machine pictured above is a closed-die forging press, one of the biggest in the world. (For reference, check out the men standing at its foot, down there on the left.) It and nine other huge […]
Rebar bike frames
They’ve got to be heavy, and I can’t imagine how they might ride, but there’s no denying the post-apocalyptic awesomeness of sporting a bike you welded up yourself from a pile of rebar. Up top is a shot from the consistently-amusing-but-often-offensive There, I Fixed It, that got me Googling around for more….
Industrial Yarn Spool Light Fixtures
I made it home from the Maker Faire, but I’m still decompressing in a major way. Little thoughts are flickering through my mind, and I’m excited to start distilling them into blog posts. But, until then, check out these great industrial light fixtures. I had a great time with Zontee and Liz from Lion Brand […]
