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The Thingiverse Cube Gears Phenomenon

The Thingiverse Cube Gears Phenomenon

This video of Thingiverse user dougc314โ€ฒs motorized cube gears caught my attention, this morning, on one of my co-workersโ€™ blogs. Itโ€™s a modification of user emmettโ€™s much-copied screwless cube gears which replaces one of the corner gears with a motorized pedestal that constantly drives the geartrain, endlessly folding and unfolding the shape.

Printable Tentacle Parts

Printable Tentacle Parts

The printable ball-and-socket unit that makes up this tentacle is really just a prototype in the early development of Thingiverse user Misguided’s not-so-misguided (if we may offer a bit of encouragement) project to develop a printable tentacle actuator. Everything about his description makes me happy, so I’ll just quote it entirely…