Month: January 2011

Browser-based 3D modeling

Browser-based 3D modeling

While gluing cubes together may seem like a terribly limited method of building 3D models, their software is easy to use and some types of parts–like puzzles and puzzle pieces–are well-suited to this kind of modeling. Shown uppermost is a marble maze that our own Matt Mets produced with 3DTin and printed on a MakerBot. For their part, MakerBot Industries seems to be excited about the concept: 3DTIn has just added a direct export-to-Thingiverse feature to their interface.

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Show Me a Maker Faire

Show Me a Maker Faire

I’ll be in Kansas City, MO tomorrow to meet with folks about organizing a Maker Faire there this summer. (Make:KC organized a Mini Maker Faire last summer.) Sandy Clark, a Missourian (“The Show Me State”), sent me a note recalling his 2006 visit to the first Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA. I live in […]

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Eliminate Theft at Craft Fairs

For all of you craft fair vendors out there, Meylah posted this article from Lucy Clasen about keeping your handmade goods safe during events. There are some good, basic things to do while vending at your booth – my favorite is “Be a Good Neighbor.” You’ll meet someone new and have an extra set of […]

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Apartment covered in 25,000 ping pong balls

Apartment covered in 25,000 ping pong balls

Apartment covered in 25,000 ping pong balls… A pied-à-terre as permanent residence, Box/Box is an apartment for Snarkitecture partner Daniel Arsham. A 90 square foot private hideaway contained within a larger 2,500 square foot collaborative workspace, the project was conceived as an accelerated design/build experiment and was completed within a two-month period at a cost […]

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