Reviving an Heirloom Violin With 3D Printing
3D printing gives a new life and new purpose to a family heirloom violin.
3D Printing & Imaging
If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
Makerspace on Wheels: Building the Hackmobile
We’re excited to announce the Hackmobile, winner of last year’s Ultimate Maker Vehicle challenge, which is currently being fabricated and will be unveiled at Maker Faire Bay Area on Saturday, May 17th.
3D Printing Obi-Wan’s Lightsaber
What better way is there to utilize your fancy 3D printer than making Obi-Wan’s lightsaber? Reddit user Passim has shared this fantastic print of Obi-Wan’s iconic weapon, displaying elegance a blaster could never achieve. The files he used are available on Ultimaker’s object hosting platform called Youmagine and can be downloaded for free. If the […]
Hybrid RepRap/Sewing Machine “Teddy Bear Printer” Takes Yarn as Feedstock
Innovative design retrofits off-the-shelf hardware with “felting print head.”
Building a Better FrisbeeCam
Have you ever wondered what the world looks like from a frisbee? Build a FrisbeeCam and find out.
Walking Again in a Personalized Exoskeletal Robot
Talk about a step into the future… Exoskeletal robots, once the domain of science fiction, are now helping people in need rise from their wheelchairs. One day in the not-so-distant future, they may replace wheelchairs all together. Imagine being able to stand tall and walk again after months or years in a chair. It must […]
Geodesic Dome Studded With Cameras to 3D-Scan Anything Inside
35 Raspberry Pi SBCs and 35 cameras to capture simultaneous all-around images.
