3D Printed Bracelet Illuminates On The Beat
Maker Michael Barretta created an LED bracelet that is responsive to sound by combining the technology of light organs and Adafruit’s GEMMA microcontroller. The result is groovy.
Digital Fabrication
Digital fabrication tools have revolutionized the way designers, engineers, and artisans express their creativity. With the right resources, you can learn to use these powerful instruments in no time! Whether it’s 3D printing or laser cutting that interests you, these articles will provide useful tutorials and inspiration for makers of all levels. Discover how digital fabrication can open up new possibilities so that your craftsmanship is truly extraordinary!
Making videogame weaponry real: Evolve’s Lazarus Device
In case you didn’t see it last week, Make: magazine announced we are working with 2K to build real-world versions of some sci-fi guns for their upcoming game, “Evolve”. Prop builder extraordinaire, Shawn Thorsson, walks us through the first weapon he’s creating, The Medic’s “Lazarus Device”: The Medic Here is the medic class, explained by Evolve’s […]
Recycle Your Own Plastic With Precious Plastic
Dutch designer Dave Hakkens, whose Precious Plastic initiative makes use of new open-sourced machines to turn unwanted plastic into renewed goods.
3D Printed Combat Motion Sculpture
Art is powerful. What better way to show this concept than by forever capturing a physical human fight in a 3D printed sculpture. Artist, Eyal Gever, has taken that form of power to his art. Myself along with Gever, see beauty within destruction. His art, including car crash simulations and numerous explosions slow down these […]
Build a $700 Ceramic Spitting Delta 3D Printer
DIY ceramic 3D printer can be built on a budget with common and modified parts found on eBay and online retail stores.
Johnathan Keep’s Ceramic Delta 3D Printer in an Arduino SBC controls the show allowing users to create objects using clay.
Ode to the Bottle Opener
Reflecting on the novelty of the humble bottle opener. Creative solutions ranging from 3D printing to the common house nail.
Factorli, Ambitious Las Vegas Small-Run Factory, Closes
Just 3 months after raising $10 million dollars from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s VegasTechFund, Factorli, a small-run factory project, has been abruptly closed, and CEO Jen McCabe fired. The announcement was posted on the Factorli site yesterday: As of last week, Jen McCabe is no longer CEO of Factorli. As a part of this change […]
