New Makers Building Parts for the Space Station
One of the initiatives announced by President Obama today at the White House Maker Faire will allow middle and high school students access to the first 3d printer to be flown aboard the ISS.
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!
Indiegogo Issues a “Maker Challenge” with Autodesk and Amazon
To participate you need to connect your maker-related campaign with the Maker Challenge page by July 16, 2014.
3D Printing Without Installing Slicers
3D Printing has never been this easy. I lazily sit in my beachfront office, upload my .STL to Astroprint’s cloud slicer (cloud slicer! what an awesome word pair), choose what printer I’m using, and hit print. That’s it. The printer in my living room whirs to life while I sip my martini. Sure, I can […]
Top 10 Photos from the #NationOfMakers – So Far!
The National Day of Making is almost upon us! Participate by tweeting your project pics and videos to @make with the hashtag #NationofMakers. Here are 10 favorites so far – but we want to hear from you!
Magnetic, 3D Relief Lake Map
Cartographer Caroline Rose cut this map of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, out of wood and added Chemetal magnetic laminate to make it magnetic.
Turning Denim On A Lathe
Peter Brown is back with another peculiar marriage of non-standard materials and a lathe. Last time we saw him make a very interesting ring out of colored pencils and this time he’s working with denim to make a bracelet. At first mention, you might be envisioning some sewing of some kind but that doesn’t appear […]
Recreating A UFO Light With A 3D Printer
last year I downloaded SketchUP and just doodled around with it. I didn’t really do anything challenging. I went to MakerFaire in Queens, and was completely inspired. Then, I went to the MakerBot store in New York, and I was blown away. I immediately knew I wanted to build something cool. I spent about a […]
