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!
This is interesting, some examples of a Makerbot printing out braille, langfordw writes – This is still a work in progress but the MakerBot actually seems to print braille rather well. I can’t read braille so I can’t judge for sure whether it’s readable but it certainly seems like it. The trick is to get […]
Here’s our pal Bre Pettis’ Gnomedex presentation on Makerbot, what it is, how it came about, and his thoughts on bringing your ideas to market, collaborating, open sourcing, etc. Gnomedex
Check out this triple tall MakerBot, and its maiden print, the Statue of Liberty!
Earth Brooch Silver is a piece of jewelry made from a custom-selected piece of topography, 3D printed in wax and then cast in silver. I’ve been working with my friend Matt Mechtley to print out geographies on my MakerBot using USGS data, but these folks have got it down! Via Core77.
Here’s something for someone that has everything: a personalized MakerBot-printed iPhone/iPod dock.
Eric Weinhoffer made this owl wrap for his Skullcandy Ink’d in-ear headphones on his Makerbot. Owl Headphone Wrap More: John Park’s earbud owl 3D-printed 7-piece puzzle cube
Though it sort of negates some of the best aspects of video gaming, this experiment from Waterloo Labs does outline a useful method for mapping projectile impacts on a projection screen using accelerometers. As suggested at the end of the above vid, there a number of infinitely safer methods for registering the desired mouse clicks […]
