Maker Spotlight: Aurora and Helios of Aurora Tech
Meet Aurora and Helios, and check out their in-depth 3D Printer reviews
Pepper’s Scope: What’s Old Is New Again
Sometimes something comes along that really captures your attention, not only because it is cool, but also because it is a clever re-use of things you’ve already considered to be common. Joshua Ellingson’s experiments came up in my twitter timeline recently and I was instantly enamored. Ellingson managed to somehow capture the video output of […]
CAD In Blender Is Here
From what I understand, there have been ways of doing CAD in Blender, but recently CAD Sketcher has been released to the public which really opens up Blender to do some fancy CAD stuff. for those who are unfamiliar, let me break down why this is important. Typically CAD or Computer Aided Drafting has been […]
Chip Shortage: A New Series From Adafruit
It seems we’ve been hearing about this chip shortage for quite some time now. There are articles about various products being delayed, even cars not going into production due to the shortage of electrical components available. I personally know more than one maker who has had to put projects on hold or make major pivots […]
Maker Spotlight: Passing Time With Rick Stanley
Rick Stanley has always been inquisitive. It got the best of him when he took apart a clock for the very first time. He wanted to know just what made it tick. Literally. He was four years old. And he’s been dissecting clocks and putting them back together ever since.
Cultivating A Repair Mindset
Use this educational repair toolkit to guide young learners to resourcefulness and student agency
Honda Lashes Out At 3D Printers, Requests Files Be Removed
Last week there were ripples in the 3D printing community coming from a sudden disappearance of a bunch of files from Printables.com, a 3D printable file repository. We saw a bit of chatter, and then an article from The Drive, stating that Honda issued legal threats to have files that state that they are intended […]
