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June 23, 2014
Summer Prints in the Maker Shed!
With a host of new 3D printers in the Maker Shed, we thought we’d share some cool ideas for things YOU can 3D print to make your summer the best ever! We love the cutting-edge Felix 3.0, affordable and reworked Printrbot Simple Metal (check out our blog post on it […]
National Women In Engineering Day
Today, June 23, is National Women In Engineering Day as announced by the Women’s Engineering society. This announcement coincides with the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Women’s Engineering Society. The aim is to celebrate the work that women do in engineering, and to showcase the great engineering careers […]
How-To: Make Your Own RockChair
After the success of his previous endeavor to create chairs out of tree stumps, industrial designer Colby Unger decided to take his furniture design to "the next level" with a new project called Rock Chair.
3Doodler Plane Actually flies
You may have heard of the 3Doodler, a pen-like instrument that acts like a sort of handheld 3D printer. If you’re like me you thought that, although interesting, it wouldn’t necessarily be practical for anything besides, well, a 3D Doodle. Apparently I was wrong, as you can also make a […]
June 22, 2014
3D Printing Gives a New Spin on Ceiling Art
Mark Leonard, who works for Aztec design, is no stranger to intricate and unique projects. After being inspired by a Youtube video, he decided that he had to have a 3D printer. If he was thinking it would expand his creative abilities, it seems he was definitely right. This ceiling […]
Glo-Mo: Designing a High Tech Dance
“To me, the lights were artwork of themselves. There were the dancers dancing under art, with art on their bodies, so it just brought the whole picture together,” said Danielle Sampson, a dance teacher at Grand Center Arts Academy. I attend Grand Center Arts Academy, a school for the fine […]
June 21, 2014
4th Year For Maker Faire KC
Maker Faire Kansas City is back for the 4th year! Starting Saturday June 28th, the absolutely gorgeous Union Station will be full of 3D printers, knitting, printing presses, autonomous drones, trash built instruments, robots, games, and even battling model boats. This year, the event is the biggest it has ever […]
This Interactive Sound Piece is a Mashup of a Theremin and a Cat
A project called Mew combines the interactivity of a theremin with the sound and texture of a cat.
June 20, 2014
Giving Away The LeapFrog Creatr XL
A couple weeks ago, we announced that together with Leapfrog, we were going to give one lucky person a very nice 3D Printer. Well, the time has come for us to deliver on our word. There were over 600 entries, all trying to get our attention. The comment section was […]
A Steel Approach to Paper Lamps
I’m a designer at an architecture firm in Ann Arbor Michigan called O|X studio and I made some lamps for a local restaurant (Tomukun Korean BBQ). There are about 50 lamps, laser-cut steel and acrylic. I worked on the architecture as well, including the layout of the lamps, and then […]
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