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The Othermill, a Desktop Milling Machine with Snap Fit Joints

Shawn Wallace — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:41:28 +0000

Today Otherfab announced a Kickstarter for the Othermill, a unique desktop milling machine. The Othermill is an evolution of the MTM Snap milling machine developed by Otherfab's Jonathan Ward over the past few years. Otherfab is a small group of engineers and designers within Otherlab, and Jonathan was formerly at the Center for Bits and Atoms. The Othermill comes out of the Fab Lab ecosystem, and is comparable to the Roland Modela in that paradigm.

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Enter Your Project in the First Raspberry Pi Design Contest

Shawn Wallace — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:13:59 +0000

We're celebrating the first anniversary of the Pi with the first ever Raspberry Pi Design Contest. Win a Printrbot Jr. 3D printer, and a prize package valued at over $600 for your Raspberry Pi project!

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10 Things To Do When Starting a Fab Lab

Shawn Wallace — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:34:02 +0000

Over at openp2pdesign.org, designer Massimo Menichinelli has written up some suggestions for starting a new Fab Lab: …the machines are not the most important feature of lab: instead, it is more about the people behind it. People with a wrong and rigid attitude or without the required knowledge and expertise […]

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Laughing Dice Now Public Domain

Shawn Wallace — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:22:38 +0000

It’s official; I hereby release my Laughing Dice into the public domain. Go to town with them. Filed under: Art & Design

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Five Trends in 3D Printing

Shawn Wallace — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:54:53 +0000

In preparation for the Maker Faire each season, the editors of MAKE have been divying up topical beats so we can cover more area. I’ve been covering the 3D printing beat, and thought I’d share some of the trends and technologies I’m seeing going into Maker Faire. Putting aside the […]

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Crayon Creatures Turns Kid’s Drawings Into 3D Printed Objects

Shawn Wallace — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:42:12 +0000

Crayon Creatures is a delightful service that takes advantage of Shapeways’ full color sandstone 3d printing technology to turn your child’s drawings into actual objects. Just check out the giraffified Llama (above), or visit their shop for other examples like the classic Hamster in a Speedboat. Filed under: 3D […]

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The Fantastic Rides of The Centrifuge Brain Project

Shawn Wallace — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:01:13 +0000

I would love to see some of Till Nowak’s fantastic amusement park rides at a Maker Faire someday; maybe in my dreams. “Gravity is a mistake.” The Centrifuge Brain Project from Till Nowak on Vimeo. Filed under: Art & Design

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Haystack School of Crafts Summer Deadlines Approach

Shawn Wallace — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:28:58 +0000

Haystack is a craft school that teaches blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, graphics, metals, and wood; they’ve even got a Fab Lab. The studios wind their way down the side of a huge moss covered rock on Deer Isle in Maine. Their Summer deadline for scholarships and workshops is coming up at […]

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Control Your Robot Over the Web with Pinoccio

Shawn Wallace — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:37:13 +0000

The Pinoccio project is an Internet of Things toolkit that recently passed their fundraising goal on Indiegogo (with 8 days left). They’ve posted an interesting project: a Web Rover robot that you can control from thousands of miles away over the web. Plans and code are available on their website, […]

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How to Learn Almost Anything, Open MIT Online Class

Shawn Wallace — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:10:13 +0000

Actually the name of the class is Learning Creative Learning and it’s offered by Mitch Resnick, the director of Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Media Lab. The ability to learn new ways to learn is more than a byproduct of a good education; it’s a basic survival skill in the […]

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