Geez, some people have such great ideas.
This post over at GetLoFi.com highlighting an audio sampler made from laser cut cardboard and silk-screened conductive paint got me thinking… has anyone developed an electrically conductive glaze? Seems pretty simple — an iron rich glaze, maybe with some silver? Then you could run low voltage through it to [...]
This past week I ran across a site for a new 3d printer that uses standard office paper as its consumable media. How cool is that? The resolution looks pretty good, and given that they are advertising the cost of consumables (paper, cutting blades) at 40 times less expensive than other 3d printers, this could [...]
Cool Instructable about using free and open source software (SketchUp and Inkscape) to design in 3D and then layout your pieces for 2D laser cutting.
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I ran across a post this morning at MAKE Magazine (which is a great mag, by the way) that explains different 3-d printers that are currently available, including both commercial and open source projects.
In the last few years Rapid Prototyping(RP) has become more automated and much cheaper. Machines suitable for offices and academic environments have [...]
Here’s a short tutorial I just ran across. It talks about the in’s and out’s of Zbrush (which I know nothing about) and the process of sending computer files out to be prototyped.
The cool thing is that it talks about the capabilities of various prototyping machines, including the Objet, 3D object printer.
