thingiverse challenge

MakerBot Thingiversity’s Make It Loud! Challenge Announces Winners

MakerBot Thingiversity’s Fall Steam Challenge, the Make It Loud! Challenge, winners have been announced and the decision process must have been difficult given they received 215 submissions, answering the call: “Create an…

3D Print a Solar Powered Rowboat Driven by MakerBot Man

MakerBot’s online model marketplace, Thingiverse, just wrapped up their latest challenge and based on the amount of great entries it looks like they had a tough time picking the winners….

A Beehive That Glows! 3D Printed Solar Hive Wins Thingiverse Challenge

MakerBot sure knows how to entice designers to come up with some of the most creative 3D printable designs possible. They simply dangle a MakerBot Replicator 3D printer as a prize, and…

Designer Creates a 3D Printing Tiny ‘Toypedo’ For Swimming Pool Fun

If your neighbor’s toy Pomeranian has been terrorizing your kiddie pool, and the ankles of its occupants, then you might want to consider creating a toypedo to protect your local…

Designer 3D Prints His Own Wind-Powered USB Device Charger

Anthony Dorsa is a sophomore mechanical engineering student at Binghamton University, and he’s come up with a 3D printed device which is ingenious – and simple – in every way….

A Sinking 3D Printed Boat is One of the Winners in the Thingiverse ‘Make It Float’ Challenge

When it comes to ‘making,’ there are those individuals who tend to think inside of the box, and then there are people like Filip Sjöö, who would rather think way…

Thingiverse Catch The Wind Challenge Inspires 3D Printed DaVinci Flying Machine

There’s a first time for everything and for Croatian Thingiverse contributor Matija Sedak, that first time was the contribution of a DaVinci-inspired 3D printed flying machine. There’s nothing like standing…

3D Printing a Fully Functional Miniature Submarine

Issue a call to makers and they will answer it, and answer it, and answer it again. We’ve already covered some of the other amazing inventions and creative responses to…

This 3D Printed Ultrasonic Floating Lily Pad Repels Bugs

As I write this, in addition to wearing long pants, a long sleeve shirt, and socks, I am covered in a cocktail of mosquito repelling liquids, sprays, and creams. However, if…