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Best CAD Software for Kid Creators
It’s always a struggle around birthdays and holidays to figure out what the kids should give friends and family. Generally, we resort to handmade items; I have a couple of…
Maker Uses 3D Printing and Raspberry Pi to Build a Mini NES with Working Mini Game Cartridges
While it wasn’t the first home video game system, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is unarguably the most iconic and important in the history of the video game industry. When…
Learn How to Build This Complex Electronic Puzzle Box Using a 3D Printer and Arduino
Believe it or not, but as an adult I actually enjoy shopping for Christmas presents far more than I enjoy receiving them. Not that I don’t enjoy getting presents; I…
Make Your Own 3D Printed Full Color Bobblehead — Of Yourself!
The selfie craze is obviously here to stay. Right? And 3D printed selfies, or commemorative family portraits, or long-lost and greatly printed pets are also getting lots of play in…
3D Printing for the Whole Family with Parent/Child Workshops & Tutorials from 3D Roundhouse
Technology has often been seen as a barrier to parent-child interaction with the imagined scenario of a child glued to a tablet or a parent unable to put down their…
3D Print Your Own Vortex Flying Tubular Wing Model
Everyone has made a paper airplane at some point in their life, be it in school or just for fun with your friends. Most of us probably only know one…
You Can Now 3D Print Your Own Fully Articulated Iron Man Action Figure
If there was one superhero who has been fully embraced by the 3D printing community, it would have to be Iron Man. I’m not sure what it is, but it…
3D Print Zelda’s Bow from Twilight Princess with Working Lights
It is a very safe bet that most modern gamers would happily put The Legend of Zelda on their list of favorite video games. The series of adventure and puzzle…
This 3D Printed Wireless Apple Watch Charger Can Be Made Yourself
You’re the kind of person who’s on the cutting edge when it comes to the latest Apple tech, and the Ruiz Brothers from Adafruit Industries are looking out for your…
Smartphone Controlled Electric Skateboard 3D Printed at Autodesk’s Pier 9
Skateboards have long been the transportation choice of many a car-less teenager, but now that an entire generation of skaters have grown into adulthood many of them have brought their…
This 3D Printed Pen Can Do Anything… Well Almost Anything!
Have you ever stepped back and thought about how much further advanced our society would be right now, had 3D printing technology been introduced 200 years ago? Of course this…
i3D Creatives and John Bokla Want to Teach Kids 3D Printing Technology
John Bokla says it was during the time he was studying architectural engineering – and struggling with the design courses – that he came up with the idea for i3D…
3D Printed Cutter Creates Awesome Donut Tacos
One of the most exciting elements of 3D printing is the ability to make food. It’s one subject that catches most everybody’s attention as they wonder what type of goodies will…
Your Own 3D Printed Mac Pi Used as a 3D Printing Monitor
We’ve got a Raspberry Pi recipe for classic Mac and 3D printing fans: Combine your nostalgia for the good old days of 128k with the DIY culture of Arduino, Raspberry…
3D Printed Muscles Bring a Robotic Flower to Bloom
Before you get too excited, let me tell you that this is not an article about how to create yourself as a young Arnold Schwarzenegger through 3D printing… for now,…
AutoDesk 123D Design V1.4 Now Available
Just as important to the 3D printing community as the printers themselves, is the software people use to create their models with. Within just a couple of years we have…