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The Maker Movement Unmade? Part 5: The Community Responds
With this series, we’ve explored the changes that have occurred within the maker movement with the thesis that it seems to have fallen apart. Based on community feedback and some…
Adafruit Designs 3D Printed Mount, Plus Add-Ons, for Its Crickit PCB
We often see 3D printing used to fabricate various mounts, whether they’re for your OtterBox iPhone case, your GoPro video camera, or your Garmin unit. In today’s world, it’s common…
Raspberry UMPC & Nano Pi2 UMPC: French Designer Goes On to Create 3D Printed Bluetooth Switches
Guy Ehretsmann is a maker who possesses not only an enviable talent in 3D printing and electronics, but also a continued direction that is highly inspirational. As an occupational therapist…
Founders of Arduino Take Back Their Company, Musto Replaced as CEO
Whether you dabble in 3D printed electronics or are passionate about numerous, intricate projects, you are likely familiar with Arduino. Begun as a project in 2003 for Italian students, the…
Win a Form 2 3D Printer in Pinshape’s First Mechanical 3D Design Challenge
It’s been a few months since the last Pinshape design contest we talked about, but the wait is over! The popular online marketplace for 3D printable models is announcing a new contest,…
Dexterity Problems? Lace Your Shoes with 3D Printed Magnetic Closures Thanks to the Ruiz Brothers
Noe and Pedro Ruiz, or as they’re collectively known at Adafruit, the Ruiz Brothers, never disappoint when putting together their weird, wonderful, and innovative 3D printing and electronics projects. Starting…
Let the 3D Printing Sparks Fly! Pinshape Announces ‘Design for Electronics’ Challenge
Get into gear and power up, makers! With so many different mediums and materials being combined today in the world of 3D technology, the field is ripe for exciting and…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Raspberry Pi Cases & Projects
It used to be extremely difficult to build your own electronics projects. Most components would need to be heavily modified, the software would need to be programmed from scratch and…
For the Active Photographer: Make Adafruit’s Wearable Raspberry Pi Camera in 3D Printed Case
Most of us are well aware that life here on Earth is short so we have to make the most of our valuable time. It can be easy to get…
Introducing the Pirakeet: A Tiny DIY and Low-Budget 3D Printed Gaming Console
As video game consoles and graphics seem to get more and more sophisticated, for some reason handheld games also seem to grow more popular. This is especially the case for people of…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – The Coolest 3D Printed Swords
Having fallen down what I call the “Halo Hole” thanks to recently acquiring the Master Chief collection that was included with my recent acquisition of an Xbox One, I was wondering…
SAIT Polytechnic Design Team Reverse Engineers & 3D Prints Daft Punk Helmet in Teachable Moments Program
Luckily for 3D printing enthusiasts of late, the Daft Punk duo graduated from wearing trash bags on their heads quite some time ago. These French Grammy winning musicians have made…
3D Print an Awesome Daft Punk Helmet with Working LED Lights
French electronic music superstars Daft Punk donned their famous robot masks way back in 2001 as a way to avoid being photographed once the notoriously press-shy duo’s music started to…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Virtual Reality Headsets
While the general public hasn’t had much of a chance to experience virtual reality, within the next five years or so the technology will be a commonplace part of our…
The ‘Pi’cture: A 3D Printed Raspberry Pi Camera You Can Build Yourself
Gregory Holloway is the chief engineer for the BigBox 3D printer and the inventor of the MicroSlice Mini Laser Engraver and Cutter, and this Oxford, UK, resident is always looking…
Celebrate Halloween with 3D Hubs: 3D Printable Gadgets, Masks, and Pumpkins!
It’s that time of year again. My favorite time of year. It’s the combination of the weather, which is now placed firmly in the middle of autumn, and of course,…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things–Marvel Comics Superhero Costumes
It’s October, so you know what that means: Halloween is on its way! So it’s time to start worrying about what you’re going to wear for the big night. In…
Let a 3D Printed Minecraft Nightlight Brighten Your Child’s World
Regarding the title of this article, I am quite aware that it is not just children who are obsessed with Minecraft. In fact, I work with children of all ages,…
Build Your Own Food Cartridge Extruder Thanks to 3DigitalCooks
Luis Rodriguez Alcalde is the founder of 3DigitalCooks, and the Barcelona man has joined his passions for food and rapid prototyping to create “a unique and customized eating experience.” His…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — August 29
There’s lots of 3D printing business news this week. Gartner Inc., the world’s largest research and advisory company for information technology, reports that medicine is the sector most influenced by 3D printing…
Gamer Creates 3D Printed Pi-Cade, Retro Style Desktop Arcade Game With Raspberry Pi 2
As technology progresses faster and faster, giving us more and more in the areas of 3D printing, computing, and entertainment, we have more than we ever could have dreamed of…
This 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand Has a Video Game Built Into It!
I can not emphasize how much the entire 3D printing space has benefited by the open source nature that it has exhibited. Whether it be the open sourcing of the…
Teleavia Matrix is a 3D Printed TV Set with a NeoPixel Screen
Normally I try to wait until a project is complete before I write up an article about it, but the Teleavia Matrix project is so cool that I kind of…
The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — August 8, 2015
There are some weeks that this review covers mainly hardware, software, and business news. And then there’s weeks in 3D printing news where printed and printable items dominate. This week’s…
