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Flexible LED Glove 3D Printed with Conductive & Glow-in-the-Dark Filaments
There are some things you just don’t know you need until you see them realized as actual objects, and this may well be one of those things – a 3D…
Raspberry Pi 3D Printed Nano Arcade Cabinet Combines Nostalgia & State-of-the-Art Electronics
Old-school arcade gaming fans take note: You can now produce your own miniature arcade-style gaming cabinet with little more than a Raspberry Pi 1 and a 3D printer with a…
Make This 7″ Portable Mini HDMI Monitor with 3D Printed Case For Under $100
I once had a job where most of the managers had more than one monitor on their desks. I had never seen this before, but my boss told me that…
3D Print This Case For Your Raspberry Pi 2
It was originally conceived back in 2006 as a tiny – and very affordable – computer for kids. When Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft took on…
This Multi-material 3D Printed Pi-Boy Classic Is a Stunning Gaming Device
There’s something about 3D printed video game devices which just scream ‘FUN”. We have covered a variety of gaming devices like the Super Game Pi, as well as the PiGirl, both…
Vintage Dune Buggy Gets 3D Printing and Remote Control Update
Rick Winscot of Pennsylvania, a maker to the last molecule, describes himself as having “code in brain, soldering iron in hand…” His interests are pretty vast, encompassing family, tinkering, electronics, remote…
Designer Creates a 3D Printed Viewer for 3D Images
Thingiverse user dj505 knows a thing or two about Altoids tins. Over the past couple of years, this maker has used Altoids tins to make a TV-b-gone (a disguise for a…
Adafruit Creates Small but Powerful 3D Printed Raspberry Pi-based Home Computer
Buying a computer used to be something you had to plan and save money for, at least if you wanted one that would last for a while and have the…
Build Yourself a Castable, 3D Printed Set of Crystal Glow Knuckles
Matthew Borgatti is a maker, designer, and engineer, and he’s also the founder and lead scientist at Super-Releaser, the open source soft robotics company. Borgatti, and his collaborator at Adafruit…
3D Printed Desktop Widget Keeps You Apprised of International Time & Weather Conditions
If you travel a lot, you may be able to relate to the sentiment that compelled Swiss maker Stefan Ries to create his Desktop Widget. His work takes him beyond…
The Tail Wags With 3D Printing
When I was a kid, I used to dream about growing a pair of wings. I could imagine soaring through the skies or just flapping them dramatically to emphasize my…
3D Printed Pocket PiGRRL Brings 8-Bit Gaming to a Smaller Scale
The Nintendo Game Boy was a handheld video game device that exploded onto the market in 1989 (selling out of its initial shipment of one million devices to the US…
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…
Ruiz Brothers At It Again With Their 3D Printed Wooden Legend of Zelda Sword
Link, a character in the popular Legend of Zelda series, wields an iconic wooden sword he swings to ward off enemies, and the Ruiz Brothers have now created a tutorial to show…
Add Portability to the Xbox with 3D Printed Game Mount for Personal Monitor
Sometimes it’s time to take matters into your own hands, and you can do that in more ways than one with the 3D printed controller game mount design just released…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — April 25, 2015
This week’s stories move from Europe and South Korea, to the developing world, to North American academics and makers. This news includes: a Dutch company’s new weekly 3D printed lampshade;…
SeeMeCNC VIP Delta 3D Printer Manufactured for ‘The Vanilla Ice Project’
While the majority of desktop 3D printers on the market use a Cartesian model for movement, there are other systems available. Take for example the Delta-robot inspired designs. Delta 3D…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — April 18, 2015
There are lots of 3D printed items in this week’s stories we didn’t cover, including keycaps from Adafruit, an ecological lampshade, customized shoe insoles, and a Saudi-designed airplane seat. Shanghai-based…
3D Print Your Own Tabletop Retro Arcade Cabinet
In this age of X-Stations and Play-Boxes, video games have become a decidedly solitary pastime. And while that seems like it’s how it has always been, back in the ’70s…
15-Year-Old 3D Prints Incredible Robot Capable of Picking Up and Moving Objects on Demand
Over the past year or so, we have covered stories involving the 3D printing of dozens of different robots. Robotics and 3D printing seem to go together like peanut butter…
The Ruiz Brothers Bring You a Creepy 3D Printed BioShock Syringe
Brothers Noe and Pedro Ruiz put together amazing 3D printing and electronics projects at Adafruit. Now they’ve built a cool, if very creepy, cosplay prop syringe from the game BioShock and its Little Sister…
Prepare to Terrorize the Citizens with These 3D Printed LED Lit Cosplay Fire Horns
Cosplay, if you’re not familiar with the practice, is a sort of performance art in which participants, referred to as cosplayers, put on costumes and accessories meant to represent a…
This 3D Printed Miniature 2″ Television Set Really Works!
You have to just love all of the creative, innovative, unique ideas that designers and engineers have been coming up with when it comes to 3D printing. Whether it is…
Adafruit 3D Prints an Awesome Detachable Drone Trophy for Their Upcoming Dronie Film Festival
If it wasn’t for 3D printing I would likely tell you that the rapid development of drones may be the most transformative technology of our generation. Promising to change the…
