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The Maker Movement Unmade? Part 7: Make: Community Responds
To conclude our series on the transformation of the maker movement, we’re going full circle to the place that inspired this series in the first place: Make: Community (previously known…
The Maker Movement Unmade? Part 2: The Roots of the Maker Movement
With the shaky ground that Maker Media (now Make: Community) stands on, this author was prematurely ready to signal the end of the maker movement. However, we have already received…
The Maker Movement Unmade? Part 1: Maker Media
For those of us who were drawn into the world of 3D printing because of the seemingly limitless possibilities of open source hardware, there may be a sense that, in…
Make Your Own Set of 3D Printed Egg Speakers For Less Than $150
Heine Nielsen, a 37-year-old maker from Denmark who goes by the name dr_frost_dk on Thingiverse, is always up for trying out “totally untested” projects. After spending two decades building amps…
3D Printing News Briefs: December 5, 2017
We’re starting with some new materials, products, and partnerships in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs – GKN and Ultimaker are both introducing new materials, and SprintRay has announced a distribution…
3D Printing Pittsburgh: Makerspace Meetup During RAPID Brought Together Ultimaker, MatterHackers, Make:, Makers
Not all of the excitement this month in Pittsburgh was housed at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, as the Steel City welcomed members of the global additive manufacturing community…
3D Printing News Briefs: May 19, 2017
Happy Friday! In this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, Metalysis joins an international alloy technology partnership and CRP USA is exhibiting its WINDFORM 3D printing materials at…
Stop by Barnes & Noble This Weekend for the Mini Maker Faire, See XYZprinting’s da Vinci Jr. 1.0w, and Enter to Win a da Vinci 3D Pen!
On November 5 and 6, Barnes & Noble will host the second annual Mini Maker Faire at all 650 locations in the United States. After an enthusiastic turnout at the first event…
The Best Of: Aniwaa Compiles Dedicated & Concise Data to Help You with Your Desktop 3D Printer Purchase
As the 3D printing industry has hit the big time—grabbing worldwide interest of makers of all ages and levels of expertise—the marketplace has become quite expansive. While many of us…
Humble Bundle & Make: Name Your Price for 3D Printing & Drones e-Books–Help Kids Become Makers Too
Are you looking to read up on 3D printing? From how to’s on getting started to advanced techniques to the fascinating history of this technology, if you’d been scouring your…
“Father of the Maker Movement” Visits Turkey Innovation Week, Gets a 3D Printed Selfie
If you’ve never heard of Dale Dougherty, you’re almost certainly familiar with his work. Dougherty is the founder and chairman of Maker Media, the corporation behind Make: Magazine and Maker Faire….
It’s Easy to Make a 3D Printed Stamp, or Even a Whole Stamp Collection
As a nostalgic craving for the simpler life has been enticing many people to return to earlier technologies like the typewriter, another trend is on the increase for those who want to work with traditional publication technologies, like letterpress…
Zortrax Releases Major Overhauls for Z-Suite and the Zortrax Model Library
It’s been a good year for the Polish 3D printer and materials manufacturer with a name that sounds like a Superman villain, Zortrax. Not only has news of their newest…
Make: Magazine’s 2016 Buyers Guide Names TAZ 5 “Best Overall” & “Outstanding Open Source” 3D Printer, Rostock MAX v2 “Best Value”
By far the most important publication that helped the maker movement explode is Make: Magazine. Not only did they help popularize the movement thanks to their print publication started all…
Barnes & Noble Revs Up Weekend Fun with 3D Printing at Nationwide In-Store Mini Maker Faires
Barnes and Noble. Just those three words elicit a sense of comfort. You can almost smell the new books, feel your eager feet resting on the escalator, and summon up…
Thailand Gets Its First Maker Faire with the Bangkok Mini Maker Faire
Make: Magazine has brought their Maker Faires to dozens of countries all over the world, and their celebration of the maker movement has finally reached Thailand. Chevron Thailand, the Ministry…
Using Hot Glue on the Fly to Save Failing 3D Prints
Andrew Terranova, an electrical engineer, writer, and electronics and robotics hobbyist, is an active member of the Let’s Make Robots community. He’s also a 3D printing enthusiast. Terranova has come…
Stratasys Urges Copyright Office to Deny Proposal for 3D Printer ‘JailBreaking’
Stratasys is asking the US Copyright Office to deny a proposal that would make it legal to “jailbreak” 3D printers to allow the use of third party materials, and the issue…
Ship Ahoy! A Moat Boat Paddle Battle Win Could Net You A Rostock Max 3D Printer
You may become the stuff of legend, or meet a heroic, if tragic end like Thomas Andrews, but one thing’s sure; a winning entry into the Moat Boat Paddle Battle at the Maker Faire…
Make:Magazine’s Caleb Kraft 3D Prints Modular Thumbstick Extentions for Handicapped Video Gamers
Many of us love playing video games. It’s a way to relax and take our minds off the everyday problems and concerns we all face. If you are a video…
Build Your Own Open-Source 3D Printed SmartWatch
One of our favorite pastimes is to compare emergent technology with the sometimes quaint but occasionally startlingly prescient predictions of technological inventions of the future. At the end of the…
3D Printing the Wimshurst Influence Machine: It’s Not Just for Mad Scientists Anymore!
Author and 3D print aficionado Jake von Slatt noticed that during the dry winter months, larger than usual amounts of static electricity were being generated each time he pulled the…
Make: Magazine Shootout Names Top 10 3D Printers
3D printers are everywhere! They’ve been around for a little while now, of course, with favorites from MakerBot, Formlabs, and others for home use, but now they’re also popping up…
