It looks like the Open Source 3D printer movement is making gigantic leaps. Here is an image of the individual layers of a 3D print made with a Ultimaker 3D printer. To the left side of the image you can see a human thumb. Read more here.
Its a joy to have access to a laser cutter. :) This evening att Geekubator gave us some time to learn OpenSCAD and laser cut the creation with our laser cutter. Check it out and download the parametric file as well as a .dxf version from Thingiverse.com.
As you can see it is very easy to understand why this digital camera has gotten the nickname Frankencamera. Nevertheless it is a very impressive project at Stanford University aiming to create an Open Source camera with clever software features. Check it out.
Recently we wanted to make an 3D-printable object on our Makerbot that filled a useful purpose. One way of finding out what to do is to analyse stuff that can be annoying and try to solve that problem.
Immediately we thought of the different ways people hang garbage bags. In most cases they get cramped into baskets or buckets which can have some disadvantages. The challenge then became to design a garbage bag holder that would be printable on our 3D printer.
You can see the result above and download the 3D files from Thingiverse.
Ultimaker is now one of the latest additions to the fauna of open sourced 3D printers! Check it out at Thingiverse.
José Oliveira created this amazing home-made 3D printer that uses a DLP projector with UV light to create high-resolution 3D models.
Eben Moglen talks about privacy issues in today’s Internet. He recently started freedomboxfoundation.org. Check out the video above support his project here.
To make a machine easy to build and repair, it is important to choose the right kind of fasteners. If you want to get a good overview of what standard fasteners there are, check out boltdepot.com.
Yesterday we had a fun evening and build a computer from parts. We also talked about future projects and ate pizza. :)
