This video from Jay Leno’s Garage shows the amazing power of 3D scanning and printing equipment. Take a valve from a 1907 steam car, scan it in using the NextEngine and then print with a Dimension machine. Both together make a “Xerox” for parts.
Leno talks about how so many cars sit idle for want of [...]
Not that I’m going to put down my soldering iron anytime soon, but hacking with plugs (as opposed to molten lead) is a little more inviting for many of us. Not to mention a lot quicker, forgiving and often robust. I’ve been noticing more cool products that allow even the amateur to unleash the hackor [...]
GizmoForYou.com came on the scene this month, and they’re trying to bring mass customization of electronics gadgets to the masses. The idea is to first let users post ideas for a new gadget on the website. Then they’ll setup a poll to see how many other users would buy it. After getting bombarded with requested, [...]
From Desktop Engineering:
“Dr. John Lanzalotti, a plastic surgeon and sculptor /owner of Williamsburg Sculpture, located in Williamsburg, Va., sculpts lifelike busts of the nation’s founding fathers, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Robert E. Lee, among others…”
“With the help of Direct Dimensions and rapid prototyping companies, Dr. Lanzalotti has been able [...]
There was a mini-symposium at Carnegie Mellon University this week called: Code Form Space. The idea is to show how art and technology can merge to create some amazing effects that are truly novel. The two speakers, C.E.B. Reas (co-creator of Processing) and Marius Watz were on hand to give us the story and the [...]