http://www.gearheadzllc.com Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:49:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, while this isn't exactly 3D printing, it's close. Shapeways has an interview with Bjorn Hogberg, who is doing research on actually building things out of DNA. This reminds me of Neil Gershenfeld's TED Talk. The best quote from the talk: The killer app of personal fabrication are products for a ... http://www.gearheadzllc.com/2009/08/03/3d-printing-with-dna/ I saw this via the Make blog and had to share it with you: Scott Campbell, a famous tattoo artist, has some art up in a gallery made entirely out of laser-cut stacks of dollar bills. Pretty awesome! There are more pictures on the Divine Caroline blog. http://www.gearheadzllc.com/2009/07/30/lasers-are-awesome/ There's an interesting trend in 3D printing lately: using the technology to bring virtual worlds to life. Most people who play online MMORPGS spend quite a bit of time with their in-game avatar. Since most of these games are in the third person, you end up looking over your little Tauren ... http://www.gearheadzllc.com/2009/07/28/3d-figure-printing/ 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 ... http://www.gearheadzllc.com/2009/02/17/jay-leno-loves-3d-scanning-printing/ 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 ... http://www.gearheadzllc.com/2009/02/16/modular-hacking/ 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. ... http://www.gearheadzllc.com/2009/02/13/gizmoforyoucom-custom-gadget-makers/ [caption id="attachment_27" align="aligncenter" width="228" caption="Thanks DE"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.gearheadzllc.com/2009/02/12/scanned-printed-sculptures/ [caption id="attachment_15" align="aligncenter" width="369" caption="C.E.B. Reas"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.gearheadzllc.com/2009/02/08/code-form-space-at-cmu/