Today the L.A. MakerBot group met at CRASH Space this afternoon. One of the guests was making a Rep Rap Darwin and was interested in knowing what was involved in printing the plastic parts on a MakerBot. To demonstrate, I downloaded the RepRap 1.0.6 STL files from Thingiverse and randomly selected one (the bed clamp), [...]
I have mentioned the MakerBot a few times on this blog, but have not really talked about it. If you haven’t figured it out yet, the MakerBot Cupcake CNC is a 3D printer. Yeah, that’s right – it prints three dimensional objects. It works by melting a plastic filament (ABS – the same stuff that [...]
Every self-respecting hackerspace needs a MakerBot, so Crash Space got a MakerBot! (The other thing every self-respecting hackerspace needs is a laser cutter. Bre Pettis calls it the best hackerspace upgrade ever. That’s next.) The MakerBot arrived about a month ago. We spent two Sundays building it. And then… it sat. Everyone is excited about [...]
Last year, CES seemed a tad sparse. They corrected that by shrinking away the Sands Expo Center, and parts of the Las Vegas Convention Center South Hall. The new leaner, meaner CES feels more right again – crowded, too many people not looking where they are walking, and far too many wheel bags. The big [...]
By Bangsplat
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Posted in Musings
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Also tagged Boxee, CES, Digital Lifestyle, Google, Las Vegas, LCD, LED, LG, Makerbot, plasma, robot, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba
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I don’t think I’ve complained about 3D (that is, stereoscopic imagery) much on this blog, but if I have, you may safely ignore it. 3D is all the rage in Hollywood right now, with enough theatrical 3D releases this year to provide real competition for 3D screens (Neil Gaiman warned via Twitter that Coraline would [...]
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