Full-color 3D printing at home has long been a wild-eyed dream of consumers and hobbyists alike. Thus far it’s been fun to print out little trinkets in a single color, but to create something more akin to a painted action figure would be a game-changer. And, thanks to inkject technology, we just might have reached that milestone. XYZprinting, the maker of the popular Da Vinci line of… Read More
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BoXZY all-in-one 3D printer, CNC mill, & laser engraver
Maker Ben Saks of KinetiGear is crowdfunding BoXZY , a desktop fabricator bringing micromanufacturing to the masses. Users can shape wood, plastics, and many metals using most commercial CAM programs. Read the rest
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BoXZY all-in-one 3D printer, CNC mill, & laser engraver
From the Maker of Arduboy: Tetris On a Bracelet
timothy writes: Kevin Bates showed off his tiny (“credit card sized”) homebrewed game-playing rig at OSCON this summer. Not content with merely wallet sized, he’s now squeezed enough display — three of them, lacking a curved display to wrap around the wrist — input sensors, and processing power (Atmega 328p) to play Tetris on a tiny, multi-segmented bracelet (video). Sure, there’s been Tetris on watches before, but from large-budget companies, not — at least not that I’ve ever seen — from hackers. Bates’ post gives some more technical details, too. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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From the Maker of Arduboy: Tetris On a Bracelet
DIY weaponry of Syria’s rebels
The Atlantic has a fascinating photo gallery about the DIY Weapons of the Syrian Rebels . Homebrew explosives are the norm, as are catapults (Reuters photo above) and tele-operated machine guns controlled with scavenged video game controllers.
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DIY weaponry of Syria’s rebels