In last week’s Cool Tools of Doom n’ Stuff, we mentioned Elon’s upcoming reveal for a gestured-controlled rocket design. Sure enough he shared the video yesterday via Twitter. This is Elon riding the ‘Future of Design’ like the broken colt of an Altai mountain stallion. Giddyup.
Here’s a treat for those who take to the street screaming “La revolución consolidada!” Last week we revealed that AIO Robotics, a small start-up out of the University of Southern California (USC) would be launching the “World’s First All-in-one 3D Copy Machine.” The functions include 3D printing, 3D scanning, copying and faxing (from one copier to another) of your 3D geometry. They launched this morning and halfway to their $100,000 goal to take development beyond the prototype stage and bring a chunky layer of consolidation the 3D printing revolution.
This week our very special guest is a guy with his own woodworking YouTube channel by the name of Frank Makes, Mr. Frank Howarth! Frank’s background in architecture helped him design and build a super kick-butt woodshop that he uses to create stop-motion films of the development process of various woodworking projects. We’ll talk with Frank about everything from his process to how to start your very own kick-butt woodshop.
It’s that awkward pause during the conversation around the dinner table. You and your pea-tossing children have just found out your mom is listing her 3D printer online. She’s making necklaces and bracelets for the ladies down at the craft barn and padding her retirement income quite nicely with cash and discarded ABS spools. How’s she doing it? Well, it started with a flyer out to her friends. Now she’s listed on a local 3D printer sourcing site and her options just keep getting better. On the roster are MakeXYZ, 3DHubs and CowFab. All have a common goal of connecting makers with printers, making 3D printing more accessible and growing the community, so what’s the difference between each?
When most people think of the word ‘frugal’, manufacturing their own silverware and flatware using household appliances and items found around the apartment don’t usually come to mind. When it comes to conceptual experiments in small scale manufacturing however, that’s a different story. Using everything from a disassembled embroidery hoop as a rotating cast in the washing machine to a blender as a lathe, design student David Steiner re-imagines what it means to not only design and manufacture ‘in house’ but also, ‘with house‘.