I walked into Vancouver Hackerspace the other day to hang out, There, in all of it’s colorful, tabletop printing beauty, was a new 3D printer and a smiling man named Brad (aka Sublime) giving a little demo on his Tantillus 3D Printer. It’s a small machine that packs a punch. The details were marvellous for such a small FDM printer, better than many I’ve seen (and I’ve seen a LOT). The clear acrylic plastic case, sheer speed and detailed prints are a must see. Here’s a look.
Handheld scanning. We haven’t seen enough of it. There are a lot of moments when I wish I had a simple, easy-to-use and cheap scanner readily available. Say, I break my favorite cup after trying to escape out the window from wild dogs. Why are there wild dogs in my house. NO IDEA. So, I want to put it back together. I could use glue or I could print it from a previously taken scan or its reconstructed pieces. Voilà! Yes, having a handheld 3D scanner would be quite nice. One future possibility. The Armada.
Let me ask you one thing. Have you ever spent 299 hours doing one, single thing? Besides eating? or sleeping? or jumping in place as you strum your ukulele to the sound of wet marshmellows hitting your bare belly? I didn’t think so. People who design and engineer machines or make instruments and art have an inexhaustible passion for doing what they do. The Art of Making is a video series and visual composition directed by Dimitris Ladopoulos that explore the work and craftsmanship that goes into the designs we take for granted. This one features the hours put into creating the wonderful sound of a Flamenco guitar.
Fab-fabulous machines of fabbing people. The Fabbster was developed and manufactured by German company Sintermask, the very ones who develop a unique sinter and powder deposition technology that utilizes principles similar to a silkscreen press. What sets Fabbster apart isn’t the fact that it’s high-speed (400 mm/s) or has a incredibly high-temperature extruder (300C or 450C – sources differ), but rather its experimental threaded square plastic feedstock. Yes, they’ve fit a square peg into a round hole. Check this out.
The wind coursed through the open breezeway. Diamond dust sparkling against the vine-laden floor. The scar it left slowed time. Had it really taken the buttered hams? All of them? Fearsome indeed. Likely there were more, but they were not going anywhere until they loaded their weapons and sharpened these links. Jan Ditlev – Not…