Category Archives: 3D Printing

U. Hawaii Makery and Makery Cloud

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Jerry

U.Hawai’i Makery seeks to put desktop fabrication centers into middle schools, providing teachers with training and materials to ignite kids imaginations and interest in STEAM. The Maker Cloud provides a network of classroom makeries with a Central Makery and external partners sharing resources, etc. Continue reading →

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Makerbot Video from NYC Maker Faire 2010

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Jerry

The Makerbot folks were out in force at the Maker Faire NYC with their new Thing-O-Matic printer, frostruders, unicorn plotter and regular Cupcake bots (total around 20 bots!) all printing out and giving away sample printed objects (and snacks!).  Check … Continue reading →

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Lilypad successes, Makers and Education, DARPA Program

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Jerry

This post is an amalgam of several news items I read recently. First off an article on the LilyPad’s success in bringing women into electronics projects. From a post in BoingBoing: “MIT’s Leah Buechley and Benjamin Mako Hill recently published … Continue reading →

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Paper Fabrication with Silhouette and ModelMaker

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Jerry

I recently stumbled upon a great web site for teaching with paper crafting – DigitalFabrication.org is from the Curry Center for Technology and Teacher Education at U. Virginia. The site is mostly about using a Silhouette (aka Craft Robo), a … Continue reading →

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Desktop 3D Printing – Makerbot, RepRap et al

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Jerry

One tech of the Fab Lab/Hackerspace is the 3D printer, where an object is created by adding successive layers of material. There are a wide range of materials used – from frosting and clay, to various plastics, ceramics and even … Continue reading →

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