MakerBot Industries

MakerBot got to take the stage at Web2.0Summit this last week in San Francisco. Check it out and then watch the other companies including Daniel Fletcher (CellScope), Rolf Herken (mental images GmbH), Jacquelyn Ford Morie (USC Institute for Creative Technologies), and Dennis Crowley (foursquare).

I’ve been at Noisebridge a lot while in San Francisco and I hung out with Orion as he tuned up the resident MakerBot. Orion says:

Just in time for Halloween is this skull throwie. I used a quick and dirty approach to prep this model from 3dcool.net for printing using blender. you will most likely want to tweak the model for higher quality since this was intended as a test. Enjoy! Instructions: Print Model. Tape two leds to a lithium battery (CR2032 or similar). Affix to bottom of skull using hot glue or more tape. Feed the protruding leds through the eye sockets. Add a magnet and chuck at any ferrous surface.

If you’ve got a MakerBot you can download the model that he found or you can use Dominic Muren’s skull.

FLOSS stands for Free Libre Open Source Software and the FLOSS Weekly podcast is a great open source focused podcast. They had Bre of MakerBot Industries on the show to chat about, well,  MakerBot. Give it a listen. Here’s the MP3!