MakerBot Industries

Makerbotter  Marc Cryan created this awesome game with some creative reuse of some spare Gen 2 electronics, and some old mice, apparently.

This shows you how to build an arcade style crane game out of scrap parts.  The basic parts are: a motorized assembly that raises and lowers a claw,  a track for the assembly to move around on, and a ctontroller with some electronics

via CRANE GAME.

Cupcake CNC Build from Eric Stevens on Vimeo.

Here’s a time lapse video of a MakerBot being built over 3 Days found on betaobjects. Very cool!

Cupcake CNC Printing from Eric Stevens on Vimeo.

Bonus! Another time lapse video of the MakerBot making a dodecahedron from betaojects!

Zach and his botcave made slippers

Adam and his botcave made slippers

Nothing can stop us! Soo what!!! there is some wicked slush outside that completely gets into what ever footwear you have on- here at the botcave we have an invention for everything.

Introducing: The Botcave Slippers v1.0 & v1.1

v1.0 Includes: 2 pieces of 14″ stylish Salmon colored foam (Zach is modeling this lovely version)

v1.1 Includes: The same as v1.0 but also adds a bit more support to the foot with 4 12″ x 12″ x 12″ pieces of bubble wrap (Adam is modeling this lovely version)

We will begin taking orders soon

Print Magazine wrote up a really cool interview with Karsten Schmidt a while back about the way that they created an amazing 3D printed magazine cover. You should definitely check it out! Here’s just one question from the interview that I think MakerBot Operators and Digital Designers will get into!

What are some examples of software in addition to Processing that helped in the creation of this sculpture?

KS: Sticking with the example of this cover project, apart from Processing I’ve also been using the following tools/languages, notably all Open Source projects:

Eclipse: the (meta)tool which has unspeakably improved and transformed my way of writing and working with code
MeshLab: a 3D file viewer/cleaner tool that was invaluable for analyzing and visualizing the generated structure (since Processing was unable to do that due to the sheer complexity of the sculpture)
Sunflow: a global illumination renderer used to better visualize the model before printing it in 3D
Scala: a relatively new programming language more suitable and elegant for complex projects than Processing (although it can make direct use of Processing as library). My plan is to fully adopt this language for most of my future projects.

There are a bunch more images on Flickr!

Hat tip to Dave for pointing me at this.

I want one of these robot hands to load and unload my CupCake!

It’s a dangerous and highly skilled job, but soon bomb disposal experts serving in Afghanistan could be helped by a robot created in north London.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8527000/8527911.stm

Wow, Clothbot is rocking it with a new dremel attachment that he made for his MakerBot with his MakerBot. Awesome!

Dremel Flex-Shaft + MakerBot + MakerBeam + OpenSCAD = Micro CNC Mill/Drill Press. Expect future refinements, but this is the first version that works on my Batch 1 MakerBot.

via Dremel Flex-Shaft Mount for MakerBot by clothbot – Thingiverse.

Check out this video featuring HotProceed!!!

Also, this is my first blogpost on the MakerBot Blog.

YouTube – Tokyo HackerSpace MakerBot Workshop.

2-Dominic-Muren-Part-1 – Dorkbot Seattle Feb 3, 2010 from christopher prosser on Vimeo.

3-Dominic-Part-2 Dorkbot Seattle Feb 3, 2010 from christopher prosser on Vimeo.

Dominic Muren is an occassional contributor to the Thingiverse blog and he gave a great presentation on personal manufacturing at the Seattle Dorkbot! This is very much worth the watch! Check it!

Check out the MakerBot Google Map where, if you’ve got a MakerBot, you can add yourself! Thanks to MakerBlock for creating it!

If you speak German, this Elektrischer Reporter video about MakerBot and Thingiverse will make sense, but otherwise you should still watch this for the expert use of stock footage and fun green screen effects!

English Translation of Elektrisher Reporter Link