MakerBot Industries

You may have seen this sweet addition to the MakerBot CupCake CNC if you’ve seen us lately at MakerFaire, ATX or at the BotCave- but now it’s available to everyone!  The Deluxe Filament Spindle Kit MK1 is the best way to improve the printing experience-  No hand adjusting the plastic!  We’ve solved this issue with a really snazzy lasercut box and spindle system and filament guide tube.  Just stack your Bot right on top of the box and your machine can extrude hands-free for days and days!  The pull from the extruder uncoils the filament so you can kick back and have another cup of coffee.  Or just work on the next thing you want to print!

Also good news, the Heated Build Platform V2 Kit is back in stock and will resume shipping after the weekend!  Have a great one!

Waag Society (waag.org), Premsela (premsela.org), Creative Commons (creativecommons.org) and Fablab ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fab_lab) have created the (Un)limited Design Contest, putting open design into practice, using digital fabrication as a starting point. At MakerBot and Thingiverse, we’re big fans of getting more digital designs into the world and this contest is designed to do just that. You can download and modify any of the designs entered into the contest. Plus, they are offering MakerBot kits for the winners! Great!

The (Un)limited Design Contest invites anybody — designers, makers, amateurs — to submit their own designs in the area of form, fashion, food and fusion. The contest winners will be revealed at a festive awards ceremony at the international PICNIC festival (picnicnetwork.com) on the 24th of September. The best design in each category wins a Makerbot 3D printer.

Unique about the (Un)limited Design Contest is that all designs are open for anybody to be used, reinterpreted and redesigned. These derivative designs are also entitled to take part in the contest — even more: copying and improving designs is strongly encouraged. It’s all about sharing creativity and expertise, all in the spirit of open design. Each entry’s instructions and blueprint will be made available on the contest website under a Creative Commons license.

Visit one of the Fablabs, or any other prototyping facility, before the 9th of September and enter the (Un)limited Design Contest with your digitally fabricated product.

Join the contest at www.unlimiteddesigncontest.org

hexagonal dress by Goof van Beek – winner 2009, fashion

Lullaby for a Makerbot from haeyoung kim on Vimeo.

Bubblyfish is working with us this summer researching the musical capabilities of the MakerBot and as far as I can tell this is the first original composition of music made specifically for the MakerBot. If you like this make sure to check out the rest of her videos.