Popular Mechanics Features MakerBot Thing-O-Matic in 10 Coolest DIY Projects From Maker Faire 2011
Popular Mechanics: "Top 10 Coolest DIY Projects from MakerFaire"
The MakerBot crew was in attendance at MakerFaire 2011 – Bay Area this past weekend — where the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic made quite a splash. Check out a little of what Popular Mechanics has to say about our latest DIY 3D printer kit:
MakerBot Thing-O-MaticMakerBot Industries is a pure example of the maker ethos: Not only has the company created an interesting machine, but its machine’s sole purpose is to create things. Provided with the right instructions, it can print just about any 3D shape into plastic.
It can be hard to explain why exactly someone might want a 3D printer, so the crew put together a demo: a facial scanning system housed inside a 7-foot-tall dome built by maker Michael Felix, the joints of which were created with a 3D printer. Inside, fellow maker Kyle MacDonald uses the infrared camera bar from a Microsoft Kinect, along with software he wrote himself, to capture 3D models of attendees’ faces, which are then printed into plastic statues. The whole process, from flesh to plastic, takes only 45 minutes.
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MauiJerry
When are the head scans going to be uploaded and how are they going to be tagged? It was great to see y’all at The Faire. I loved the dome. It went up real easy, once we got the long/short right.
Jerry