How To MakerBot A Joke
Oh…pranks.
A couple of the guys in Software thought it would be fun to mess with our CTO, Adam Mayer. Far, our head of software, first thought to model up a fake keyboard and replace the one on Adam’s desk. Joe suggested a mouse instead, MakerBotted in black ABS.
That cord is just a string of black ABS. The joke really threw Adam for a minute, who finally flipped the mouse over to see what the problem was. Of course he realized immediately what had happened, and just so everyone could share in the fun, there was a smiley face staring back at him.
Kudos to Todd for designing this thing, and I’m further impressed that Far and the others were able to wait patiently until the next morning to watch this unfold.
So now you know what MakerBot software guys do for fun.
UPDATE! The mouse model by Zenix is now up on Thingiverse. Go get it and mess with your favorite/least favorite coworker today.
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7 Comments so far
AKron
Could you please put that on Thingiverse? My Replicator is due to arrive tomorrow, and I’d love to pull that prank on a co-worker, who’s still waiting for his PrintrBot kit.
Ryan
I’d take this and add some buttons, slap in some optical mouse guts and use it every day!
Andrew
@Ryan, I wondered about that exact project in the comments from this other post. You could do it, but make it fit your hand, right? Scale it up or down or tinker with other parameters. Make it a couple times till you got it just right. You should do that and put it on Thingiverse and become famous. The world needs this.
http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2012/04/16/could-you-print-a-game-controller-thats-better-for-your-hands/
kip
That is a great prank! Way to go Far and co!
Andrew
There you go, @AKron!
A3Kr0n
@Andrew. Thanks. I checked it out in SolidWorks, and it looks just like what we use here at work except for the multiple optical ports on the bottom
BTW: the A in AKron = Andrew
POTUS
You all must work at the most awesome company on the planet. Messin’ with the boss’s computer gets you a funny blog post instead of server log cleaning duty. Yay Makerbot!