Are you guys watching the Thingiverse blog? There’s some new activity on there.

I noticed this one earlier: a little hut for your garden that traps slugs and — hmm… — kills ‘em. I’m with Greg on this one, I kinda like slugs. They’re peaceful. But if they’re a nuisance for your garden, make one of these things today and set it out.

If you look at the Thingiverse page for this Slug Trap, you’ll see a little conversation about alcohol and plastic. Since this trap is supposed to use beer to attract the slugs, one commenter wondered if it might degrade over time.

I asked one of our resident materials experts and got an answer: as long as the beverage is less than 8% alcohol by volume, all should be ok! So go on, get rid of some Bud Light and some slugs at the same time.

 

In case you missed it, our own Michael Curry gave a great interview to Engadget this weekend. Find out why we decided to make a Robot Petting Zoo, and what we plan to do with it now.

 

From the winner of the EvD iPhone accessory design competition, Thingiverse user aubenc, this beautiful picture of a MakerBot habitat. There’s a Thing-O-Matic on the desk in the back, and a Replicator with safety tags still attached in the foreground. I love that the picture has MakerBotted goodies around the room, including a full display of aubenc’s paper windmill design in many colors. Ferre and Kamil are also too engrossed in the planetary gears they just popped of The Replicator’s build platform to pose for a picture.

Also, in case you missed it, Jamie and Adam Tested had a featured video of those planetary gears in all their glory. This is one cool Tinkering Dad.

 

UPDATE: I just got schooled by our eagle-eyed support staff member Gavin. That is a Cupcake CNC in the background, not a Thing-O-Matic as I said. And it looks like that Cupcake is still running strong!

 

The photo booth was a big hit this year at Maker Faire Bay Area. After visiting the Robot Petting Zoo, we gave everyone the chance to take a few shots with one of the robots or express themselves with monster gloves and googly-eye headbands. See the full set in the slideshow below, or find them here on Flickr!