MakerBot Industries

Bre had a chance to show Chris Hardwick around the Botcave. Check out the video!

The 3rd Ward MakerBot Make-A-Thon was awesome! Special thanks to MakerBot User Group New York for showing off their designs and introducing 3rd Ward members to MakerBot. Kyle McDonald used the interior of Michael Felix’s geodesic dome for his 3D Photo Booth. If Kyle scanned you, be sure to find yourself on Thingiverse here. Stay tuned for our next MakerBot User Group meeting and a continued collaboration between MakerBot and 3rd Ward.

CRASHspace will be hosting the L.A. MakerBot monthly meeting.  Bring your MakerBot, RepRap, or other DIY 3D printer to work on, print with, or just show off.  If you don’t have one yet, it’s a great chance to see a 3D printer in action and learn more.

At 7:30 PM will be a MakerBot 101 class – learn the history of 3D printing and how to print with a MakerBot.  This is a hands-on workshop and everyone gets a chance to print something to take home. Space is limited to 5 seats. More information on the MakerBot 101 class here.

Sunday, May 15th 2011
2pm – 5pm L.A. MakerBot Monthly Meeting
7:30pm MakerBot 101 Class

CRASHspace
10526 Venice Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
(424) 241-3379

MakerBot had a chance to hang out at the Nooka Lab this week. Nooka produces a line of wristwatches and other fashion accessories with enhanced functionality and a futuristic philosophy. We had an awesome time printing with the Nooka team and can’t wait to see what they create on their new MakerBot!

Printing the Nooka logo on the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic

Alexander from Nooka showing the first print!

Check out more photos on the Nooka Blog.

Get scanned by MakerBot Artist-in-Residence Kyle McDonald at the 3rd Ward MakerBot Make-A-Thon

MakerBot User Group New York – it’s time to meetup!

The 3rd Ward MakerBot Make-A-Thon is your chance to meet other MakerBot users, print awesome 3D objects and even a 3D portrait of yourself.

MakerBot Artist-in-Residence Kyle McDonald will be presenting his work turning the Xbox Kinect into a 3D Scanner. He will scan you in his 3D Photo Booth, then print you using the MakerBot.

Learn more about Kyle McDonald’s Xbox Kinect hack in this 3rd Ward blog post.

Bring your MakerBots and your favorite objects for a MakerBot user show and tell.

Giveaways! There will be giveaways, including LEDs!

MakerBot User Group New York

Photo by Windell H. Oskay

The New York Times took a look at The Evil Mad Scientist Egg-Bot. Thingiverse got a shoutout!

You can find Egg-Bot specific, freeware illustration files on Thingiverse, which you can then port to Inkscape to be printed onto your eggs.

Check out the article here. We have Egg-Bot kits in stock, order yours today, and make some intricate egg designs this Easter!

Thanks to all the MakerBot Operators who came to the Botcave last night for out MakerBot User Group New York meeting. We had a blast meeting all of you, hearing your MakerBot experiences and sharing pizza and LEDs!

MakerBot users explored the Botfarm and were 3D scanned and printed with Kyle McDonald’s 3D Photo Booth.  Highlights also included a MakerBot user show and tell, and a demonstration by our first artist-in-residence, Marius Watz.

Stay tuned to the blog for future MakerBot User Group events!

MakerBot Industries will host a MakerBot User Group New York meeting at their Brooklyn based headquarters, the Botcave, 87 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11217. You are invited to the Botcave to meet other MakerBot users, exchange ideas and print awesome 3D objects. Come check out the Botfarm and bring your favorite objects for a MakerBot user show and tell. MakerBot co-founder Bre Pettis will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer.

See what our first artist in residence, Marius Watz created with 2 months of unlimited access to the Botfarm! Marius Watz creates complex abstract forms and structures through generative software processes.

There will Pizza and LEDs!

MakerBot User Group New York

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
7 PM – 9 PM
87 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11217

Subway: B, D, N, R, Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street

Thanks to all the MakerBot User Groups who have completed Challenge #1!

User Groups as far away as New Zealand have met the challenge by meeting up and bringing their MakerBots together.  We enjoyed seeing your bots, faces and secret laboratories. Check your mailboxes because your MakerBot Care Package will be arriving soon! The fun doesn’t end here; MakerBot Industries will host a MakerBot User Group New York meeting at their Brooklyn based headquarters, the Botcave. You’re invited to visit the Botcave to exchange ideas, check out the Botfarm and print some awesome things. Bring your best objects for a MakerBot User show and tell and, of course, a group photo!

MakerBot User Group New York
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
7 PM – 9 PM
87 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11217

Subway: N, R to Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street