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Reading Time: 5 minutesEvelyn Hriberšek’s EURYDIKE interactive art piece puts you in the dark; figuratively and, at times, literally. We caught up with the artist after experiencing the extended run of EURYDIKE. Evelyn Hriberšek is no stranger to the workings of augmented reality. An early pioneer of the technology, her efforts brought her to chair on the 2014 […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAutomate a rubber strip door with Arduino Arduino Team — March 7th, 2018 In order to separate their office and shop areas, NYC CNC installed a rubber strip assembly that had to be pushed out of the way every time someone wanted to walk through. Although functional, it was also quite annoying, so they devised a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe California-based company 3D Hybrid Solutions is offering three metal 3D printing tools for CNC machines, including Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM), Laser Metal Deposition (LMD), and Cold Spray toolheads. Ever since 3D printing emerged onto the manufacturing scene, many have debated whether or not the technology could eventually displace CNC milling as the king of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmerican tire company Goodyear will debut a 3D printed tire concept this week at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Called Oxygene, the tire touts many potential environmental benefits, including improving air quality in cities and recycling old waste rubber. Air pollution is on the rise but could car tires be the answer to the problem? In 2016, World […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe last couple of weeks have kept the Arduino Education team extremely busy. While some of us were presenting CTC 101 to teachers all across Italy, others were in Barcelona for the CTC 101 Faire with more than 4,000 upper secondary students showcasing the projects they created as a result of the CTC 101 2017-18 […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesOregon State University’s College of Engineering researchers have made progress in the ability to rapidly manufacture flexible electronics and soft robotics. Flexible computer screens would undoubtedly be a cool improvement to laptops, hopefully making them more difficult to crack. Amazingly, this isn’t an impossible dream. Researchers from Oregon State University’s College of Engineering are getting closer […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesConnect Pour! Arduino Team — March 6th, 2018 What do you get when you combine Connect Four with beer pong? Connect Pour, of course! After inspiration from a much larger basketball version, this hacker decided to make a game that allows you to throw ping pong balls into Solo cup targets. When one is hit, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn celebration of RapidPro trade show this week, colorFabb is knocking 10% off filament orders site-wide. Read on for full details. RapidPro takes place in colorFabb’s native Netherlands this week, so to celebrate they’re offering up a tasty 10% discount code for use on the colorFabb website. Customers placing orders on full spools of filament […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers from Purdue University and University of Michigan have developed a new 3D jet writer that allows them to print high-resolution polymer as microtissues. These tiny tissue structures are able to facilitate cancer cell growth, allowing for improved drug development and testing. A team of researchers at Purdue University and University of Michigan have developed a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesGift your printer a little self-awareness: MatterHackers’ rebadging of the eminently useful BLTouch automatic bed leveling probe in stock and shipping for $36.81. We’ve all felt the pain of incessant 3D printer bed-leveling, which is why we’re huge fans of ANTCLABS, the brains behind this nifty little bed leveling probe. Mounted to a hot end, the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers from Western University have developed a functional prototype of a new tremor suppression glove. This device aims to provide more independence to patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. Across the world, there are around 10 million people with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the area of the brain […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Mazher Mohammed is working on a project with Deakin University and Plan International to use waste plastic and “ecoprinters” to help disaster recovery teams. The Solomon Islands out in the South Pacific receive tumultuous weather, to say the least. As a result, this developing nation sees many aid and disaster recovery teams working to provide […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Mexican 3D printing service Moti Digital used a Massivit 1800 3D printer to create a 12-foot-tall skeleton structure. The installation was showcased during the Mexican Festival of Light celebrations in Guadalajara. Known as the birthplace of tequila and mariachi music, the western metropolis of Guadalajara is a hotbed for Mexican culture and festivities. The most recent cause […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesScientists from Manchester, UK are using 3D bioprinting to investigate and better understand the brain’s neurovascular unit (NVU) which will hopefully lead to improved treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, there are no cures for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, Parkinson’s and stroke. However, scientists from the University of Manchester, UK are using 3D bioprinting to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn display at the Super Bien! greenhouse for contemporary art (yes, that’s a thing) in Berlin is the sculpture Portrait of a Birch by artist Martin Binder. What’s special about this particular piece isn’t that it’s on display in a structure designed to grow vegetables — no, it’s that it is entirely drawn by hand […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesMetal 3D printing filaments are perfect for busts, figurines, and other 3D models. But in order to achieve that true metal look, you have to know how to properly post-process your metal 3D print. This weekend, get familiar with polishing and oxidizing techniques that will help your 3D print shine. There are a wide range of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesA DIY hardware watchdog for your mining rig Arduino Team — March 2nd, 2018 Vadim Panov wanted a way to automatically restart a PC that was simple and cheap to make. For this task, he turned to an Uno due to its wide availability; however, any Arduino board with at least one digital I/O pin […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTest your aim in this carnival-style IR target game Arduino Team — March 2nd, 2018 For a class assignment, Matt Robb along with teammates Kara and Andrew needed to make a project using an Arduino and various other components. What they came up with was a carnival-style game that uses a stepper motor to rotate […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAirbus is using artificial intelligence from IBM to create an AI robot that will live on the International Space Station. This 3D printed mission and flight assistance system is called the Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, also known as CIMON. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will soon have their own AI-based mission and flight assistance […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesre:3D’s Gigaprize for 2017 of a large format 3D printer has gone to Magic Wheelchair, an organization empowering handicapped children to follow in their heroes’ footsteps with incredible costumes that integrate wheelchairs. Magic Wheelchair is an organization dedicated to creating mesmerizing costumes for disadvantaged children. The venture began for founder Ryan Weimar back in 2008, when he […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’ve always wanted a cat, but happen to be allergic to feline friends, fear not as you can soon make your very own robotic cat. Thanks to a design by Rongzhong Li, a programmer, the robotic cat combines artificial intelligence with some pretty exciting features. As part of his “OpenCat” project, Li designed a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesMatterHackers is casting the wonderful world of SLA under its 3D printer spotlight this week, knocking $300 off the price of a fully assembled Peopoly Moai. After a successful Kickstarter campaign and launch to market Peopoly’s Moai SLA 3D printer kit can now be found churning out highly detailed prints across the lands. A wonderful […]