One of the great strengths of 3D printing is that it makes creating objects with certain geometries much much easier than it would be with standard subtractive machining methods. things like thin-walled best spheres or objects with wild undercuts become trivial to make. A great case in point is these incredible 3D-printed twist vases. The crucial concept behind…
There were quite a few 3D printers at the NC maker Faire this year (like the [Fablicator], several [RepRap]s, and [MakerBot]s) as well as a few subtractive machining devices including a wood lathe, a [ShopBot] display (one of the sponsors), and my little CNC router. There was even a little [Eggbot] on display, which combines…
While we have seen Kinect-based virtual dressing rooms before, the team at Arbuzz is taking a somewhat different approach (Translation) to the digital gown up game. rather than utilizing flat pictures of clothes superimposed on the subject’s body, their solution uses full 3D models of the garments to accomplish the desired effect. This technique enables them…
This is an ongoing project to build a heliostat from a floppy drive. Heliostats are used by solar arrays to track the sun. This mod uses the main logic board to control the head stepper motor. The board will power up with 5V and consumes 1Watt when the motor is running. There are a couple…
[devb] has been playing around with XESS FPGA boards for ages, as well as as long as he can remember, they have had built-in VGA interfaces. His newest acquisition, a XuLA FPGA board, doesn’t have any type of outside parts or ports aside from a USB connector. He needed to get video output from the…