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Beep Boop Print:005
I just received my MakerBot this week and have begun to edit and publish updates on my blog, www.beepboopprint.com, check it out and follow my projects and prints, I'm really looking forward to designing and printing in 3D and have a few projects up my sleeve.
This week though on Beep Boop Print we have a few new exciting 3D printers, 3D mobile apps, prototypes of milk sensors, make your own Carbonite capsule, Portal prints, some highlighted projects, 3D printing's first celebrity, a CNET review of the Replicator, and more.
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Teehan+Lax just received their first MakerBot and have been putting it to good use prototyping a personal real time milk tracker. The futuristic milk jug is controlled via Arduino and alerts you via an app if you're running low and need to pick up some more moo juice.
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You may have seen Golan Levin's ingenious universal toy connector project as it launched a month ago. Forbes recently caught up with him and got some backstory on the project and what inspired him to help make our toys connect and collaborate.
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I'm going to start highlighting some inspiring and beautiful 3D prints from time to time. To start off, here's a really sweet pixely skull portrait of Lucy, somehow made from dental scans.
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There's a new resin printer coming around soon. B9 Creator is currently being funded through Kickstarter and could be a great alternative to Veloso's resin printer project. The whole unit will be open source once the kinks have been hammered out and the video so far shows some impressive results. And the price isn't that bad for a resin printer.
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To help kickoff Star Wars days at Disney World, Disney is allowing fans to get frozen in their own personal carbonite slab, for the low price of $99.
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3D mobile apps have slowly been trickling in and Shapeways has broken down the myriad of options for Android and iOS devices that'll let you sculpt, model, and view your own 3D objects on the go.
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Two students at Cornell decided to make a watch that didn't actually measure time, but rather the user's sense of time and utilized a MakerBot to help prototype it out. It's an interesting project, and I would be willing to try it out!
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A promising new technology is currently being developed by mixing 3D printing with hi tech bandages that will allow users to help grow blood vessels for faster healing powers.
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Alice from Portal 2 has been recreated and printed by fan PsychoBob who designed and engineered the little humanoid robot by himself. Be sure to check out the video to see Alice in detail and hear more about the project.
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Another awesome 3D printed project, here's a miniature lathe you can just print and assemble and start lathing in no time.
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CNET reviews it's first 3D printer, the Replicator and offers some 3D printing insights and knowledge. Check out the video to see what they thought.
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Stratasys unveiled the first sub $10,000 professional 3D printer this week which looks like it could be a great alternative to the more expensive Objet printer. Utilizing a similar process, it improves upon the cleaning off of the support materials by supplying a mini washing station to clear off your items, instead of Objet's heavy industrial washers. The results are pretty impressive, and I imagine the price on similar printers will constantly be going down and down.
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In a weird twist, you can now order a Tanorexic Mother doll from Herobuilders.com who utilize a mix of 3D printing techniques with more traditional manufacturing techniques. Their process is detailed in this article and they've previously made action figures for pretty much all major political candidates and allow you to make your own custom Jersey Shore inspired figure...
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Businessweek has deemed ex-teacher and pro-maker Bre Pettis as 3D printing's first official celebrity. Check out their profile on him and his take on the future of the 3D printing industry.
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Kickstarter record breaker Pebble has added a MakerBot to their arsenal to help them further prototype and build out their futuristic connect watch. Can't wait to see what they come up with and how they utilize it into their workflow.
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If you have both a MakerBot and a marine breeding hobby, Advanced Aquariums has helped you out by designing and detailing how they have been able to utilize 3D printed parts into their process to help them breed some brine shrimp!
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Carry The What? has produced one of the first how to guides to help you make your own 3D printed circuit board with the help of a MakerBot and open source 3D software. An interesting development that I'm sure we'll see more of!
Hope you enjoyed this week's Rif! Forward on to anyone you think would be interested and keep it awesome!
- Craig