MakerBot’s Digitizer launch in Brooklyn
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Source: Instagram.com The Makerbot Digitizer Is Nearly Magic
When I was a kid I was amazed by advances in technology. I went to a friend’s house when I was in fifth grade and his father had a PC – an IBM PC, I believe – with a built-in hard drive. We loaded King’s Quest and Colossal Cavern in seconds and he even had a menu of […] 3D Scanning Turns a Subway Ride Into a Glitchy Virtual Acid Trip
You can run into some weird dudes on the subway, but for the most part it’s a pretty normal experience. That is, unless you record it with a digital scanner; then it turns into a glitched-out digital funhouse. On acid. Metro is Chris Coleman’s daily commute on the Denver Light Rail as seen by a handheld digital scanner […] Gift Guide: Gadgets For Budding 3D Printing Fans
3D printing is all the rage and it’s hard to know just where to start. If you have a budding manufacturing magnate on your Christmas list we’ve got a few fun things for them to check out. One word of advice? Don’t buy cheap 3D printers. I’ve tested a few so far and a number […] Get Your Very Own Van Gogh Or Rembrandt Painting
NAME: Fine art 3D printing AUTHOR: Tim Zaman, a researcher of the Delft University of technology, in collaboration with Océ, a company part of the Canon group specializing in professional printing technologies. DESCRIPTION: Some people might wonder why 3D printing should be involved in the reproduction of paintings but anyone who has ever see up close a painting by […] MakerBot’s $1,400 Digitizer Now Available
The folks at MakerBot have been teasing their Digitizer desktop 3D scanner since this past March, but now they’re just about ready push it out the door. For $1,400, you too can scan all the little knick-knacks in your life and turn them into 3D schematics to print or share with others. In case you haven’t been keeping […]