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Angry Birds + Box = Angry Box
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Let me start out by saying that I really dislike the red Angry Bird. Not the big red one, the regular-size one that seems fully incapable of doing anything other than bouncing off of surfaces and not knocking over anything. So I’m not sure I’d be the first to order… |
July 7th, 2011
Nyan Cat Gets Real
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For those not familiar with the Nyan Cat meme, I’ll just assume you’ve been living under a rock, or have better things to do than sit on the Internet watching an 8-bit Pop Tart cat farting a rainbow. But for those of you who do know Nyan, here’s something fun… |
May 9th, 2011
Bike Cufflinks for the Well-Dressed Bicyclist
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We have seen our share of geeky cufflinks around here, like the USB cufflinks a while back. I personally have no need for cufflinks. The last time I held a set of cufflinks was in the late 80′s when my cousin got married, and I didn’t know what they were.… |
May 8th, 2011
Mariorama: Super Mario Gets 3D Printed
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Ok, I need one of these on my desk. Now. This awesome full-color sandstone Super Mario Bros. …sculpture is actually rendered on a 3D printer. Metin Seven of Seven’s Heaven created his Mariorama sculpture using Shapeways’ 3D printing technology. Isn’t technology great? |
April 28th, 2011
Trimensional iPhone App Scans Your Face in 3D, Then Lets You Print Your Ugly Mug
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I’ve heard plenty about 3D printing, but this is probably the first iPhone app that will scan your face in 3D and allow you to render a 3D model of your face. It’s kind of amazing what the iPhone can do, isn’t it? The app is from Trimensional and it… |
April 15th, 2011
Fabricate Yourself in 3D with Kinect
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The Microsoft Kinect has been used for all sorts of interesting gameplay and visual hacks, but this is the first time I’ve seen it used in the process of generating physical objects.… |
February 27th, 2011
Zoybar TOR 3D Printed Guitar Looks Cool and Doesn’t Sound Half Bad Either
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If you ask me, the uses for 3D printing technology keep getting more and more impressive. Take, for example, this guitar that had its body parts manufactured using a 3D printer. If you watch and listen to the video below of Bård S D’s open-source Zoybar TOR guitar, I think… |
February 17th, 2011
17x17x17 Rubik’s Cube: *Head Asplodes*
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Ok, I thought those 5×5, 6×6 and 7×7 Rubik’s Cubes looked difficult, but this (unofficial) World Record 17x17x17 version has truly made my head spin.… |
January 27th, 2011
3D Printing in Titanium: What’s Next, Unobtanium?
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Ever wanted to print something using one of those 3D material printers, but didn’t like how it just spat out some sort of weird plastic composite? Well thanks to new advances in the technology, you can now print 3D objects out of sturdy titanium. Sweet. i.materialise has launched the first… |
January 18th, 2011
Sculpteo: Online 3d Printing Hits the U.S.a.
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Got an idea you’d like to prototype? A 3D model you want to see realized? Well, there’s good news with today’s announcement that Sculpteo, an online 3D printing service, is now available in the United States. The Paris-based Sculpteo lets you upload 3D files in OBJ, 3DS, STL, SKP and… |
October 19th, 2010
