I recently had the honor of attending the first ever White House Maker Faire! Here’s the story I was there to tell: David Perry, a mechanical engineer living in Oregon, chose 2014 as the year to start his own business–thanks to easy access to affordable health care. David’s new venture, OpenFab PDX, strives to empower […]
Where the soft calls of ocean mammals meet carefully extruded polycarbonate plastic, high-performing and beautiful surfboard fins are born. Boardshaper Roy Stuart has combined two things that will save the world: biomimicry and 3D printing. [I wrote this blog for product design blog, Solidsmack. It’s re-posted here with permission.] Most surfers these days ride with […]
It smells like fall outside, and it smells like melting sugary plastic inside! Tonight, kids in all neighborhoods will make the rounds, collecting candy and showing off their costumes. It’s a golden opportunity to squeeze in a little STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) excitement! For Halloween, we’ll be giving away 3D printed figurines with […]
We had so much fun at Portland’s Mini Maker Faire! We were thrilled to show a lot of people 3D printing for the first time and watching everyone figure out and understand the technology was great. Having a fiddle on hand while printing fiddle parts really helped to tie it all together, too. More than […]
3D printing is the fastest way to go from CAD model to physical part. 3D printing also allows the designer to break many of the rules that apply to subtractive manufacturing techniques like CNC machining. With these powers combined…3D printing is awesome! But it’s not a free ride, to make great products you have to learn how […]