By Jeanne Taylor, April 17th, 2017 The tastiness of making mistakes.
In the 52 years that the New York State Technology and Engineering Educators Association (NYSTEEA) has been meeting, there have been a lot of changes in the design software and equipment available to teachers and students. Schools have been adding digital fabrication equipment, including CNC, into …
Continue reading >>> NYSTEEA and Chocolate Mold-Making for STEAM
First, let me give you a little background. In 2008, I drove my camper from my home in VA to Austin, TX with a couple of friends and collaborators, heading to the Austin Maker Faire to build a digitally fabricated shed at the Faire. On our way through Alabama we stopped at Rural Studio in Newbern …
Continue reading >>> Bill Young’s Dirty Digital Jobs Tour: Visiting Rural Studio
By Tim Babiasz, February 3rd, 2017
Andy Brooks may not work in IT anymore, but troubleshooting problems is still a big part of his job. His company, Oak Branch Manufacturing, offers prototyping, 3D cutting, architectural design, engraving, and signage for a growing list of high-profile clients and companies in his home state of Georgia and all across the country.
Like a number …
Continue reading >>> ShopBot Spotlight: Oak Branch Manufacturing
By Tim Babiasz, January 19th, 2017
Modify Furniture is joining forces with ShopBot Tools to launch the first ever Design Challenge! Whether you’re a seasoned designer or new to 3D, here’s your chance to show off your creative side, get your name out there, and even win a cool prize in the process. Entrants will be designing an invisibin™ drop-in to add form, …
Continue reading >>> The Modify Furniture Design Challenge
By Tim Babiasz, January 6th, 2017
ShopBot Tools founder & CEO Ted Hall has been keeping an eye on the role that digital fabrication is playing in the evolution of manufacturing. Through Ted’s Medium blog series, he touches on a range of topics, including how ShopBot has adapted not only to succeed, but to enable other businesses to grow and keep jobs from being …
Continue reading >>> ShopBot’s Ted Hall Looks at the Future of Manufacturing
By Sallye Coyle, November 7th, 2016 ATEA Region 5 meets in North Platte, Nebraska
North Platte, NE often serves as a stopping place on the transit between the East and the West Coasts of America. The Original Transcontinental Airways that carried mail between Washington D.C., New York & San Francisco made a stopover at the North Platte Landing Field, which was the …
Continue reading >>> Recognizing the Community in Colleges in Heartland America
If we really want to return manufacturing to our communities, we are going to need to support a new kind of manufacturing hero …
Continue reading >>> Manufacturing Heroes: Do We Need a New Type?
By Thea Eck, October 3rd, 2016 Within 2 hours of receiving his Desktop, David had it up and running.
David Sheffield was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. This city, like many Rust Belt towns, possesses a well-honed sense of pride for its sports teams and historical manufacturing contributions. David’s small manufacturing company, Buffalo Bottle Craft, creates simple products that …
Continue reading >>> Sports themed products made using Desktop
Autodesk Forge DevCon 2016
Last October at the NY Maker Faire, 100kGarages collaborated with Josh Worley of Opendesk on an event we named MakeLocal. It took all the steps that go into shopping for a product and having it fabricated locally, specifically for you, and compressed that big-picture concept of local digital manufacturing into …
Continue reading >>> MakeLocal at the Autodesk Forge Developer Conference
By Thea Eck, June 29th, 2016
Hex Chests from the first Kickstarter campaign in 2014
Spellbooks from their second Kickstarter campaign in 2015
Elderwood Academy, like many young entrepreneurial companies, has its roots in the makerspace movement. When Quentin Weir and Dan Reiss fulfilled the orders for their first successful Kickstarter campaign, the two CNC machines required– …
Continue reading >>> Elderwood Academy Elevates the Culture of Gaming
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