By Michael Berliner, July 15th, 2014 photo (c) 2014 The Field Museum, photo by Emily Krakoff
Look closely and you can see John Zehren in The Field Museum’s Production Shop, just behind the shop’s full size ShopBot PRSalpha CNC router. John is the Exhibitions Productions Shop Supervisor, and has been with The Field Museum in various capacities since 1997. In …
Continue reading >>> Chicago’s Field Museum uses the ShopBot to put everything on display.
By Michael Berliner, July 5th, 2014 
Cheryl and Kent Wille of Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, are embarking on an exciting new chapter in their lives: taking their first steps in launching their own business together. KNC Woodcrafters offers its customers a variety of original, eye-catching home products made of quality woods, such as cheese slicers and cutting boards. They are currently working …
Continue reading >>> With a dream for a “second act” business, this couple is inventing their future.
By Michael Berliner, May 26th, 2014 The roar of robots racing, kids shouting and general mayhem filled the air as the FIRST Robotics 2014 Virginia Regional Competition got underway in April. FIRST Robotics’ mission is “to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire …
Continue reading >>> TEC Hub’s Handibot goes to work in FIRST Robotics pit crew
My name is Lexus Pickett, and I’m Weston Mohawk, and we are with the Renaissance Academy Woodworkers. We are both juniors in high school that are interested in computer aided manufacturing.
We have now started a new project, learning how to use pocketing and profiling. As a class we have begun a project using a …
Continue reading >>> Adventures Of A High School CAM Class: Episode 3
By Michael Berliner, May 15th, 2014 The first thing that strikes you when you step inside Dom Peralta’s garage/maker space in San Mateo isn’t necessarily the high-pitched drilling of his ShopBot Desktop’s spindle. Rather it’s the very pleasant and heady aroma of natural California cedar. That’s because the ShopBot is hard at work precision-cutting wooden dowels of cedar for the Timbrr …
Continue reading >>> A Journey from Maker to Maker PRO: The Timbrr Stylus story
By Michael Berliner, March 4th, 2014 If you’re a teacher making use of digital fabrication in your classroom, this may not surprise you. A relatively simple project can help you teach quite a number of topics. Check out Sallye Coyle’s blog post at 100kSchools.org, and you’ll see how making a lighted acrylic sign can help you instruct lessons about… CAD and …
Continue reading >>> What can your students learn from making a sign?
By Sallye Coyle, March 3rd, 2014 Bill Young brought in this sign, made from acrylic that has been V-Carved, plywood that has been pocketed and cut out, and a peg that was 3D printed. At the bottom of the sign is a strip of LEDs, their changing colors programmed with an Arduino. While it is a simple enough project, it contains …
Continue reading >>> What can you teach from making a sign?
By Michael Berliner, February 12th, 2014 Professors at Florida State University in Tallahassee are helping to prepare their students for a multitude of career possibilities, by exposing them to the techniques of digital fabrication. They’re making use of digital fab from many angles, and it’s fascinating to learn about. Projects range from a huge 3D printer that instructor Winston Graves describes …
Continue reading >>> Florida State U. informs and inspires with digital fabrication techniques
By Michael Berliner, February 12th, 2014 Professors at Florida State University in Tallahassee are helping to prepare their students for a multitude of career possibilities, by exposing them to the techniques of digital fabrication. They’re making use of digital fab from many angles, and it’s fascinating to learn about.
Windham Graves is a studio technician who heads up the Multi-Modal …
Continue reading >>> Florida State U. informs and inspires with digital fabrication techniques
By Michael Berliner, January 22nd, 2014 The Ninja Standing Desk is just like it sounds — it may well be the world’s first portable and affordable version of the permanently installed workstations you see around office and home businesses around the country.
The “Ninja” behind the Ninja Standing Desk is San Franciscan Dan McDonley, and his product has become a huge …
Continue reading >>> Hot new product “Ninja Standing Desk” produced out of TechShop San Francisco
|
|