Iโve achieved ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ status! At present, there are only 464 of us worldwide. Iโm also part of an even smaller group: ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐โjust 84 at last count.
If youโre unfamiliar, Kaggle (http://kaggle.com) is a ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ where people share code … (read more)
Short Version: Open Melt 2 is out – and now itโs Arduino based. Full documentation for Open Melt 2 is on Github.
A translational drift (“Melty Brain”) robot spins its entire body, but is controlled directionally by an embedded system that modulates motor power.
This … (read more)
ChainringGen is an OpenSCAD script I wrote that canย generate a bike chainring with any specifications you like.
You can download ChainringGen here:ย https://github.com/nothinglabs/chainringgen
You can control parameters like bolt-circle-diameter (BCD), number of bolt holes, number of teeth and other stuff.
I primarily created ChainringGen … (read more)
UPDATE: BlinkyBird has inexplicably been updated to work with Glass XE22 (11/17/2014)!
I’ve been intending to write some kind of Google Glass app for the last several months – but was having trouble getting inspired.
Then it hit me – how about a Flappy Bird … (read more)
ProfTweak 1.4 now supports Makerbot Desktop. It also fixes a bug in ProftTweak v1.2 and v1.3 that can cause bad profiles (update now!).
I’m a big fan of MakerWare and the MakerBot slicer.
The recent improvements in rafts, supports and general slicing quality … (read more)
I just put together an OpenSCAD Library – PuzzleCutย – http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:35834
It lets you easily cut objects into 2 or 4ย (theoretically as many as you like) interlocking pieces for 3d printing or laser cutting.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Puzzlecut only works correctly when RENDERING objects in … (read more)
Apple finally approved my new app (for iPad and iPhone),ย Fix the Fresco:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/fix-the-fresco/id557433478?mt=8
https://nothinglabs.com/fresco/
It took them 11 days to approve it – reducing the prospects of building any inertia with the news story fading…
Can you fix the damaged Fresco?
In Borja, Spain … (read more)
A little over a year ago I shared my Arduino Powered Laser Show on Instructables.
LaserTweet is a modification of the laser show that uses a Python script to search Twitter for tweets with certain hashtags – and then display them.
I’ve also put … (read more)
Recently did an interview for BBC’s Outriders radio show / podcast:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/outriders/2011/12/creators.shtml
Topics include cloud chambers, my Resistor Photo ID iPhone app and tinkering in general.
Jamillah Knowles did a great job putting this together! I came out sounding far more coherent than I … (read more)
Nothing Labs now has a laser cutter!
The Full Spectrum 40 Watt Laser Cutter showed up about a week ago.
Here’s a video documenting my experience thus far:
Highs:
– It works pretty well!
– Deluxe package really includes everything you need to start cutting … (read more)
I haven’t been able to shoot a decent demo video for Manic Marble 3 due to not actually having an iPad of my own (not enough spare cash).
I developed the entire game using XCode’s iPad simulator. It’s fine for testing – but performance isn’t … (read more)