About a week ago I finished my first major organized bike ride – the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic – or STP.
It’s 204 miles from start to finish – about 210 if you count starting at my house. Most people do the … (read more)
This blog post is from 2013! See here for a much-improved 2023 version: https://nothinglabs.com/3d-printed-bike-shifter-2023-update/
I’m doing my first big organized bike ride in a couple weeks – the STP (Seattle to Portland). I was thinking it might be fun to do a 3D printed part … (read more)
My friend Rob Flickenger recently had some dental work done – and managed to score a 3D model of his skull generated from a panoramic x-ray as a bonus.
We got together at a local hackerspace to do a few prints on my Makerbot Replicator … (read more)
I’ve kind of been obsessed with trying to make circuit boards on my laser cutter since I got it. Other people had already done this by using spray paint as resist – then laser-etching the paint off non-trace portions of the board. This process still … (read more)
A while back I fumbled into Acid Cow’s idea for a Money Shredding Alarm Clock.
I figured turning the concept into reality shouldn’t be too hard.
All I needed was a few main parts:
SparkFun’s ClocKit
A USB Powered Paper Shredder
TIP120 Darlington Transistor… (read more)
I’ve had my laser cutter (Full Spectrum 40-watt CO2) for about 1.5 years – and over that time have spent a good amount of time trying to make circuit boards on it. To be clear – I wanted to cut circuit boards. Others … (read more)
I just put together an OpenSCAD Library – PuzzleCut – http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:35834
It lets you easily cut objects into 2 or 4 (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), 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)
I finally got around to publishing my recipe / instructions for “Tub Mate” on Instructables.
For those unaware – Yerba Mate is a caffeine containing plant used similarly to tea or coffee by many South American cultures.
I have become a fan of a … (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)
After much delay – Manic Marble 4 is out for iPad and iPhone now – click here to get it!
This release uses an all-new 3D engine (Oolong) – and has tons of new features:
10 New Levels
Translated to 10 languages
“Universal” app … (read more)
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Me on BBC’s Outriders
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)
(Note: Due to changes in iOS – this app is no longer available… sorry!)
I shipped a new iPhone app a few weeks ago – “Resistor Photo ID”
It uses your iPhone’s camera to help identify resistor values.
I’ve been playing with Autodesk’s 123D “Catch”
It’s a free app that transforms sequences of still images into a 3d model of an object.
Here’s a sample video I did:
It does the processing “in the cloud” – in conjunction with a client-side application.… (read more)
Back from showing off the Electronic Cloud Chamber at Maker Faire NYC – things went very well!
I managed to score three “Editor’s Choice” blue ribbons for the exhibit!
People really liked that the project is both “open source” (how to build your own … (read more)
In early August I took a tour of the Hanford Site located near Richland, Washington.
Hanford was created in 1943 to produce plutonium for nuclear bombs. Operating until the late 80’s – its 9 nuclear reactors produced enough material for 60,000 weapons.
The tour encompassed … (read more)