Collaborate Disseminate
Procedural generation is a big part of game design these days. Usually you generate your map, and [Fractal Philosophy] has decided to go one step further: using a procedurally-generated world …read more Continue reading Simulating Empires with Procedurally Generated History
Kumiko is a form of Japanese woodworking that uses small cuts of wood (probably offcuts) to produce artful designs. It’s the kind of thing that takes zen-like patience to assemble, …read more Continue reading Careful Design Lets 3D Print Emulate Kumiko
Multimaterial printing was not invented by BambuLabs, but love them or hate them the AMS has become the gold standard for a modern multi-material unit. [Daniel]’s latest Mod Bot video …read more Continue reading Is Box Turtle the Open Source AMS we’ve been waiting for?
Composting doesn’t seem difficult: pile up organic matter, let it rot. In practice, however, it’s a bit more complicated– if you want that sweet, sweet soil amendment in a reasonable …read more Continue reading Keep Track of the Compost with LoRaWAN
It’s a question new makers often ask: “Should I start with a CNC machine or a 3D Printer?”– or, once you have both, every project gets the question “Should I …read more Continue reading Head to Print Head: CNC vs FDM
Coming in hot from Cornell University, students [Amanda Huang], [Caroline Hohner], and [Rhea Goswami] bring a project that is guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of anyone in the under-40 …read more Continue reading Tamagotchi Torture Chamber is Equal Parts Nostalgia and Sadism
We like scale models here, but how small can you shrink the very large? If you’re [Frans], it’s pretty small indeed: his Micro Tellurium fits the orbit of the Earth …read more Continue reading Tiny Tellurium Orbits Atop a Pencil
Have you ever finished up a bit of code and thought that typing “git push” in a terminal is just not a satisfying finish? So did [penumbriel], so he built …read more Continue reading The Most Satisfying Way To Commit
USB audio is great, but what if you needed to use it and had no budget? Well, depending on the contents of your parts bin, you might be able to …read more Continue reading Pi Pico Powers Parts-Bin Audio Interface
If he’s anything like us [Duncan Hall] was probably equal parts excited and disgusted when he found a 1987 Macintosh SE case at a garage sale. Excited, because not every …read more Continue reading Mac SE Restomod has a Floppy Surprise