Some cool cnc rapid prototyping images:
the future
Image by Pedro Moura Pinheiro
At Codebits 2009, among all the amazing experiences I had, two of the most unique were meeting Mitch Altman and buying a TV-B-Gone kit and assembling it right there and then with his help.
The second unique experience was meeting the people from AltLab, Tiago who I had met before at Twittlis, and Catarina, who were demoing their Makerbot Industries open source 3D printer.
Putting 2 + 2 together, I managed to challenge Catarina to design and print an enclosure for my assembled TV-B-Gone, right there at Codebits!
If you have your own 3D printer, you can download the model files here, and print your own TV-B-Gone enclosure!
Kids, *this* is the future, and you probably saw it here first! 🙂
Toolpath
Image by oskay
Because the hot air gun blows air continuously, it leaves a shallow trail wherever it goes, indicating the toolpath of the heater over the sugar surface.
Read more about the Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories 3D Fabricator Project here.
printrbot
Image by eok.gnah