I just returned from San Francisco where I attended the world’s largest Maker Faire in San Mateo (aka the Bay Area Maker Faire). I’ve been to and exhibited at a number of Maker Faires but this was my first time at the ‘big one’ which originated in the Bay Area 9 years ago.
Just a quick update about my book, 3D Printing with Autodesk. Firstly, you can read a chapter for free here (PDF). It’s one of my favorite chapters as it covers using 123D Catch to 3D ‘scan’ an object to make a printable 3D model like the cactus above. My friends at Zen Maker Lab have…
For Star Wars day, on May the 4th (get it), I 3D printed a couple of cool things. I also decided to further take my MakerBot to the dark side and designed an Imperial fan guard by remixing another one and the imperial logo: It was a day long affair printing this wonderful lightsaber model…
Recently I had a chance to check another item off the bucket list…fly a plane! My friend John has a 3D printer which I helped him get dialed in and he paid me back by taking me for a spin in his plane on a perfect day.
This website has been a wonderful outlet for me to share some of my favorite things, places I’ve been and more. It started out as simply a place to direct people to for more information on something that interested me. I never imagined that, as a result of my little posts here, that a book deal would come my way. That’s just what happened last year. Apparently if you write about something enough, people think you’re somewhat of an expert and so I was asked if I’d like to write a book about 3D printing.
Amazon made a big splash with the recent release of their new Fire TV
It’s that time of year again when you start seeing lots of people in costume on the streets of Vancouver as they all head down to the Vancouver Convention Centre for Fan Expo Vancouver. Here’s just a brief glimpse at some of the people and creatures I found on the expo floor: Fan Expo is…
Basically, the Doodle3D is a little box that plugs into your 3D printer (with support for lots of them) and provides a simple app for sketching a design and then sending it to the printer.
Today I had the chance to preview a bunch of Samsung’s upcoming new products, including their flagship smartphone, the S5. I’ve got a review unit for a little while so for now, here’s some of the highlights in photos: Quick highlights: beautiful larger 5.1″ screen with an emphasis in a more natural look than the…
My last day in Hawaii was a guided tour of the island with Hawaii Outdoor Guides. The day long tour started with a 9am pickup from the hotel in Waikoloa by our guide, Katie. Our first stop was at the End of the World, also known as the Kuamoo or Lekeleke Burial Grounds which is…