Last night I successfully installed Android (Cyanogen Mod 7) onto my HP TouchPad. I followed the very thorough tutorial on PCPro so I won’t be going over the steps in this post. I did use Windows 7 for the install since the tutorial specified it. Not sure if there is Mac tutorial out there but…
Figured an update was in order since I’ve been pretty busy with lots of things since the summer. A few nights before halloween, I figured it was time to carve up a pumpkin down at my local indoor shooting range: and practice for the upcoming zombie apocalypse with a 9mm and shotgun. Of course, this…
It’s no secret that most geeks are hard to buy for…myself included. I figured a list of fun things you’re not going to find at the local department store might be useful…with plenty of lead time to buy them online. In no particular order: Lomokino & Lomoscope (~$100, Lomography) I love the concept of this…
My first truly designed 3d printed object! Kinda. I have created other things (mostly font based objects) but this is the first thing I literally sketched out and ended up with a physical object. It’s taken awhile to finally get up to speed on all the different tools and techniques required to do this (and…
It’s been awhile so I thought I’d post a quick update on my Prusa Mendel build progress. Technically, I’ve got everything I need to assemble the 3D printer…just a lack of time lately. I’m hoping to fix that this weekend though. I’ve got all the electronics now and just need to wire them up. I…
Last month, I took my MakerBot down to the Get Connected TV studios and taped a segment about 3D printing that aired this week on national tv. Now that it’s aired, I can embed the video right here: We shot a timelapse of the Thing-O-Matic printing the show’s logo and showed off a bunch of…
As regular readers here will know, I’ve been lucky enough to have seen the Chevy Volt from million dollar prototype stage during the 2010 Olympics, all the way through to the final, shipping product that I got to test drive in Alaska earlier this year. One thing that I wanted to do from the beginning…
Time.com just featured Bre Pettis, CEO and co-founder of MakerBot Industries in their Game Changer series. Bre’s passion for this technology was a huge reason for me buying my own Thing-o-Matic 3D printer and getting into 3D printing in the first place. I think the video captures this quite well along with perfectly explaining the…
I was down in San Francisco for a quick trip last weekend and my friend Nadia suggested we check out House of Air as she goes there weekly for a workout. It’s located just under the Golden Gate Bridge in the Presido inside a converted airplane hanger. It’s an indoor trampoline park but I can…
I finished printing all the plastic parts needed to build a Prusa Mendel. Also a box of hardware and motors I ordered from Mixshop arrived so I was able to start assembling. I decided to print all the plastic parts with 30% infill except the pulleys and gears which I did at 50% infill. I…