You’ve got five days left to place your lasercut orders to ensure delivery before the holidays.
The deadline was November 28, but our elves at the Ponoko headquarters have been super busy and we are able to push back your lasercut order deadlines until Wednesday, November 30th.
Happy holiday making!
The humble sandwich transformed into a technological accomplishment.
Dr. Thomas Modeen of Qatar has used a laser cutter to create what may be the most advanced peanut butter and jelly sandwich yet. At the very least, this is the most thought someone has ever devoted to the most humble of lunches.
While laser cutting is often used to decorate food, Dr. Modeen has actually tried to improve the food. Basically, he cut little individual pockets to keep the peanut butter and jelly separate until the last possible moment. I’ll let him explain the rest after the jump (with a lot more pictures).
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Laser cut and 3D-printed animation gadgets
The zoetrope is a great tool for teaching the basics of animation. Above is one of many zoetrope projects doing the rounds lately; this one was printed on a MakerBot by artist Sam Ellis. Take a look after the fold for some more examples of this cool gadget. (more…)
3D printed turkey and more!
Since we eat the same meal every Thanksgiving, I figured why not post the same Thanksgiving story from last year. Enjoy your 3D printed turkey and lasercut Apple apple pie!
While you’re waiting, have a coincidentally Jewish themed snack: portrait matzo from Matzography (via Printersting) or a lasercut banana from Wouter Walmink (via Craft).
I’m starting this Thanksgiving dinner off fancy: a duck consomme with a lasercut nori (seaweed) garnish from Seattle Food Geek (via Craft Gossip). Moving on to lasercut ham sandwiches by Jan Habraken and Alissia Melka Teichroew (via Dutch Art Events). Yum!
The full meal is after the jump.
big birch savings in the Ponoko US materials catalog
If any of you makers are a fan of our Birch Plywood, you’ll be pleased to hear that we’ve found a new supplier with way cheaper prices!
So we’ve been able to lower our prices of both thicknesses of our P1 Birch Plywood.
A 1.5mm sheet was $15.59 and is now $11.26. That’s 28% less. And a 3.2mm sheet was $12.62 and is now just $6.82. That’s 46% less!
And of course you buy a sample of Birch Plywood for $3.
We’re really happy to find this new supplier and be able to offer lower prices, because it means lower costs for you to make stuff!
3D surface scans on iOS
NeoTrux Systems‘ 3DSurfScan for iOS devices uses the camera to capture a surface as a 3D model. It’s a bit of an odd duck, in that it isn’t really meant for the average user messing around with their phone, but the technology is pretty cool.
The app is intended for advanced users, looking to capture complex surface geometry for enhancing existing work. (So you wouldn’t necessarily want to 3D print directly after capture.) For example, a difficult-to-model organic look could be captured from the real world and applied to a simple model.
I tried it out by scanning a thin bit of text that I’d printed earlier on my MakerBot: (more…)
Sweetest 3D printing so far?
Design studio giffin’termeer for the Tokyo Designers Week 2011 have pushed the boundaries of 3D printing. In a novel time-based art approach designers Jess Griffin and Jim Termeer grew sugar crystals on 3D printed substrates. (more…)
From motion to object with digital tools.
Sculptural Motion is a project by Mathew Schwartz involving technology, sculpture, dance, and martial arts. First he used motion capture and to transform “beautiful” motions of arms and legs from dance and martial arts into forms. These forms were then 3D printed before being cast in bronze and finished. Keep reading past the jump for a video and images of each step.
Description from the artist:
This work uses a custom algorithm with motion capture technology to render the performative arts into static sculptural forms in order to create an aesthetic that focuses on the path of motion instead of on the subjects’ figure. With bronze being the material of choice, the work is given a traditional sculpture material while utilizing modern technology. The utilization of the work can range from aesthetic sculpture to teaching and training within martial and performing arts.
The sculpture above is the motion of a spin round house kick, and the last image is the motion of a split kick.
1.2mm / .048″ red felt available at Ponoko US
Just a quick note to let you know that we’ve brought in a new 1.2mm/.048″ thickness for our popular Fire Felt.
This is now our thinnest thickness available for this color felt in the US materials catalog. Other thicknesses available are 3mm and 5mm.
Fire Felt samples in 3mm thickness can be purchased for $2.50 at the Ponoko US Sample Store.
Be sure to check out our November material spotlight on felt as well as our 50% OFF FELT SALE.
The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #55
Hey, Sam here. I’m back collecting this week’s posts from The Laser Cutter.
Above is a laser cut from acrylic knuckleduster from Weaslefactory.
After the jump, disapproval, a warthog, a sign, cubes and Islamic tiles… (more…)
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