Ponoko-made presents!
Our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide features a range of jewelry, home decor, gadgets, and holiday goodies all made by our creative customers.
We’ve featured gifts to fit any budget, from $5 moustache earbud wraps to custom computers starting at $259. Whether you’re looking for something for a geek, biker, gamer, crafter, hostess, or girlie girl, we’ve got you covered.
Keep reading to see the 32 products featured or jump to our Holiday Gift Guide on Pinterest.
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Posted in 3D Printing, Contests + Competitions, Electronics + Robotics, Fashion + Textiles, Functional Art + Objects, Jewellery, Laser Cutting, Toys + Games by Kristen Turner | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing, Laser Cutting
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Making it even easier to get into electronics
We all know and love Arduino, and what it has done for the rapidly growing world of DIY electronics. Yet the complexities of Arduino can be a bit much for young makers, and education enthusiast Tom Lauwers just may have the answer to harness that creativity while it is still fresh.
Heralded as a kind of “pre-Arduino”, the Hummingbird kit from Birdbrain consists of a custom controller that connects to a range of motors, sensors and lights that allow kids to build their own functional robots and more.
“…the Hummingbird controller is designed for kids who have never touched electronics or programming before.”
It’s really easy to get started making fully functional electronic devices, but don’t take our word for it. Click through to the source where Tom talks it all through in a neat clip featuring an animatronic cardboard dragon made by some 10 year old kids. Now that’s seriously fun.
Hummingbird via Engadget
Posted in Electronics + Robotics, Guy Blashki, Hardware, Inventions, Maker Movement, Toys + Games by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
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Complete with original NES controller!
This is amazing: Martin Raynsford combined a couple servos, switches, and ball bearings with an Arduino and a lot of laser-cutting to make a functioning electro-mechanical replica of the beloved old Donkey Kong game. Not satisfied with this awesome (and well documented) build, Martin already has plans to scrap version 1 and rebuild the game to bring in even more of the original gameplay. Genius!
Posted in Electronics + Robotics, Laser Cutting, Rich Decibels, Toys + Games by Rich Decibels | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: Laser Cutting
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A new lease on life for one of society’s plushest members.
Christopher Jansen (ScribbleJ on Thingiverse) rehabilitated a 15-year-old stuffed pig with the help of 3D printing.
Subject is a 15-year old stuffed pig, whose right arm was lost to a vicious animal in a horrifying accident. Doctors carefully measured the pig’s left arm to create a duplicate that would be virtually identical to the original limb in fit and function.
Via 3D printed event blog
Posted in 3D Printing, Taylor Gilbert, Toys + Games by Taylor Gilbert | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
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Print your own armies for dining room battles.
With the exception of an adventurous few who made pieces by hand, miniatures games have long been the domain of large game companies. Widespread access to 3D printing can change that. Pocket-Tactics by Ill Gotten Games is a miniatures-based tabletop game, and all the rules, stat sheets, and even STL files for 3D printing are available online for free. The reason for the name should be obvious from the picture. All the pieces can easily fit in a small bag, and the game can be played in an area the size of an airplane tray.
The rules and stat sheets, 3 versions in fact, are available on the Ill Gotten Games website, and the STL files are available on Thingiverse. If you’re not inclined to print them yourself or through a printing service (like Ponoko Make), a complete set of printed and painted pieces is available for sale on Etsy.
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Posted in 3D Printing, Taylor Gilbert, Toys + Games by Taylor Gilbert | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
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The future meets the past with this sweet OpenSCAD project
This is a cool project: Instructables user fred27 reverse-engineered the encoding pattern for an old Fisher Price toy record player and developed a method for 3D printing or CNC cutting new records. He’s also written software that allows you to convert your own tunes to play on the forty-year-old toy. This is an excellent demonstration of parametric modeling using the free OpenSCAD software. Brilliant!
Posted in 3D Printing, CNC Routing, Electronics + Robotics, Rich Decibels, Software, Toys + Games by Rich Decibels | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing, CNC Routing
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Simulating a slingshot with an Arduino, motorised fader, and MaxMSP
{sound + design} released a beautifully executed and beautifully documented hack this month.
Super Angry Birds is a force feedback USB controller for Angry Birds that simulates the feeling of a slingshot. All the controls found in the game are available in this device. You can control the pull, the angle, and of course trigger the special power of the bird.
Underneath the slick design is a serious piece of hardware and software engineering work. Very cool.
Posted in Electronics + Robotics, Laser Cutting, Rich Decibels, Toys + Games by Rich Decibels | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: Laser Cutting
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Make magazine’s virtual maker camp!
Make magazine is currently hosting a free online DIY makercamp on their Google+ page. MakerCamp is aimed at teenagers, although it looks like there will be interesting projects for people who haven’t grown out of being a kid as well. Each weekday a new project video is posted on youtube packed with demonstrations, instructions and a list of materials. There has already been how to make compressed air rockets. This week’s features include making animated GIF images, sculpting with modeling clays and more. Make promises the series will emcompass the broad spectrum of maker projects. (more…)
Posted in David McGahan, Events, Maker Movement, Ponoko News, Toys + Games by David McGahan | Comments are off for this post
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How would a class of 8-9 year olds re-design walkie-talkies?
The Artphones project was part of Bobby Genalo’s Masters thesis at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. His project looked at the maker as consumer with play as an educational tool to assist the design process. In Genalo’s research he sampled two groups, a class of children and a group of adults. In each group he encouraged novel creative thinking about what would be an interesting portable personal communications device. The school group’s ideas were realised with the help of a Makerbot Replicator. (more…)
Posted in David McGahan, Mass Customization, Ponoko News, Toys + Games by David McGahan | Comments are off for this post
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A compelling toy for all ages
Here’s an Instructable that goes into great detail about the design and build process of this marvellously over-engineered kids toy. This project really ticks all my boxes: sweet laser cut enclosure, arcade buttons, weird noises, and it’s educational!
Posted in Electronics + Robotics, Laser Cutting, Rich Decibels, Toys + Games, Various How-To by Rich Decibels | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: Laser Cutting
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