The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #65
Hey, Sam here,back collecting the post from The Laser Cutter.
Above is The Exploded Eye as Quoted from flickr:
Architect postgraduate Marina Karamali has exploded the human eye in her spacial exploration of the human anatomy.
Courtesy of LaserCut WORKS.
After the jump, rockets, a smokehouse, a tire, and a lamp… (more…)
Recreating the classic Goldfinger scene with a slightly different ending.
This is perhaps the clearest indication of how easily available laser cutters are these days. They are now being used to recreate classic movie scenes for a youtube video. I’m just surprised no one did it earlier.
In this video, Martin Raynsford cut James Bond in half with a laser like in Goldfinger (it’s an alternate ending). The resemblance to Bond is uncanny.
Via Hacked Gadgets
A laser-cut delta robot that can draw better than I can
Aaron Fan is a robotics student at Georgia Tech. Over the past few months he has been regularly updating his website with details of his current project: Pythagoras the drawing robot. He covers a lot of ground, from the mathematics to the coding and hardware design.
I love this project because it ticks all my boxes: the parts are laser cut, the design is open source and well-documented, and the finished machine is equal parts ingenious and pointless. Check out this post for an overview of the project, or take a look after the break for video of the bot in action and examples of what it can draw. (more…)
It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s an RcSuperhero!
The Ponoko connection may be tenuous, but I’m going for it anyway. These remote controlled flying people are simply awesome.
The above clip was put together as a part of a viral marketing campaign for the film Chronicle, but don’t let that deter you if you’re keen to take to the skies yourself.
Downloadable PDF plans are available from RcSuperhero that you can send to your favourite laser cutting service; or you can get a head start and buy the laser cut foam, sub-structure and various parts in kit form. And then what? Simply whack in the required electronics and soon you’ll be launching your own human-shaped glider into the sky.
It must be quite a sight to behold in the flesh. What a brilliant idea.
via ubergizmo
Fantastic tutorial on how to build your own custom designs
Digital music production tools are so powerful these days that it seems you can compose and perform just about any kind of music entirely on a laptop. One of the weak points of digital production though is the physical interface: it’s hard to be expressive when you’re pushing your finger around a trackpad. You can have a lot more control if you have a few physical knobs and sliders and buttons. Enter the generic MIDI controller. (more…)
Best of the Blog 2011: Art
Take a moment to step back and see the world a little differently with this selection of ten memorable works of art that appeared on the Ponoko blog during 2011.
From unique perspectives on everyday objects to different ways of capturing and expressing movement, join us to explore how artists continue to use digital manufacturing technologies in new and exciting ways.
The mesmerising motion of professional dancers and martial artists is captured in this intriguing project by Mathew Schwartz. Data from the sinuous movements is 3D printed before being cast in bronze, giving a unique perspective on human movement that would surely have Muybridge’s nod of approval.
Coin blocks, laser cutting and 3D printing – Super Mario in the Digital Manufacturing Age.
For those of us who grew up with the ringing chimes of Super Mario coins in our ears, the clever tinkerers in the Digital Manufacturing community continue to provide nostalgic treats to satisfy all those retro-gaming cravings. Today we look back at five of our favourite Super Mario inspired projects.
Bryan Duxbury’s Question Mark Block Lamp (available in kit form or fully assembled from his Etsy store) features laser-cut plexiglass with a custom PCB mounted inside that hosts an ATTiny microcontroller and LED array.
I designed this Super Mario Question Mark Block lamp to behave as much like the “real” thing as I could without having it eject coins. The bottom is capacitive-touch sensitive, and when you trigger it, the lamp toggles its light and plays the classic coin sound.
The addition of a 1up sound after multiple toggles is a nice touch, making the interactive element one step closer to the ‘real’ thing.
Best of the Blog 2011 – Laser Cutting
I knew it was going to be tough when I picked the Laser Cutting category to pick the best posts from, but wow – there really were a lot of amazing stories in 2011 to choose from.
These are my favourites from last year, but if you think that I’ve missed a critical project, please mention it in the comments below!
This is also #1 in my “favourite headlines of 2011″ category. Dr. Thomas Modeen used a laser cutter to engineer a perfect food experience, distributing pockets of PB & J into even, calculated bites.
If I am ever a wealthy man, there will be a laser cutter in my kitchen. Be sure to read through to the source for a video of the laser in action!
Read: The most advanced peanut butter and jelly sandwich yet
The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #63
Hey, Sam here,back collecting the post from The Laser Cutter.
Above are some Rs laser cut from chip board and painted from Lauren Manning.
After the jump, V for invitation, a felt doily, and a push! (more…)
Three dimensional portrait biographies
Anne Frank
Written Portraits were created by Markus Ravenhorst and Maarten Reynen of Etcetera for Dutch Book Week. These biographies accurately depict the faces the of Anne Frank, Vincent van Gogh, Louis van Gaal and Kader Abdolah in three dimensional glory.
These books appear to have been die-cut as is common in the print industry, but its not often economically viable to use die-cutting to such an elaborate degree as Souvervein have done for Etcetera. You can achieve similar results laser cutting paper. In fact Ponoko is currently running a prototyping party with free cardboard!
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