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Noah Beasley’s innovative business approach to open source 3D jewelry
September 1st, 2010 | 
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From the Shapeways blog:
Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in 3D printing | Digg this!Congratulations to Improbablecog whose Kickstarter project has already reached 101% funding with 7 days still left to go. This is a win win win win situation where:
- The backers get a little something from Improbablecog, depending on their level of investment from a sticker to a custom designed piece of jewelry.
- Noah gets an influx of cash, gets his name out there for an innovative approach to the business of design and is freed up to produce more cool designs.
- Three of his most popular designs are set free, for everyone to modify, mash up, resell, print by the one or by the dozen, or insert into their game, movie, or art.
Shapeways can now 3D print three of Improbablecog's designs for the cost of material only....
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Add life to your SketchUp creations with Sketchyphysics
Like modeling your projects using Sketchup, but wish that you could go one step further and see if they work before spending time printing them? Well, you might want to have a look at Sketchyphysics. It's a physics simulator that you can use to put your creations to life, and presumably work out the bugs before committing to a physical version. We mentioned it back in 2007, however it's new to me. [via Lets Make Robots]
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Experimental reciprocating laser cutter with low-power diode
Interesting concept from Peter over at the RepRap: Builders blog, who has successfully made some cuts in a CD case using an experimental 1W laser cutter with a Z-axis control that allows the laser diode itself to reciprocate up and down, kinda like a saber saw. This action moves the beam's focus, where it cuts most effectively, up and down through the material at each point along the cutting path. I have wondered about dynamically-variable-focal-length CNC lasers before, and although I'm probably in over my head, here, it seems like there should be some way to do it optically without having to physically move the whole laser head up and down.
Geez, everyone's a critic! Nice work here, Peter. [via Hack a Day]
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- Lasersaur, an open-source laser cutter
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- How-To: Use a laser cutter to make PCBs
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- DIY Flashlamp-pumped organic dye laser
Experimental reciprocating laser cutter with low-power diode
Interesting concept from Peter over at the RepRap: Builders blog, who has successfully made some cuts in a CD case using an experimental 1W laser cutter with a Z-axis control that allows the laser diode itself to reciprocate up and down, kinda like a saber saw. This action moves the beam's focus, where it cuts most effectively, up and down through the material at each point along the cutting path. I have wondered about dynamically-variable-focal-length CNC lasers before, and although I'm probably in over my head, here, it seems like there should be some way to do it optically without having to physically move the whole laser head up and down.
Geez, everyone's a critic! Nice work here, Peter. [via Hack a Day]
More:
- IR laser wood-burning pen
- Lasersaur, an open-source laser cutter
- My favorite laser-cutter offering 3D printer parts kit deal
- How-To: Use a laser cutter to make PCBs
- Blu-Ray Star Trek laser pops balloons across a room
- DIY Flashlamp-pumped organic dye laser