The Big Mac Index of 3D printing

Quick price study on manufacturing an iPhone case – the Big Mac index of 3D printing. I used a basic case from Thingiverse as the test subject. First contender, Shapeways, representing additive manufacturing on-demand, produced from a polyamide plastic powder (nylon) using laser sintering: Next

Psychobird is Back!

Working my way through some Blender tutorials under the watchful eye of my 3D printed mascot – Psychobird (PB to friends). PB was my first 3D creation using TinkerCAD and printed and mailed to me by Ponoko a few months ago.

Catching up

Hey, it’s been a long time! What have you been up to? Well, Playpen Labs has recently expanded to a remote office. The office is still under renovation. Read: We bought a 1986 Dodge xplorer from craigslist. A month later,

The hardware revolution is waiting for parts

Been busy at work putting the Printrbot jr  3D printer together and getting it up and running. Only to promptly short-circuit it and jeopardize the desktop manufacturing revolution. Or at least the rapid DIY prototyping design process I’d been looking