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Gamebuino is a credit card-sized gaming console powered by ATmega328

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Developed by National Engineering School of Saint-Etienne student Aurélien Rodot, Gamebuino is a retro-inspired, pocket-sized game console built around an ATmega328 microcontroller (MCU). No larger than a credit card, the successfully crowdfunded device gives a whole new meaning to portable gaming. With its metallic and vintage appearance, it will surely spark up some technostalgia of the Gameboy Advance of the early 2000s. As […]

3D printing helps save the life of a two-week-old baby

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Surgeons at a New York hospital have credited 3D printing with helping to save the life of a two-week-old baby who required complicated heart surgery. Using MRI scan data, surgeons at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital were able to 3D print a replica of the child’s heart, which was riddled with holes and structural abnormalities. Cognizant of […]

Maker magic with 3D-printed wands and software spells

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SpellTag — which recently made its debut on Kickstarter — is described by its creators as “laser tag LARPing with 3D-printed wands and software spells.” What an experience that sounds like! And to think, we thought Dungeons and Dragons was ahead of its time in the ‘80s. With the addition of 3D printing to the LARPing (Live Action Roleplaying […]

World’s first 3D printer in space has docked at the ISS

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Well, this gives the term ‘Maker space’ quite the literal meaning. The first 3D printer set to leave the Earth’s atmosphere will blast off Saturday, September 20 at 2:16am ET aboard the SpaceX-4 Commercial Resupply Mission has officially docked at the International Space Station, according to a tweet from Mike Chen. The Dragon hatch is open. This marks the first […]

University of Virginia team creates 3D-printed drone

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When testing a flying prototype, an inventor’s biggest fear is a crash landing. David Sheffler’s team at the University of Virginia has eliminated this risk with their creation of a 3D-printed drone they call “The Razor.” If their UAV plummets to the ground, they can just print out another one on the spot! Sheffler’s team […]

Makeblock Constructor is a 400-piece DIY 3D printer

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Shenzhen-based company Makeblock, known throughout the DIY community for their mechanical parts and electronics modules, recently released a 400-piece DIY 3D printer kit. Inspired by the demands of the RepRap open-source community, the Makeblock Constructor I is powered by an Arduino Mega 2560 (ATmega2560) microcontroller. As Makers, many of us are familiar with piecing together 3D printers from kit form; however, maybe not a kit consisting of […]

Upload and pick up your design with this 3D printing vending machine

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Unveiled at the University of Texas, Cockrell School of Engineering students have launched a cutting-edge 3D printing vending machine. The Innovation Station is believed to be the third machine of its kind at a university in the U.S., following in the footsteps of both Virginia Tech and UC-Berkeley. Led by Associate Professor Carolyn Seepersad, a team of mechanical engineering students designed and constructed […]

Lifelike 3D-printed hearts are helping train surgeons

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Researchers at the Nottingham Trent University have successfully created a 3D-printed heart. Led by Richard Arm, the team has used silicone gel to mimic the texture of a real heart and its inner workings. Unlike previous efforts to 3D print prosthetic organs, this project has developed one that is “as close as you can get” to the real organ. CT scans of […]

Swipe right with this 3D-printed Tinder hack

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With reports stating that 38% of single adults have used an online dating app, it comes as little surprise that a device like Tinder-O-Matic has been created by the Maker community. A Maker by the name of Andrew Sink had previously built an Arduino Uno (ATmega328) powered InMoov finger and noticed it collecting dust on his desk. […]

Visualizing earthquakes with 3D printing

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During the wee hours of August 24th, Doug McCune was jarred awake by the rumblings of a 6.0-magnitude earthquake. This was the largest earthquake to hit the Bay Area area in nearly a quarter of a century. After an initial safety check on the web, McCune stumbled upon the data provided by the USGS about the early […]