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Sunday, October 12, 2014

New Hacktastic blog!

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We're back from break after finishing the MakerHome 3D-print-a-day-for-a-year project, and picking up the pieces at a new blog. Join us ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Day 365!!! Last day of the print-every-day-for-a-year project!

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I think the first thing that needs saying here is that a year is a very long time. There are a lot of days in a year. After about 60 or 70 d...
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Monday, August 25, 2014

Day 364 - Customizable Hinged Polyhedra

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TWO DAYS LEFT. Just today and tomorrow, and we're done with our print-and-blog-about-one-thing-every-day-for-an-entire-freakin-year proj...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Day 363 - Customizable hinge/snap Icosahedron net

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THREE DAYS LEFT. Our final hinge/snap net is for the remaining Platonic solid, the lovely Icosahedron: Thingiverse link:  http://www....
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Day 362 - Customizable hinge/snap Dodecahedron net

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FOUR DAYS LEFT. Today we printed our fourth Platonic solid hinge/snap model, of a dodecahedron. This is the same shape we printed back on ...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Day 361 - Friday Fail: 72 Pencils edition

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FIVE DAYS LEFT. Today we printed a redesign of AuntDaisy's Geo Hart 72 Pencil Holder  from Thingiverse. Instead of scaling that model ...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Day 360 - Shapeways print of the TRI bracelet

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SIX DAYS LEFT. The TRI bracelet ( Day 320 ) is back from Shapeways ! It's delicate but very beautiful and came out perfectly. You c...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Day 359 - Customizable hinge/snap Octahedron net

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Today we modified the code of the hinge/snap Tetrahedron net from Day 353  to make an Octahedral net. Here are two copies, one unfolded and ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Day 358 - iPhone stand binge

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I can't believe it took me this long to get around to printing an iPhone stand. Phone cases and stands are the first thing that most of ...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Day 357 - Printer challenge! 26 mm Level 3 Menger sponge

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Today we had a visit from  Rebecca Field , JMU mathematics professor, co-author, long-time friend, and fellow member of the Female mathemati...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Day 356 - Sunday guest: Fred Hohman and knot fibrations, part 2

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Today we continue Fred Hohman 's guest post from Day 355 , in which he will print the knot fibrations he constructed yesterday... Now ...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Day 355 - Saturday guest: Fred Hohman and knot fibrations, part 1

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One thing about living in New York City is that you get a lot of guests. Lots of people come to the city and hotels are too expensive even t...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Day 354 - Forty-one Pentagonal Icositetrahedra

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Today (August 15) I had the great pleasure and honor of attending the final convocation for the 2014 NYU GSTEM program. At this event, 41 y...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Day 353 - Customizable hinge/snap Tetrahedron net

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Today we modified  Day 344 's Cube net design to make a Tetrahedron net: Here it is mostly folded up. This net is so small that it...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Day 352 - Center of mass demonstration

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Today we printed designbynumbers' Center of mass manipulatives for calculus classes  from Thingiverse. It worked very well and balanced ...
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