Creating With Code

  On Thursday, March 25th, I spoke about desktop fabrication and the MakerBot Cupcake CNC 3D printer at Dorkbot Pittsburgh. After some slides, I gave a printing demo with my Cupcake, Makerbot #131. You can find my slides above. I’ll post the video when it becomes available.

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Like many enthusiastic makers, I recently got my hands on a copy of the excellent Make: Electronics book from O’Reilly.  It’s an excellent bottom-up, experiment-based introduction to electronics, but sourcing all of the parts required to complete each experiment can be an adventure. Thankfully, the Maker Shed is now offering two components packs to help [...]

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