Some times you just want to make stuff with no real practical purpose! Some call it art. I call it fun. I have wanted a toolbox with LEDs inside so it’s easier to find stuff in the dark. So I set out to make as ‘unique’ (that’s being gentle!) a box as I could using…
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Long the tool of choice of scrapbookers and wedding invite makers, the humble electronic tool is finding itself more and more a part of industrial design workflows. Known to many as a Cricut machine (Cricut being a company that manufacturers these tools, think Kleenex versus tissues or Windex versus window cleaner) these “CNC knives” are very…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #20 14 February 2016 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2016/GOR_0020_14FEB16.mp3 This week we cover: Occipital Structure 3D Scanner | Meshmixer | Meshlab | Netfabb Glowforge Inventables Carvey Desktop CNC Router Bus Pirate Saleae Logic Analyzer Don’t forget this is a great time of year to go through your lab or workshop and tidy up. Get rid of…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #19 22 December 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0019_22DEC15.mp3 The maker skills we want to learn in 2016: CNC Milling | Inventables Carvey Metalworking and Welding | Harbor Freight 3D Printing | 123D Design 3D Scanning | Skanect | 123D Catch Airbrushing | Master | Air Compressor and Tank Laser Cutting |…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #12 26 July 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0012_26JUL15.mp3 This week we cover it all, including: Super Fancy Third Arm Kit Particle.io Photon Node.js Photon / Node.js demo project on GitHub hackster.io page MakerSpace.com page SatNOGS HC-05 Bluetooth and Arduino Blynk app for Android and iOS SnapEDA Octopart Common…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #10 15 June 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0010_15JUN15.mp3 In this week’s episode we talk with about the National Maker Faire that was held in Washington D.C. from June 12-13, 2015. I can on my rant against open source hardware certification and why we need to keep the Maker Movement and STEAM Movement as nimble as…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #8 17 May 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0008_17MAY15.mp3 In this week’s episode we talk about the news from Microsoft’s Build Developer Conference and the announcement about their IoT initiatives with Arduino and Raspberry Pi. We also answer listener mail about what tools you need when getting started doing electronics. Some links from the episode: Arduino.cc…
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