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3D Printed Dragon Feet TV Stand: For Your Own House of the Dragon

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Because dinosaur feet make everything better (googly eyes, too, but this isn’t about them), Thingiverse user melgrubb created 3D-printed dino feet to support a flatscreen television. That’s cool, but he should have also printed little t-rex arms hugging the television from the sides.

According to Mel, he recently moved a wall-hanging television from one room to another, where it was to become a terrestrial model, but he couldn’t find the original feet (story of my life). His wife suggested 3D printing feet, and when he asked what they should look like, she said dragon feet. The rest is television history.

Of course, the odds of these feet being an exact fit for your television model are low, but they can be scaled up or down in different dimensions to make them fit your television’s bolts. Per Mel: “I printed them in a lovely marble filament, and my wife painted the nails with the ‘sluttiest’ red nail polish she could find at the dollar store. Now, this TV makes us smile even when it’s not turned on.” Haha, that TV makes me smile even when it’s not turned on, and it’s not my TV, and I’m just looking at a picture of it! Now that’s quality.

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You can now 3D print your own iconic Bladeless fan

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If you never had the money to spring for one of Dyson’s bladeless fans, know that you could pretty much print a similar one for yourself. Designed by Daniel Mitchell, a 3-D printing enthusiast from South Africa, this bladeless fan uses an airfoil shape to suck and capture additional air, creating a cool, un-buffeted breeze. It also features a rather neat looking triangular shape that’s cool enough to grab eyes but different enough to keep Dyson’s copyright lawyers at bay.

The fan is almost entirely 3D printed (the files are available to download for free) and requires a couple of extra components (a 120mm computer fan, a 12V DC power adapter, and an on/off switch), and just a touch of technical prowess to piece the entire model together. The total print time is up to 35 hours… which may seem like a lot, but considering that it would take more time to buy and have a bladeless fan shipped to you, Daniel’s 3D printed bladeless fan isn’t all that bad. Did I mention it’s a whole lot cheaper too??

Designer: Daniel Mitchell

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This 3D Printed Measuring Cube Should Be in Every Kitchen

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If you like to cook, it’s important that you measure your ingredients properly. It’s especially critical for baking. That said, every kitchen needs a set of measuring spoons and cups. Here’s a cool design for a kitchen gadget which combines a variety of measurement sizes into a single cube.

Designed by iomaa, the 3D-printable Bakercube measures everything from a 1/2 teaspoon up to a full cup of ingredients, depending on which side you place it on, and which cubby you fill in.

The 3.5″ cube can be printed in imperial or metric versions, and the current version offers all of the following measurements:

Cups: 1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/4 cup. Tablespoons: 2 tbsp, 1 tbsp, 1/2 tbsp | in-line: 3-1/2 tbsp, 3 tbsp, 2-1/2 tbsp, 1-1/2 tbsp. Teaspoons: 1 tsp, 1/2 tsp, 1/4 tsp | in-line: 1-3/4 tsp, 1-1/2 tsp, 3/4 tsp.

Metric: 240 mL, 120 mL, 60 mL, 30 mL, 15 mL, 7.5 mL, 5 mL, 2.5 mL, 1.25 mL | in-line: 52.5 mL, 45 mL, 37.5 mL, 22.5 mL, 8.75 mL, 7.5 mL, 3.75 mL.

I’d love to see these printed in stainless steel or silicone, but for now, your best bet is to print this measuring cube for yourself if you’ve got a 3D printer around. The design is available for download over on Thingiverse for free, though I recommend giving a tip to the designer if you decide to print one for yourself.

[via Boing Boing via Laughing Squid]

MakerBot will connect Chromebooks to cloud-based 3D printers

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Earlier this year, Makerbot announced in its most recent bloodletting that it would focus more on the education market. Today we're seeing some of the fruits of that decision. First up is "My MakerBot," what the outfit describes as a cloud-enabled br...

DIY 3D Printed Digital Sundial: Glow-in-the-light

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Nearly all sundials tell the time by using a gnomon’s shadow as the hour hand. But this very cool sundial by Thingiverse member Mojoptix displays the time like a digital timepiece.

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Mojoptix used OpenSCAD to design a gnomon with many tiny holes. I don’t understand how he calculated the holes’ arrangement, but I do know the end result. When set up properly, the sundial will redirect light to display the correct time on the surface below it. The sundial displays the time from 10:00 to 16:00 in 20 minute increments.

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You can skip to 13:04 in Mojoptix’s video to see it in action, but the whole thing is enlightening:

Mojoptix believes that the holes on his gnomon are so tiny that you can make it only through 3D printing. Neat huh? Head to Mojoptix’s Thingiverse page to download the gnomon’s 3D files. You can also buy a ready-to-assemble sundial kit from his Etsy store for ~$55 (USD).

MakerBot’s contest winners print a better birdhouse

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Like The Longines Symphonette before it, Thingiverse's army of 3D printing enthusiasts don't rest, so when MakerBot put them to the task of building a better home for wayward birds, they naturally jumped into action. Not to put too fine a point on it, but while we're still a ways from indoor plumbing and the like, the American Craftsman Bungalow is surely the sort of thing any upwardly mobile winged friend would want to call home. The first place winner gets (fittingly) an Eggbot, some PLA filament, display space at the MakerBot NY store and the admiration of birds everywhere. And if Hitchcock has taught us anything, it's that you want those buggers on your side. You can download the schematics for all of the winners in the source link below, complete with the standard whistles and bells.

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MakerBot Replicator 2X eyes-on

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MakerBot Replicator 2X eyes-on

You might remember that way back in September Makerbot took the wraps off its next generation of Replicators. Sadly, when the company invited us out for a sneak peak, the cutting edge Replicator 2X was no where to be seen. Thankfully Bre Pettis decided to swing through CES with the dual-extruding, ABS optimized version of its 3D printer in tow. Aesthetically there's not much different about the 2X -- it's the same black body and a Stepstrudder that form the heart of the device. Though, there's quite a number of tweaks to the basic feature set here. For one, instead of PLA (the corn-based plastic manufactured by MakerBot), the 2X goes for the ABS plastic favored by most other additive manufacturing devices. Since it has a tendency to crack and warp when exposed to extreme temperature fluctuations, the Brooklyn startup has brought back the heated build platform. The gaps in the frame have also been filled with clear plastic, and a pair of coverings have been added to the top and front to help keep the temperature inside stable.

MakerBot also announced an update to its MakerWare package that enables dual-color printing and the addition of an API to its Thingiverse. The new developer tools will allow customers to tweak and produce completely unique products on their desktop. The Replicator 2X should, hopefully, be available soon for $2,799. For more check out the gallery below.

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Billy Steele contributed to this report.

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