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Call for developers

For those who have been present at alt lab meetings know by now that I’m currently developing a 3D Laser Printer.
As far as electronics everything is almost good to go with some minor tweaks, but I’m facing a giant problem now. I  don’t have time to develop software for this pet and I don’t want [...]

makerbot as microscope: what we learned

Joel Belouet has been working on an art piece involving microorganisms and needed a support structure for his microscope camera. It turns out the MakerBot sitting on our table was the solution.
At first Joel attached the camera to the z axis and the slide rested on the build platform, but it soon became clear that [...]

Thom Yorke 3D Print by Tiago Serra

During our recent 3D Printing Workshop, Tiago Serra from xDA used altlab’s MakerBot to print a model of Thom York’s head :)
Original point cloud data from Aaron Koblin’s House of Cards (GeoVideo’s 3D scanning system)
Meshed with Point Cloud Skinner script for Blender
Cleanup in MeshLab
Made during the Makerbot workshop with Zach Hoeken at Lisbon Tech University
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