I just found one of my CCTV experiments from 2008 2007 when i was working on SurveillanceSaver. SurveillanceSaver was a screen saver made from random unprotected surveillance cameras on the internet.
Here are random early twitter messages placed in bubbles on random images from IP cameras. The result was very Ballardian. Especially in 2008 2007.
The experiment was programmed with Processing.
For everyone working with bluecove Bluetooth library in Processing / Java: It stopped working on OS X 10.8 due to deprecated functions and there’s no maintainer anymore.
Here’s a fix and a Wiimote example:
https://github.com/ixd-hof/Processing/tree/master/Examples/Input/Wiimote_BalanceBoard
Thanks to the patch by Wulf:
http://www.lejos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3833
I am using an old 2GB SD Card for my second Raspberry Pi. Unfortunately there’s only some MB left after installation. Not enough even for an update via apt-get.
Hashtagsecurity has a hint how to remove packages for a headless Raspbian installation:
http://www.hashtagsecurity.com/stripping-down-debian-image-for-raspberrypi-headless/
The result: 26% free disk space!
I bought a Printrbot Simple back in July and was one of the first 80 people to get the final v2. It was a lot of fun to build the 3D printer from scratch. Just like LEGO back in the days.
The software setup was a bit problematic at first. The first prints were a mess due to wrong settings. But since Printrbot updated their “Getting Started Guide” it prints like a charm.
Usage and calibration is a bit more difficult compared to our Makerbot at Campus Münchberg. But in the end the principle of most extruders is the same.
git ls-files | grep -e “\.pde$” -e “\.java$” | xargs wc -l
Update: Here are new pictures of the final model on Thingiverse
STL, OpenSCAD, DXFs and Processing Sketch at Thingiverse
Update 2: Made it to London Science Museum! “3D: printing the future”
After watching Grant Gee’s documentary “Joy Division” i decided i have to print the iconic cover of their first album “Unknown Pleasures” in 3D.
Unfortunately i could not find a single vector graphic or 3D model anywhere. There are articles about the history of the graphics, Peter Saville’s artwork and PSR B1919+21. I even tried to visualize PSR B1919+21‘s waveforms. But in the end i spend an evening tracing the waves by hand while watching ESC.
The resulting SVG file was extruded and rendered in Processing with Richard Marxer’s Geomerative and my RExtrudedMesh extension. OBJ export was accomplished with OBJExport.
The Processing sketch didn’t create a manifold 3D model and i couldn’t fix it in time. Thus i rewrote the sketch in order to export DXF layers and extruded them in OpenSCAD. Now there’s a printable STL on Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:92971
The print is still not perfect. Skeinforge did a much better job than MakerBot slicer. Maybe the white PLA filament itself was the problem.
SVG Version:
Files:
SVG vector graphics
OBJ file for printing
Processing Sketch
STL, OpenSCAD, DXFs and Processing Sketch at Thingiverse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
I was surprised there’s not much information about printing with Replicator and PLA on Makerbot’s site. And i was surprised that it’s impossible to heat the base plate in MakerWare when printing with PLA. I read about using a glass plate or “blue painters tape” instead.
Blue painters tape is just simple Kreppband from the hardware store and it works fine. The print sticks on it and doesn’t warp at all.
My impressions so far:
– No fumes and ABS smell
– Faster prints because no need for printing bed heating
– No warping so far (no need for windows)
– Material is not as smooth as ABS
Since October we have a Makerbot Replicator at Hof University. It took us a while to calibrate it and to learn how to model things in order to print. But better late than never we’ve got it running and it prints our things like a charm. Here are some photos and the latest prints.
Hello Kitty Les Paul keychain (dual extrusion with MakerWare 2.0.0)
Thingiverse
Learning curve of dual extrusion 3D printing
Excited about the first print
Our first print: A teapot!
Otto Neurath pictograms in 3D
Scanned and printed all students of my Creative Coding class
