Daily Archives: April 7, 2009

Obligatory: Office Space printer smash

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Joel Johnson

A scene so potent, there are several tribute videos. Here are two, after the jump.

High-end 3D printer art

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Lisa Katayama

3D printers are great for complex engineering projects, but what happens when you try to get creative with it? Most artists obsessed with digital fabrication opt for milling machines or laser etching–which are cheaper and easier to access–but some have … Continue reading →

You can still buy new dot matrix printers. Why?

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Joel Johnson

They have have gone the way of trackballs* and Hercules graphics adapters for most of us, but did you know you can still buy a variety of Dot Matrix Printers down at your local Office Depot? They aren’t cheap, either—the … Continue reading →

MakerBot: 3D Printers for the mildly solderphobic

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Joel Johnson

3D printers are coming to the home, undoubtedly. In five years. Or maybe ten. No more than twenty. Until Canon is selling home models for nearly nothing just so they can lock you into buying their proprietary extruder paste cartridges, … Continue reading →

Themes

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Joel Johnson

We’re trying something a bit different today for the first time. Once or twice a week, BBG will have a “theme”, and the majority of the posts during that day will be variations on that theme. They might be overtly … Continue reading →

Power On Self Test: The Mechanic Eye

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Photo: Bogen Freund

Puma: GM and Segway take a swing at a small car

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Take two companies whose products are sort of a joke, slap them together, and here’s the result: The P.U.M.A., a sort of giant, two-person Segway that is designed for commuters, with a 35-mile range from its lithium-ion batteries. It has … Continue reading →

Recently on Offworld

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Brandon Boyer

Recently on Offworld we took a look at the four indie dev meets studio artist/illustrator games produced for Giant Robot and Attract Mode’s Game Over/Continue? show that opened the final day of GDC. The games (above, the collaboration between Hellen … Continue reading →