Upgraded 3D Printers
We’ve upgraded our older Makerbot 2s with heated build plates. It turns out the 2 and 2X share almost all hardware, so swapping these out was easy. Print warping wasRead More →
2017-03-20
Heart Model from CT Scan
This is a model of an infant’s heart with Kawasaki syndrome, the surgeon (working with the Cardiac Research Group) wanted a model to show the parents and explain process. WeRead More →
2017-03-10
VR Headsets in the DML!
Come on by and try out our new VR Headsets. We have two Oculus Touches and two HTC Vives (one room scale). You can try our apps or log inRead More →
2017-02-04
Casting Clear Warren Bears
I cast these bears from a 3D print. Calit2’s Drone Lab was nice enough to give me the model. The reclining bear was a mistake, but he’s turned out toRead More →
2017-01-22
Fallout T-41 Helmet (My Mini Factory)
We used the Winter break to build this full sized PowerPoint helmet from Fallout. We get a lot of cosplay projects coming through the lab, it’ll be cool to beRead More →
2016-12-20
3D Data Crystals
Trying to represent Library checkout transactions and foot traffic over a whole year. We formatted an excel spreadsheet into an OBJ file, so that every value corresponded to a vertices.Read More →
2016-12-01
3D Geisel Floorplan in Sketchup
Playing with wayfinding application, we decided to make some 3D floorplans of the Geisel Library’s 2nd floor. We already had the CAD floorplans, so for most areas it was justRead More →
2016-11-11
Photogrammetry – 3D Scanning Gnome
This is our lab’s pet Gnome, we love him despite his sad judgmental gaze. Using photogrammetry software we were able to take a bunch of pictures from different angles andRead More →
2016-10-22
Building Augmented Reality Apps for Android
Augmented reality is the future, and it’s surprisingly easy to get started with. We used the Vuforia plugin with Unity to create a simple image target recognition app which overlayedRead More →
2016-10-01
Flash Animations
Virginia, one of the more artsy DML staffers, took some time this week to learn the workflow to animate with the Wacom Cintiq Tablet in Adobe Flash. Even with allRead More →
2016-05-30