SketchChair and Melody Man on KickStarter.

This weekend, I noticed that a couple of great projects are on KickStarter: SketchChair and Melody Man. SketchChair is a software tool for designing custom chairs that can be laser-cut, CNC routed, or otherwise fabricated. Melody Man is a designer toy with a hand crank, LED animations, and music. They’re both closely related to the [...]

Ponoko: 3d printing and rules for maker businesses

Ponoko is now offering 3d printing in collaboration with CloudFab. This seems like a useful addition to their services, but less exciting than they built it up to be. It will be interesting to see how they compare with Shapeways. The one year free replacement policy is interesting; I guess they can always just print [...]