fashion Custom T-Shirt, using 3D Modeling and Fabric Printing Here's a video on how I made a digitally designed shirt with fabric printing. I used Marvelous Designer for the 3D CAD file and the fabric pattern. The custom avatar
programming Building a Serverless Website with AWS So I've been fiddling around with AWS and setting up serverless computing. This means you can host a website that does complex things without setting up a web server. It's
laser cutting New Laser Cut Dress I made a new dress using the same process discussed in this post. As before, I started with a 3D model. Here's the laser in progress. Managed to catch a
laser cutting I made a dress using 3D modeling, math, and lasers! This project plays with perspective and digital manufacturing techniques (sewing simulation, 3D modeling, laser cutting). Left to right: a sketch, a render, the real thing. Build Custom Avatar I used
blender Blender Shirt Jenny from Caret Dash Caret made a blog post about using Blender to generate sewing patterns for a stuffed animal. Another friend once showed me how she used Blender to
hello world Hello World, How to Mill Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) This post is part of the Hello World Projects. There are many ways to create custom PCBs (printed circuit boards). I like milling because the CNC mill can etch the
mars Makers on Mars I recently stumbled across this series on SpaceX. It dives deep into what is up with that kooky program and why it's so important for humans to live and establish
electronics Hello World: Design PCBs with Fritzing This post is part of the Hello World Projects. The simple breadboard with a messy, beautiful rainbow of wires sticking this way and that. Easy enough! But now, how does
hello world Hello World Projects, an Intro The idea behind Hello World Projects is to create simple tutorials that does one simple thing. Usually it involves turning on an LED or displaying "Hello World." These
pcb Milling PCBs Well, the nice folks at SoDo MakerSpace got me started on the CNC Mill and Laser Cutter. I used the smaller mill, a Shapeoko 2, to mill some PCBs. And
these little thoughts Dogfood Eating your own dog food, also called dogfooding, is a slang term used to reference a scenario in which a company uses its own product to validate the quality and
code Ghost Hack One of the good things about markdown is it lets you interject HTML in the middle. So far example, <div class="red">I'm red</div> **I'm bold** Gives you something like: I'm red **I'm bold** The Problem Here's
tutorials Wifi Connected LED using Guide.js I wasn't kidding when I said I'd use Guide.js, my new framework for writing guides and tutorials. Here's a rewrite of my ESP8266 to LED tutorial. I think it's
tutorials My Scrappy Guide.js Project Github Link: https://github.com/neuralfirings/guide Over the past few posts, I've written some guides and tutorials on using the ESP8266 chip. People who read it seems to like I would like to continue publishing more of these as I venture into
hardware PCBs Misbehaving I got my custom PCBs from iTEAD last week. So exciting, right? I plugged everything in and.... WARHN warhn (failure horn 📢). Problem So much trouble trying to figure out what's
hardware Wifi Controlled Motors using ESP8266 and ATtiny85 Picking up where we left off, I'm still on my way to create the cheap wifi connected, internet controlled motor. I think I found my perfect combination of awesome. Click
tutorials Internet Controlled LED using ESP8266 In my previous post, I covered how to upload sketches using NodeMCU, which is firmware written in Lua. I ran into a few problems: Uploading big files were prone to
hardware ESP8266 meets NodeMCU Yesterday, I made great progress on playing around with the ESP8266, the $2 Wifi Module[1]. I will continue to document my progress on this blog. First, I just want
internet of things Hello (ESP8266) World Yesterday, I sat down and played with my shiny new ESP8266 module. I also got the Huzzah Breakout Board from Adafruit, which uses an ESP module. Actually, I'm still trying
Lean Manufacturing, v2 The concept of “Lean Startup” is pretty pervasive in tech. This idea comes from Lean Manufacturing, which argues the benefits of small batch production. Smaller batches enables manufacturers to eliminate bottlenecks in production, reduce waste, and continuously improve. Eric Ries applied this concept to
tutorials Making Custom PCBs PLEASE NOTE: I've written a new and improved version of this guide.Yeah! Updates!! We've all see something like this before. The simple breadboard with a messy, beautiful rainbow of
3d printing Internet Dog Treat Dispenser (v3) Once upon a time, a few dog people (people who love dogs, not dog+people hybrids) made a remote controlled dog treat dispenser. You know, because that's what dog people
writing Why Ghost Every year or so, I test out some new blogging platform. It's fun, I suppose. Trying out new technology. For a little over a year, I've been writing on Medium. It was easy. They had a nice interface, and showed promise of traffic and
these little thoughts Sightreading I once heard of a concert pianist who prepare for concerts by reading the scores. On the plane ride over to a particular concert, he will look at the score and think about how to approach the piece. When he arrives, he just plays.
