Do we need a Bre’s Law?
Recently I read an article titled A Lack of R&D May Kill the 3d Printing Gold Rush by Ashlee Vance on BloombergBusinessWeek (who names these things nowadays?). The article points out that ‘3D...
View ArticleCutting a 4th Floor Four
When Nate Hill from the Chattanooga Public Library’s 4th Floor asked if we could cut a giant ‘4’ out on the CNC router vs doing it by hand, it was a no brainer. Jason and I recognized this as another...
View ArticleMaker Day a Smashing Success
The not so recent Maker Day at the 4th Floor was a huge success. If you attended you were among over 1100 who attended that day all to celebrate, discuss, and learn about 3D printing and scanning...
View ArticleCalling All Makers!!!
It is time. We are hosting a planning meeting for the launch of our makerspace. The goal will be to gather any and all who are interested in joining together to pick up the conversation that began...
View ArticlePublic Meeting Tuesday April 30th
Thanks to everyone who came out for our first of a series of launch meetings. We had about a dozen total and we talked through a number of topics (see slides here). The new space was toured by a number...
View ArticleMay 14th Meeting Followup
Big thanks to everyone who came out for our weekly meeting last night. Jesse Guardiani from CreateThis.com gave an introduction to some basic hand tools with demos. I especially appreciate the...
View ArticleState of the *Lab
Last Meeting Highlight: This small 3D printed vehicle has working wheels and doors! Glad to report we have a few areas of progress since the last post. Our goal has been to prep the space for...
View ArticleThe Force is With Us
Last night we were delighted to have one of our largest turnouts with many new faces. Dan Baker, local mold-making expert turned graphic designer, who has piloted a replica R2D2 for years. This was a...
View ArticleOpen for Membership!
That’s correct…we are officially taking memberships on a go forward basis. We’ve worked hard to get the people and process in place to make this happen. It is almost certainly not perfect but we can...
View ArticleFind us on Google+ Communities
All of our updates can be found on the Chatt*lab Makerspace Google+ Community. Please visit our page there.
View ArticleRomeConfluence 2013 Impresses
Chris Anderson at RomeConfluence 2013 This morning Chris Anderson painted the ‘maker vision’ for the revolution in manufacturing that is being fostered by 3d printing technologies. The digital...
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