PopFab
via Txch Today:
A pair of MIT students have taken the next step in 3D printing: portability. Most 3D printers are too large to easily carry along – averaging the size of a kitchen table – but the students’ “PopFab” can easily fit into a standard metal suitcase. The video shows the students quickly and easily setting up the printer and using it to create a small plastic fish.
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MIT nerds FTW.
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<3 my school
Hackers turned MIT’s Green Building into a giant, playable, and multi-color Tetris game. A console allowed players to move, rotate, and drop blocks.
The Green Building (Building 54) is home to the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences department.
MIT hackers have long considered “Tetris on the Green Building” to be the Holy Grail of hacks, as the side of the building is a wonderful grid for the game.
The game started off scrolling the words “TETRIS” and then would start into the first level. As the player progressed, the second level would start with more pale colors, making it harder to identify the type of block. The third level involved the colors shifting on-screen. Upon losing the game, all of the blocks would fall to the bottom of the building.
Were I wealthy, I would endow the Institute with a very large grant, contingent upon this becoming a permanent feature of the Green Building.
The Green Building is also a great place for elevator racing.
(via proofmathisbeautiful)
