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Gamecraft Brewing Tap Handle Design Challenge

Gamecraft Brewing Tap Handle Design Challenge

  • Chris Morgan
  • Oct 31, 2022
Gamecraft Brewing and MatterHackers are teaming up for another awesome design challenge. Enter your design for a chance to win 3D printers, brewery swag, and more!
Welcome to the Gamecraft Brewing Lager League 2023 Tap Handle Design Challenge - Sponsored by MatterHackers Gamecraft Brewing and MatterHackers are teaming up for another awesome design challenge. Enter your design for a chance to win 3D printers, brewery swag, and more! Design Submissions Acceptedbetween November 1st, 2022 and February 16th, 2023 Online Registration ... (More)
Free STEM Lesson for Middle/High School: Toy Robot

Free STEM Lesson for Middle/High School: Toy Robot

  • Tara Williams
  • Nov 3, 2021
Learn how to design custom robots for 3D printing in the classroom to engage middle and high school students in STEAM learning with product design.
Teach Your Students to Design Their Own Robots (More)
Creating Custom 3D Brackets for an Ocean-Going Laboratory

Creating Custom 3D Brackets for an Ocean-Going Laboratory

  • Chris Morgan
  • Oct 26, 2020
Kenny Nevor uses 3D printing to create strong, weather-proof brackets for a custom, ocean-going laboratory built inside a shipping container.
For anyone that follows our Instagram page (@matterhackers in case you’re not!), you’ll recognize the work of Kenny Nevor. His custom-designed brackets fabricated with NylonX and NylonG are a welcome addition to our IG Stories page on an almost daily basis.... (More)
Using 3D Printing to Innovate the Centuries-Old Horseshoe Business

Using 3D Printing to Innovate the Centuries-Old Horseshoe Business

  • Chris Morgan
  • Sep 15, 2020
Our October Hacker is using his knowledge of horses and 3D design to create a new industry for himself and farriers all over the world.
As we move into an age of self-reliance and innovation, 3D printing at the small and medium enterprise level is becoming increasingly important for businesses around the world. This is the case for Derek Poupard, the Lead Farrier for Godolphin, a global thoroughbred breeding and racing enterprise founded by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.... (More)
3D Printing and Sustainable Battery Recycling BatteryBlocs

3D Printing and Sustainable Battery Recycling BatteryBlocs

  • Christopher Morgan
  • May 26, 2020
Our June 2020 Hacker of the Month creates 3D printed BatteryBlocs - brackets used to construct power banks using recycled batteries for sustainable off-grid power.
For Shawn McCarty, science and experimentation have been at the forefront of all his endeavors. From running a handyman business, a gardening business, a home buying/renting business, a home recording studio, and working in the film industry as a digital imaging technician, Shawn has done, and seen, it all. (More)
Using 3D Printing to Enable Quick Iterations for Boardgame Design

Using 3D Printing to Enable Quick Iterations for Boardgame Design

  • Chris Morgan
  • Feb 25, 2020
March 2020 Hacker of the Month Tim Burrell-Saward recently worked with Restoration Games to bring a cult classic board game back to life using 3D design and 3D printing.
Our March 2020 Hacker of the Month is a designer and technologist with over a decade of experience creating technologically augmented games, interactive artworks, and immersive theater. He currently works out of a studio in one of London’s premiere makerspaces, Makerversity at Somerset House, where he continues to explore new and exciting projects in a variety of forms and functions.... (More)
Using Digital Fabrication to Conceptualize 3D Printed Homes

Using Digital Fabrication to Conceptualize 3D Printed Homes

  • Chris Morgan
  • Jan 28, 2020
February 2020 Hacker of the Month, Garrett Durland, went from mechanical engineer to Creative Technologist through the use of 3D printing.
Our February Hacker of the Month, Garrett Durland, originally hails from Denver, Colorado and currently resides in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Garrett’s background is in Mechanical Engineering for a number of companies. “I spent 2006 to 2015 working as a Steam and Gas Turbine Engineer in the power generation industry. I worked for GE, Toshiba, and Xcel Energy. As an on-site traveling enginee... (More)
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