Paducah Citizens Advisory Board Meeting & Model Presentation
Read moreLast week, the Atomic Cities Research Group presented the PGDP Regional and Subsurface model at the monthly meeting of Paducah’s Citizens Advisory Board. The model was received well by the Board, and understood as a document around which Citizens,...
Oct 24, 20111
Atomic Cities Update III
Read moreVisitors from UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research and the Department of Energy stopped by on Friday to look at the PGDP Regional Stratigraphy Model before it will be presented to the PGDP Community Advisory Committee later this month...
Five to Thirty Minute Chair on Thingiverse
Read moreVisit Makerbot Industries Thingiverse to see AtFAB’s first contributions. We’ve uploaded 3D files of a Foot & Peg kit to print with your Makerbot Thing-O-Matic, so you can assemble and accessorize your Five to Thirty Minute Chair with luminous ABS plastic...
AtFAB at 2011 World Maker Faire
Read moreGary, Carolyn and I had an incredible two days at the World Maker Faire in NYC, which was a massive celebration of doing, thinking, innovating, and delighting. We were ecstatic to meet numerous makers as well as the Faire’s...
Report from 2011 World Maker Faire
Read moreBetween turns manning the AtFAB table in the Maker Pavilion, Gary, Carolyn and I managed to see so many inspiring inventions, projects and exhibits at the Maker Faire. The Bamboo Bike Studio, Makerbots and a mini-thingiverse generated by the...
Maker Faire Tables
Read moreCarolyn took furniture tattoos to an incredible level, by etching AtFAB instructions onto the tables that we will be exhibiting at the Maker Faire in New York this weekend. Come visit us and these furniture prototypes at the New...
Bits Beams & Jets – Part II
Read moreIn Bits Beams & Jets Part I, we exposed the challenges that each kind of CNC machine presented throughout our prototyping process. AtFAB furniture is incredibly easy to assemble, when the tabs of one piece fit into slots cut in...
Atomic Cities Update II
Read moreAll PGDP Subsurface Model fabrication is now complete. Working with laser cutters, CNC routers and water jets to fabricate components from tooling board, aluminum, wood and plexiglass, we choreographed everything, so that assembly of the components was like building...
Bits, Beams & Jets – Part I
Read moreDuring our fabrication research, we wanted to ensure that a single cut file would work with any material and cutting machine, so AtFAB’s workflow would be as open and adaptable as its designs endeavor it to be. We pursued...