Author: Mike Garrity
Tested Tours Artisan’s Asylum
I know I just posted a video from Tested, but this one’s awfully good too. Here’s Adam Savage visiting our local makerspace:
Fuse 1 Tested
Sean Charlesworth from Tested stopped by the office this weekend. He made this cool video about our newest printer, the Fuse 1. Check it out, he and Eduardo did a great job of showing...
Baby Squirrel
We had a visitor today while we were out working in the garden. Very cute, and very friendly.
Bonnie Stewart Building Blocks
As you know, I’m really into polyhedra. There have been lots of fascinating books written about polyhedra over the years, but one of the most interesting (and quirky) ones is Bonnie Stewart’s Adventures among...
Vacuum Pump
One tool I haven’t owned is a vacuum pump. That’s because good vacuum pumps are expensive, and cheap vacuum pumps are – well – they’re not good vacuum pumps. So I finally decided to...
Császár Polyhedron
Here’s another interesting polyhedron. It is called the Császár polyhedron. It’s famous because it shares an interesting property with the tetrahedron. Neither of these have any diagonals! If you imagine a tetrahedron (or hold...
Kepler’s Rhombic Polyhedra
Johannes Kepler was an interesting character. He was interested in a lot more than just astronomy. He’s famous among aficionados of polyhedra for organizing all of the new ones that Renaissance artists Wenzel Jamnitzer...