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Level One
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Today we continue our step-by-step walkthrough of building a Level 4 Menger cube out of business cards. If you want to join the fun then sign up now at www.megamenger.com. You can help with an official Level 3 build site, contribute a Level 2, be your own Level 2 mini-site, or even take part as a Level 1 micro-site. Things get interesting when you attach the cubes together… // Hacktastic
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New Hacktastic blog!
New Hacktastic blog! 150 150 mathgrrl

We’re back from break after finishing the MakerHome 3D-print-a-day-for-a-year project, and picking up the pieces at a new blog. Join us over at Hacktastic:
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Level Zero
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Time to begin again: new blog, new rules, and a Level 0 Menger sponge – better known as a “cube”, or “hexahedron” if you’re fancy. This cube is made out of six folded business cards, and it is going to join 159,999 other folded business-card cubes in the completely crazy, unreasonable MegaMenger project to build a worldwide distributed Level 4 Menger sponge… // Hacktastic
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Day 365!!! Last day of the print-every-day-for-a-year project!
Day 365!!! Last day of the print-every-day-for-a-year project! 150 150 mathgrrl

I think the first thing that needs saying here is that a year is a very long time. There are a lot of days in a year. After about 60…

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Day 364 – Customizable Hinged Polyhedra
Day 364 – Customizable Hinged Polyhedra 150 150 mathgrrl

TWO DAYS LEFT. Just today and tomorrow, and we’re done with our print-and-blog-about-one-thing-every-day-for-an-entire-freakin-year project! As our final big project this year, we’ve put together one model for making hinged nets…

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Day 363 – Customizable hinge/snap Icosahedron net
Day 363 – Customizable hinge/snap Icosahedron net 150 150 mathgrrl

THREE DAYS LEFT. Our final hinge/snap net is for the remaining Platonic solid, the lovely Icosahedron: Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:440950 Settings: Printed on a MakerBot Replicator 2 with no raft and no…

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Day 362 – Customizable hinge/snap Dodecahedron net
Day 362 – Customizable hinge/snap Dodecahedron net 150 150 mathgrrl

FOUR DAYS LEFT. Today we printed our fourth Platonic solid hinge/snap model, of a dodecahedron. This is the same shape we printed back on Day 83 as part of our old…

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Day 361 – Friday Fail: 72 Pencils edition
Day 361 – Friday Fail: 72 Pencils edition 150 150 mathgrrl

FIVE DAYS LEFT. Today we printed a redesign of AuntDaisy’s Geo Hart 72 Pencil Holder from Thingiverse. Instead of scaling that model we made two simple new models in Tinkercad. Each…

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Day 360 – Shapeways print of the TRI bracelet
Day 360 – Shapeways print of the TRI bracelet 150 150 mathgrrl

SIX DAYS LEFT. The TRI bracelet (Day 320) is back from Shapeways! It’s delicate but very beautiful and came out perfectly. You can bend it easily in your hand and it…

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Day 359 – Customizable hinge/snap Octahedron net
Day 359 – Customizable hinge/snap Octahedron net 150 150 mathgrrl

Today we modified the code of the hinge/snap Tetrahedron net from Day 353 to make an Octahedral net. Here are two copies, one unfolded and one folded: Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:440141 Settings: Printed on…

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