In the spirit of that playful innovation, maker Eddie Serratos devised the Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal project, featuring a PCB milled on the Bantam Tools Desktop PCB Milling Machine.
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DC Denison, editor of Maker Pro News, asked everything from hardware development to the potential of desktop manufacturing in educational environments to Bantam Tools' recent acquisition and rebranding.
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Over the past year, fidget spinners, the multi-lobed toy with a ball bearing in the middle, have become wildly popular among young and old. Perhaps we all spend so much time staring at screens that having a tangible object to channel restlessness is just what the doctor ordered.
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Today, in conjunction with the launch of Bantam Tools and the Bantam Tools Desktop PCB Milling Machine, we’re excited to announce the first release of our software, Bantam Tools Desktop PCB Milling Machine Software V1.2. Download it here.
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Last month, University of Southern California’s Prof. Keyue Shen was awarded the prestigious Trailblazer Award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the latest in a long line of recognition he’s received for his groundbreaking cancer and stem cell research.
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Did you know you can easily design a PCB in Fritzing and export Gerber files that can be cut on the Bantam Tools Desktop PCB Milling Machine? We have a new support guide that walks you through the steps.
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One of only seven degree-granting maritime academies in the U.S., California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) is also the only one on the West Coast. They offer degrees in three branches of engineering.
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One branch of the intriguing work being done at Boston University stems from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s CIDAR (Cross-Disciplinary Integration of Design Automation Research) lab, which focuses on advancements in synthetic biology and microfluidics.
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A year ago, Tom Gill added our desktop CNC machines to the teams’ tool arsenal. He recalls, “I was inspired to get one because of the variety of tasks that it can perform and how it complements our other equipment, such as laser cutters and 3D printers.”
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In August of 2015, UC Berkeley opened the doors to Jacobs Hall, home of the College of Engineering's Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, described as their "interdisciplinary hub for learning and making at the intersection of design and technology."
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In January of 2016, University of California San Diego opened the doors to their nearly 3,000-square-foot makerspace classroom called the EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker Studio. It’s fully stocked with a wide variety of design, fabrication, and prototyping tools.
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STEM education for youth has gained so much attention in recent years (and rightfully so), with everyone from the White House to local after-school clubs singing the praises of hands-on learning. This was definitely not the case in the late 80s, when educator Tom Dubick began teaching engineering at Charlotte Latin School in North Carolina.
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