Our August 2019 Hacker of the Month, Chuck Taggart, resides in Southlake, Texas. Chuck began his professional career as a civil engineer, planning, designing and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and infrastructure, but moved into insurance about 15 years ago. He currently owns a large health insurance agency, Health Reform Team, based in Grapevine, Texas.... (More)

If you've ever looked into printing and assembling Daniel Noree's OpenRC F1 car, you may be familiar with its size, Bill of Materials, and overall cost. Each of which can be potentially prohibitive; the large car means long print time to assemble the first time and even longer after it crashes, the bill of materials consists of a variety of screws, bearings, and electronics that are hard to get in the exact quantity (one of this screw, four of this bearing), or the cost of just getting everything is discouraging. Enter Skissografen and his ingenious idea: rather than sourcing all the individual parts that are needed, why not gut a cheap RC ca... (More)

The longer I've had my 3D printer, the more often I have friends and family ask what do I do with it. The easiest thing to do is show a functional print in my home that I use daily, rather than something that sits on my desk and looks pretty. There's many different rooms, purposes, and specific functional prints that you could have in your home of your design or something you've downloaded off the many 3D model repositories, but here are 10 of my favorite 3D prints tailored for the bathroom.... (More)