Here are the 30 finalists in the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, a NASA competition seeking radical designs for an outpost on Mars.

NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Finalists Revealed | All3DP

Fabulous Beasts, the 3D printed board game that lit up Kickstarter, must change their name or face a legal challenge by Warner Bros Studios.

Legal Challenge Forces Fabulous Beasts Name Change | All3DP

Wanna show off your design skills? How about helping those in need? You can do both with the Within Reach Summer Design Challenge.

Within Reach Design Challenge for Assistive Tools | All3DP

Cults3D has announced the lucky winners for their Special Makes Challenge. Prizes include a BCN3D Sigma R17, filament, and a gift card.

Cults3D Special MAKES Challenge Winners Now Announced | All3DP

The Victoria Hand Project (VHP) has a chance to win $750,000 from the Google.org Impact Challenge. You can help by voting for them.

Victoria Hand Project in Google.org Impact Challenge | All3DP

NASA announced the next winner of the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge: it’s Norman Foster's architecture company.

Foster Architects win NASA Awards for 3D Printed Habitat Challenge | All3DP

The winners of the Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities have been announced, with many using 3D printing to change lives for the better.

Google Impact Challenge Awards $20M for Disabled Tech | All3DP

The first MyMiniFactory Design Challenge is over! Four winners took the stage, with first place going home with a Sinterit Lisa 3D printer!

Sinterit Lisa Goes to MyMiniFactory Design Challenge Winner | All3DP

Resolving perhaps the greatest challenge in the history of humankind -- a 3D printed Skittles sorting machine for, um, sorting Skittles.

3D Printed Skittles Sorting Machine, Powered by Arduino | All3DP

For the History Channel's fourth season of Vikings, fans have the chance to win giveaways from the 3D Prophecy Challenge.

3D Prophecy Challenge: Win Prop Replicas from Vikings TV Show | All3DP

Bart Aernouts won two triathlons this year including the Lazarote Ironman and Challenge Roth with help from Phits 3D printed insoles.

Bart Aernouts Wins Triathlons with 3D Printed Insoles by Phits | All3DP

Winner of a Thingiversity Engineering Challenge, the Bicycle Bubble Machine allows you to bring out your inner child for your daily commute.

Bicycle Bubble Machine: Cyclists Forever Blowing Bubbles | All3DP

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<div>Provides better grip for moutings on a playseat Challenge or other 25mm sized tubes or rods
Print this in soft filament (ninjaflex, soft PLA, TPU...)
Printable in vase mode for 0.4mm nozzles</div>
<h3 class="thing-component-header settings print-settings">Print Settings</h3>
Printer Brand: 
 <div>Prusa</div>
 
 Printer: 
 <div><a rel="nofollow" href="http://amzn.to/2rqZ6Uo?tag=tv-auto-20" target="_blank">Prusa Clone</a></div>
 
 Rafts: 
 <div>No</div>
 
 Supports: 
 <div>No</div>
 
 Resolution: 
 <div>0.2</div>
 
 Infill: 
 <div>25%</div>
 
 Filament: 
 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias&amp;field-keywords=Sunlu+Soft+PLA&amp;tag=tv-auto-20" target="_blank">
 Sunlu Soft PLA </a>

 White
 
 Notes: 
 <div>Printable in vase mode to reduce printing time.</div>
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Playseat Challenge rubber sleeve grip

Provides better grip for moutings on a playseat Challenge or other 25mm sized tubes or rods

Print this in soft filament (ninjaflex, soft PLA, TPU...)

Printable in vase mode for 0.4mm nozzles



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<div><h3>Species-appropriate employment and mental challenge for your lil bunnies.</h3>
<hr><h4>How it works</h4>
it&apos;s just a game board with 7 lids: by lifting the lids the rabbit gets his reward.
simple, but the rabbits of a good friend of mine really like it.</div>
<h3 class="thing-component-header settings print-settings">Print Settings</h3>
Printer Brand: 
 <div>Creality</div>
 
 Printer: 
 <div>Ender 3</div>
 
 Rafts: 
 <div>No</div>
 
 Supports: 
 <div>No</div>
 
 Resolution: 
 <div>0.32</div>
 
 Infill: 
 <div>25%</div>
 
 Filament: 
 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias&amp;field-keywords=Das+Filament+%28Foodsave%29+PETG&amp;tag=tv-auto-20" target="_blank">
 Das Filament (Foodsave) PETG </a>

 every color will do
 
 Notes: 
 <div>This is how I found out that the filament I use is food safe: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.dasfilament.de/faq/">&quot;Das Filament&quot; FAQ section</a></div>
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Rabbit snack board ø20cm (~7.9in)

Species-appropriate employment and mental challenge for your lil bunnies.
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<h4>How it works</h4>
it's just a game board with 7 lids: by lifting the lids the rabbit gets his reward.



simple, but the rabbits of a good friend of mine really like it.

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<div><h3>Berserk Robotics #13053 presents our open-source Strafer Chassis v3 corner guard kit!</h3>
Protect your mecanum wheels while preventing rings from being run over! To fit the wheels within the guard, the hyper hub needs to be placed on the side correct side of the wheel so that it has a smaller footprint.
<hr>Parts to print:
<ul><li>
2 x (v3 A.stl)
</li>
<li>2 x (v3 B.stl)</li>
</ul>Additional Parts Needed: 
<ul><li>
2 x GoBILDA 7 Hole Channels <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gobilda.com/1120-series-u-channel-7-hole-192mm-length/">https://www.gobilda.com/1120-series-u-channel-7-hole-192mm-length/</a>
</li>
<li>16-32 x M4 Screws + Nuts (less can be used successfully)</li>
</ul><hr>STEP Files included 
Feel free to edit this design 
Email adrian_northcutt@vanguard.org for questions or 3D printing
<hr><h3>--- Thank you Ethan from goBILDA for the early version testing! ---</h3></div>
<h3 class="thing-component-header settings print-settings">Print Settings</h3>
Printer Brand: 
 <div>Creality</div>
 
 Printer: 
 <div>Ender 3 Pro</div>
 
 Rafts: 
 <div>No</div>
 
 Supports: 
 <div>Yes</div>
 
 Resolution: 
 <div>0.16</div>
 
 Infill: 
 <div>25%</div>
 
 Filament: 
 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias&amp;field-keywords=Atomic+Filament+PETG&amp;tag=tv-auto-20" target="_blank">
 Atomic Filament PETG </a>

 DARK CHERRY CARBON FIBER EXTREME
 
 Notes: 
 <div>Corner guards printed with 3 walls, 25% infill, and 0.45 line width survived full speed run at a wall with 25lbs robot. Plenty more room to increase walls and infill to increase strength.
Print upside down to reduce support material (as seen in the attached photo).</div>
<h3 class="thing-component-header design how-i-designed-this">How I Designed This</h3>
<div>Designed in Fusion360 by Adrian Northcutt </div>
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v3 FTC GoBilda Strafer Chassis Corner Guard

Berserk Robotics #13053 presents our open-source Strafer Chassis v3 corner guard kit!
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Protect your mecanum wheels while preventing rings from being run over! To fit the wheels within the guard, the hyper hub needs to be placed on the side correct side of the wheel so that it has a smaller footprint.
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Parts to print:

*  2 x (v3 A.stl)

*  2 x (v3 B.stl)

Additional Parts Needed: 

*  2 x GoBILDA 7 Hole Channels
    https://www.gobilda.com/1120-series-u-channel-7-hole-192mm-length/

*  16-32 x M4 Screws + Nuts (less can be used successfully)

______________________________________________________________

STEP Files included
Feel free to edit this design 

Email adrian_northcutt@vanguard.org for questions or 3D printing
__________________________________________________

--- Thank you Ethan from goBILDA for the early version testing! ---
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3D model of Challenger4P. The model is developed without texture.&#xA0;The original 3d model of Challenger4P come from Virtual Museum of Computing which belongs to UCLM. 
ChaOhio Scientific Inc. &#xA0;was a United States computer company that built and marketed microcomputers from 1975 to 1981. Their best known products were the Challenger series of microcomputers, but they also sold a variety of computer kits, single-board computers and various peripherals.&#xA0; 
 
 
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Challenger4P

3D model of Challenger4P. The model is developed without texture. The original 3d model of Challenger4P come from Virtual Museum of Computing which belongs to UCLM.
ChaOhio Scientific Inc.  was a United States computer company that built and marketed microcomputers from 1975 to 1981. Their best known products were the Challenger series of microcomputers, but they also sold a variety of computer kits, single-board computers and various peripherals. 


 

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 Pentadodakagon Puzzle <a title="pentododekagon puzzle calculator" href="http://grobil.de" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">with calculator</a>&#xA0;
This is my contribution to the Make anything design challenge
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The idea: This puzzle is based on the well known pentomino puzzle - transported to the 3rd dimension. It&apos;s modular - you can start by printing a few parts (without support) to get a solvable puzzle. Whenever you - need to test new filament, - have to deplete the rest from a spool, - spent a rainy day inside, - want to drive a friend crazy, you can print additional parts to make the puzzle more complex -or- easier to solve. Check out <a title="pentododekagon puzzle calculator" href="http://grobil.de" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the&#xA0;calculator</a>, just click the &quot;run&quot; button to find solutions.&#xA0;
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Getting started: To get a simple puzzle with a height of two rings you need only 6 parts. 4 &apos;pentos&apos; and 2 &apos;rings&apos;. E.g. print pentos: I, L, U, Y, rings: 1, 3, (and optional: base, pin2). While trying to solve this puzzle, you can print the base plate (base) and the center pin for 2 rings (pin2)
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Printing: - &apos;pentos&apos; and &apos;rings&apos; : 2 outlines, 3 bottom/top layers, 20% infill - &apos;base&apos; and &apos;pins&apos; : 3 outlines, 4 bottom/top layers, 33% infill - chamfers are designed for 0.2 layer height (Hint: if the pin is to loose or does not fit in the base just scale up/down X and Y of the pin)
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Add complexity to your puzzle: Just print a new center pin, two additional pentos and another ring. (Hint: To make sure the puzzle is solvable with the new parts use the calculator)
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Reduce complexity from you puzzle: Just print other &apos;pentos&apos; or &apos;rings&apos;. (Hint: use the calculator to make sure that the number of solutions increase)
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The calculator: I wrote a <a title="pentododekagon puzzle calculator" href="http://grobil.de" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">calculator</a> to solve a puzzle with given parts or generate a solvable puzzle within given parameters. You can also use it as a tool to check the complexity of your puzzle - just take a look on the amount of all found solutions Its written in plain JavaScript in a single html file. You can use the calculator online or download it to use it local. (Hint: The code is far from perfect.)
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Design: I designed all parts in Fusion360, learned a lot!
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pentododekagon extendable puzzle with calculator

 Pentadodakagon Puzzle with calculator This is my contribution to the Make anything design challenge The idea:This puzzle is based on the well known pentomino puzzle - transported to the 3rd dimension.It's modular - you can start by printing a few parts (without support) to get a solvable puzzle.Whenever you- need to test new filament,- have to deplete the rest from a spool,- spent a rainy day inside,- want to drive a friend crazy,you can print additional parts to make the puzzle more complex -or- easier to solve.Check out the calculator, just click the "run" button to find solutions. Getting started:To get a simple puzzle with a height of two rings you need only 6 parts. 4 'pentos' and 2 'rings'.E.g. print pentos: I, L, U, Y, rings: 1, 3, (and optional: base, pin2).While trying to solve this puzzle, you can print the base plate (base) and the center pin for 2 rings (pin2) Printing:- 'pentos' and 'rings' : 2 outlines, 3 bottom/top layers, 20% infill- 'base' and 'pins' : 3 outlines, 4 bottom/top layers, 33% infill- chamfers are designed for 0.2 layer height(Hint: if the pin is to loose or does not fit in the base just scale up/down X and Y of the pin) Add complexity to your puzzle:Just print a new center pin, two additional pentos and another ring.(Hint: To make sure the puzzle is solvable with the new parts use the calculator) Reduce complexity from you puzzle:Just print other 'pentos' or 'rings'.(Hint: use the calculator to make sure that the number of solutions increase) The calculator:I wrote a calculator to solve a puzzle with given parts or generate a solvable puzzle within given parameters.You can also use it as a tool to check the complexity of your puzzle - just take a look on the amount of all found solutions Its written in plain JavaScript in a single html file. You can use the calculator online or download it to use it local.(Hint: The code is far from perfect.) Design:I designed all parts in Fusion360, learned a lot! 

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 My YouTube Channel:&#xA0;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAp4c1ve8RCpNJQ1lWkqnnQ">http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAp4c1ve8RCpNJQ1lWkqnnQ</a>
Asllexicon, makerbot, olsen, gift, present, prusa, tinkercad, todd, todd olsen, toy, blue, blue colar, blue collar, brain, brilliant mind, challenge, colar, collar, collars, college, creative hands, creative mind, educate, educated, education, educational, gifts, goals, hand, hands, happiness, life challenge, life goal, lifehack, life hack, life lessons, logos, mind, mindfulness, philosophy, phrase, positive outlook, presents, real life, saying, sayings, shirt collar, signs, signs and logos, smart, souvenir, souvenirs, trophies, trophy, trophy cup, way of life, white, white colar, white collar, working class
YES, the misspelling of &quot;Colar&quot; (collar) is part of the JOKE ...
Remix from: Brain = <a href="https://www.tinkercad.com/things/53EO7rWKV7c-human-brain" rel="nofollow">https://www.tinkercad.com/things/53EO7rWKV7c-human-brain</a> Hands = <a href="https://www.tinkercad.com/things/63x7ugWSH48-hands" rel="nofollow">https://www.tinkercad.com/things/63x7ugWSH48-hands</a>
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Blue Collar Hands - White Collar Mind

 My YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAp4c1ve8RCpNJQ1lWkqnnQ Asllexicon, makerbot, olsen, gift, present, prusa, tinkercad, todd, todd olsen, toy, blue, blue colar, blue collar, brain, brilliant mind, challenge, colar, collar, collars, college, creative hands, creative mind, educate, educated, education, educational, gifts, goals, hand, hands, happiness, life challenge, life goal, lifehack, life hack, life lessons, logos, mind, mindfulness, philosophy, phrase, positive outlook, presents, real life, saying, sayings, shirt collar, signs, signs and logos, smart, souvenir, souvenirs, trophies, trophy, trophy cup, way of life, white, white colar, white collar, working class YES, the misspelling of "Colar" (collar) is part of the JOKE ... Remix from:Brain = https://www.tinkercad.com/things/53EO7rWKV7c-human-brainHands = https://www.tinkercad.com/things/63x7ugWSH48-hands 

Bubblox is a modular system of building blocks similar to Lego with the difference of being tolerant to common artifacts in 3d printing (eg. Warping and shrinkage)&#xA0; Since there is no manufacturer that dictates which building blocks will be distributed, it will stimulate children not only to build things with Bubblox, but also to design and print their own blocks, based on a few simple design rules.Building with Bubblox is easy. The blocks easily slide into place, which makes building fast as well. Once you have few layers, the structure becomes more stable as you continue upwards. In contrary with kapla, it is easier to build precise shapes like with lego, while still being able to pile up the blocks like with kaplaCurrently I have uploaded a basic library of building blocks. My goal is that children will not only have fun building with the blocks, but also develop their own based on the design sheet. New blocks can be easily created in Rhino, Spaceclaim, openscad, sketchup, to name a few.

Bubblox

Bubblox is a modular system of building blocks similar to Lego with the difference of being tolerant to common artifacts in 3d printing (eg. Warping and shrinkage) Since there is no manufacturer that dictates which building blocks will be distributed, it will stimulate children not only to build things with Bubblox, but also to design and print their own blocks, based on a few simple design rules.Building with Bubblox is easy. The blocks easily slide into place, which makes building fast as well. Once you have few layers, the structure becomes more stable as you continue upwards. In contrary with kapla, it is easier to build precise shapes like with lego, while still being able to pile up the blocks like with kaplaCurrently I have uploaded a basic library of building blocks. My goal is that children will not only have fun building with the blocks, but also develop their own based on the design sheet. New blocks can be easily created in Rhino, Spaceclaim, openscad, sketchup, to name a few.


This print is a 2 part print that will be used to demonstrate conductive filaments. The goal is to get all 4 LEDs to light and to be able to solder to the board. the board is designed to break off the large conductor area on the right side, this conductor shorts the board if not removed. The &#xA0;resistor value will depend upon the LED and voltage source chosen.&#xA0;&#xA0;If you wish to electroplate, connect to the very thick trace at one side, the board is designed to break off and there by remove all shorts.If printed on FR4 with .5 Oz copper the circuit board should have no traces with a resistance greater than 1 Ohm.&#xA0;All LEDs should light, Using low current LEDs is cheating.

Conductive filament test

This print is a 2 part print that will be used to demonstrate conductive filaments. The goal is to get all 4 LEDs to light and to be able to solder to the board. the board is designed to break off the large conductor area on the right side, this conductor shorts the board if not removed. The  resistor value will depend upon the LED and voltage source chosen.  If you wish to electroplate, connect to the very thick trace at one side, the board is designed to break off and there by remove all shorts.If printed on FR4 with .5 Oz copper the circuit board should have no traces with a resistance greater than 1 Ohm. All LEDs should light, Using low current LEDs is cheating.


If your not up for a challenge, if your printer is not perfectly dialed in, if you can not take printing for an hour and ending up with nothing but piece of junk plastic then read no further.This is something i did as a test for fun and nothing else. Would it work? Yes it does but it aint easy, there is probably a great chance that you will end up with a picece of junk.If your up for the challenge, go for it! And please post a picture of &quot;i made one&quot; if you get it working! =)Here is a short video: <iframe width="593" height="370" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/s-w0J8fYEUA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Print-In-Place sealed ball bearing

If your not up for a challenge, if your printer is not perfectly dialed in, if you can not take printing for an hour and ending up with nothing but piece of junk plastic then read no further.This is something i did as a test for fun and nothing else. Would it work? Yes it does but it aint easy, there is probably a great chance that you will end up with a picece of junk.If your up for the challenge, go for it! And please post a picture of "i made one" if you get it working! =)Here is a short video: 


This year at Maker Faire Bay Area, Ultimaker is offering a challenge: Solve one of our 3D-printed Cube Puzzles and you get to keep it! 
 

Level 1: Easy 
 
The Soma Cube has 240 different solutions, so it&#x2019;s easier to solve than the other puzzles. This puzzle was very popular in the 1960&#x2019;s, and people enjoy assembling the pieces into many other pleasing shapes like stairs or pyramids. 
 

Level 2: Medium 
 
The Hoffmann Cube is the earliest known 3x3x3 Cube Puzzle, created in 1893. This puzzle has only six types of solutions, up to symmetry. One interesting thing about the Hoffmann Cube is that all of its pieces are flat! 
 

Level 3 = Hard 
 
The Coffin Cube has only one solution and it is also known as the Half Hour Puzzle, created by Stewart Coffin. All four of the puzzle patterns used in our Cube Puzzle Challenge are from Stewart Coffin&#x2019;s excellent book Geometric Puzzle Design. 
 

Level 4 = Diabolical 
 
The Nob Cube also has only one solution and it is notoriously difficult to solve. Some puzzle makers craft this puzzle out of wood and it is said that the puzzle is so difficult that solvers sometimes resort to examining the grain of the wood to figure out how the pieces fit together. Are you up to the challenge? 
 

The 3D-printed pieces of each Cube Puzzle, as well as the container box, can be printed without supports, rafts, or brims. These prints are optimized to print on Ultimaker Fast settings, at .15mm layer height, with an 0.4mm nozzle. For other printers, resolutions, or nozzle sizes, you may need the pieces to have different clearances; feel free to message me if you have a need for such a modification. 
 

PROJECT: Design Your Own Cube Puzzle! 
 
Have students use their favorite 3D design software to create their own Cube Puzzles. This project can be adapted for many different educational subject areas and at a variety of levels: 
 

Beginner: Use Tinkercad or Morphi to place boxes together to construct puzzle pieces that fit together into a 3x3x3 cube. How do you know they will all fit together into the cube? Print out your puzzle and have fellow students try it out to rate its difficulty. 
 

Intermediate: Use Blender, Fusion 360, or AutoCAD to create puzzle pieces, and use fillets and offsets so that the pieces are pleasant to hold and fit together nicely. Create a container box that will hold the assembled Cube Puzzle. Who can make the most difficult puzzle? 
 

Fundraising: Print out students&#x2019; Cube Puzzles and create a solving event where parents and faculty try to solve the puzzles. Raise money for your school or classroom by charging per solving minute, having solving championships, or selling the Cube Puzzles themselves. You can inscribe one of the puzzle pieces in each Cube with text to personalize it for your school or event. 
 

Designing with Code: Use OpenSCAD or BlocksCAD to create pieces for a Cube Puzzle by translating and arranging cubes. Add code that creates clearance for where pieces will touch each other. Make this clearance customizable so that it can be easily changed for printing on different 3D printers or with different settings. 
 

Exploring Mathematics: Which other 3D shapes could be used in this type of puzzle? What types of polyhedra can fill space, and which of those can be used to create a puzzle whose pieces can slide together? As a starting point, think about 2D space-filling shapes and puzzles by exploring tessellations and tangrams. 
 

Advanced: Use the software BurrTools to construct a Cube Puzzle, analyze it for constructability, and test how many solutions it has. Can you find a new 3x3x3 Cube puzzles that has only one solution? You can also try your hand at more advanced puzzles like interlocking Burr Puzzles or puzzles with unit shapes other than cubes.

Cube Puzzle Quartet

This year at Maker Faire Bay Area, Ultimaker is offering a challenge: Solve one of our 3D-printed Cube Puzzles and you get to keep it!


Level 1: Easy 

The Soma Cube has 240 different solutions, so it’s easier to solve than the other puzzles. This puzzle was very popular in the 1960’s, and people enjoy assembling the pieces into many other pleasing shapes like stairs or pyramids.


Level 2: Medium

The Hoffmann Cube is the earliest known 3x3x3 Cube Puzzle, created in 1893. This puzzle has only six types of solutions, up to symmetry. One interesting thing about the Hoffmann Cube is that all of its pieces are flat!


Level 3 = Hard

The Coffin Cube has only one solution and it is also known as the Half Hour Puzzle, created by Stewart Coffin.  All four of the puzzle patterns used in our Cube Puzzle Challenge are from Stewart Coffin’s excellent book Geometric Puzzle Design. 


Level 4 = Diabolical

The Nob Cube also has only one solution and it is notoriously difficult to solve. Some puzzle makers craft this puzzle out of wood and it is said that the puzzle is so difficult that solvers sometimes resort to examining the grain of the wood to figure out how the pieces fit together. Are you up to the challenge?


The 3D-printed pieces of each Cube Puzzle, as well as the container box, can be printed without supports, rafts, or brims.  These prints are optimized to print on Ultimaker Fast settings, at .15mm layer height, with an 0.4mm nozzle.  For other printers, resolutions, or nozzle sizes, you may need the pieces to have different clearances; feel free to message me if you have a need for such a modification.


PROJECT: Design Your Own Cube Puzzle!

Have students use their favorite 3D design software to create their own Cube Puzzles. This project can be adapted for many different educational subject areas and at a variety of levels: 


Beginner: Use Tinkercad or Morphi to place boxes together to construct puzzle pieces that fit together into a 3x3x3 cube. How do you know they will all fit together into the cube? Print out your puzzle and have fellow students try it out to rate its difficulty.


Intermediate: Use Blender, Fusion 360, or AutoCAD to create puzzle pieces, and use fillets and offsets so that the pieces are pleasant to hold and fit together nicely. Create a container box that will hold the assembled Cube Puzzle. Who can make the most difficult puzzle? 


Fundraising: Print out students’ Cube Puzzles and create a solving event where parents and faculty try to solve the puzzles. Raise money for your school or classroom by charging per solving minute, having solving championships, or selling the Cube Puzzles themselves. You can inscribe one of the puzzle pieces in each Cube with text to personalize it for your school or event. 


Designing with Code: Use OpenSCAD or BlocksCAD to create pieces for a Cube Puzzle by translating and arranging cubes. Add code that creates clearance for where pieces will touch each other. Make this clearance customizable so that it can be easily changed for printing on different 3D printers or with different settings. 


Exploring Mathematics: Which other 3D shapes could be used in this type of puzzle? What types of polyhedra can fill space, and which of those can be used to create a puzzle whose pieces can slide together? As a starting point, think about 2D space-filling shapes and puzzles by exploring tessellations and tangrams.


Advanced: Use the software BurrTools to construct a Cube Puzzle, analyze it for constructability, and test how many solutions it has. Can you find a new 3x3x3 Cube puzzles that has only one solution? You can also try your hand at more advanced puzzles like interlocking Burr Puzzles or puzzles with unit shapes other than cubes.


The week two challenge was to make a design that has a connector on both sides and represents the terms uniformity, summer, and lone star. Our double star design satisfies these constraints because it represents the natural uniformity of two lone stars and there is uniformity in the fact that the outlet is present in both stars. The bright summer colors enhance the design by adding a summer aspect; thus, our design successfully depicts the qualities of lone star, uniformity, and summer

Another Link in the Chain

The week two challenge was to make a design that has a connector on both sides and represents the terms uniformity, summer, and lone star.  Our double star design satisfies these constraints because it represents the natural uniformity of two lone stars and there is uniformity in the fact that the outlet is present in both stars. The bright summer colors enhance the design by adding a summer aspect; thus, our design successfully depicts the qualities of lone star, uniformity, and summer


Wearable 3d printable TPU gloves, in several shapes and flavours.

Rubber Gloves by Esc