Volumetric Tentacle Key Hook by schmarty « MakerBot Industries
On the one hand, this is excellent and funny. I’m going to print one for myself, as well as the octopuses1.
On the other hand, I find myself a bit bemused by the fact that I often use my Makerbot as a means for the consumption of trivial toys, rather than a creative tool for expression. Even if all I buy is a cheap spool of plastic. The “hey, let’s print a TARDIS now” impulse is eerily similar to a child’s thoughtless lust for novelty and toys.
On the third pseudopod, though, I’ve already used the Makerbot to experiment and learn to build things that were difficult or impossible before. So it’s a mixed bag, in all.
Anyway. Tentacles? Yes, please.
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the plural of “octopus” is problematic: it’s not a Latin word, as it comes from the Greek, so “octopi” is wrong. But the accurate plural, “octopedes,” is awkward and ugly. So: octopuses. You wanted to know that. I could tell. ↩
