Design 3D Printed Gear-Powered Project, Win $10,000!

What gear-based device will you print?GabCAD is excited to present the “Gears of Innovation” competition, where engineers, designers and inventors are challenged to create a 3D printed design that incorporates three or more functioning gears. You’re free to let your creativity wander from there, and it may just land you the $10,000 1st Place prize!

LEGO Master Builder Academy Sets Turn Kids Into LEGO Construction Pros!

teach kids to make the best LEGO models ever!If you’ve got piles of LEGOs in the house, individual models on every Christmas list and multiple bins designated to store extra bricks, you’re living with a hardcore LEGO fanatic. The LEGO Master Builder Academy series takes that passion, and teaches fans to be the best builders they can be!

Share What’s In You’re Working On, Win Mega Tool Set Via Instructables Workshop Contest!

What's in YOUR workshop?This might just be Instructables most open ended contest to date, but if
you’re tinkering with something brilliant, and you can share how others
can make their own version of it, you could win a huge supply of high
end tools from Hand-Eye Supply for sharing!

Win A Set Of High End DIY Goods Via The “Build My Lab Contest”

Will you win the build my lab grand prize?Tekla Labs and Instructables have teamed up to present the Build My Lab
Contest, where they are hoping for brilliant DIY’ers to create helpful
lab equipment that real scientists can use, as well as creative “Lab
Hacks” to make their jobs easier. You know you want that Dremel Kit!

Need This New Invention? Inexpensive Test For Cancer

Jack AndrakaA test for early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer that costs only 3¢ per test to produce has been discovered. It is not the product of a long-suffering scientist spending years hidden in his lab, nor that of a large medical corporation with millions of dollars to spend. No indeed. It was developed by a 14-year-old science nerd who looks like a cross between Harry Potter and actor Mitchell Musso.

Enter The 3D4D Challenge & Create Protective Sunglasses For Kids!

Design sunglasses, prevent surfer's eye!Your mission is to design a pair of 3D printed and cost effective
sunglasses to protect children from Pterygium. (Surfer’s Eye) Not only
will you help kids in Guatemala, you’ll also have a chance to win a huge
boost of career support from the Dreambox Team!

To Create A Clown: Interview With Dropsy Developer Jay Tholen

To Create A Clown: Interview With Dropsy Developer Jay TholenOn Friday, I got the chance to have a sitdown with Jay Tholen to talk about his creation, Dropsy The Clown. Dropsy is to be the star of his own adventure game, set to release in early 2015. It’s been a long road to get here, and Jay was happy to share some of the trials he encountered along the way.

Design Living Space Of The Future Via D3 Housing Tomorrow Contest

How will homes of the future work?D3’s annual contest is back once again, and they’re looking for inspired
minds to share incredible new ideas to revolutionize the structures
that humanity calls home. If you’ve got a few cool plans to change urban
sprawl, the interiors of our homes or communities as a whole, shoot for
the $1,250 grand prize!

Join GE’s #3DPrintMyGift Challenge & Make Santa’s Sleigh!

How would you imprive Santa's sleigh?This fun contest presented by GE and GrabCAD will test 3D printing
wizards and creative dreamers to design a printable model of the
greatest version of Santa’s sleigh to date! Are your ready for this
Christmas challenge?

Meet Quirky’s 5 Newest Inventors!

Meet the top 5 latest Quirky Inventors!Crowd-supporting website Quirky regularly receives ideas from inventors
for a chance to have their proto-inventions made into mass manufactured
products. Let’s take a peek at the latest batch of innovators and their
interesting ideas: