Showreel – Norwegian Creations
As you probably know by now, we in Norwegian Creations make a lot of different things. Below is a short showreel we have made with some of the hightlights from the past year or so.
Making a Makerspace
For a while now, a group of people in the maker community in Trondheim, including us from Norwegian Creations, have been building a makerspace in the basement here at DIGS in the center of Trondheim. It is now up…
Our Interactive LED Lamp – An Intro
We’ve had a lamp hanging from the ceiling over our heads the last few months. This is a lamp we have made ourselves containing 512 individually controllable LEDs, a bunch of 3D-printed pieces and lots of cotton. It is of…
An introduction to CNC machining and the making of a headphone holder
It took me 1 hour to design the model, and it takes 1 hour to machine it using a CNC. Why does it take 5 hours total?? 1 + 1 equals 2, NOT 5!? In this post we will explain the…
Makers as A Service
How to bridge the gap between Makers and tangible problems We in Norwegian Creations deliver what we like to call for “Makers as a Service”. And what is that exactly? And how is it possible to create value utilizing the…
Building a CNC Machine
This is the first post in a series of four where we’ll be talking about CNC related stuff, mainly because CNC milling is awesome! For a long time we at NC have been dreaming of having easy access to a…
Making a Ping-pong Ball Visualizer System for Technoport – Pt. 2: The Building Phase
Be sure to read part 1 where we talk about the design phase of this installation! Mechanical and Structural CNC-Milling As in this project, we had to utilize our new CNC-milling machine, and the upright plywood pieces on the…
Making a Ping-pong Ball Visualizer System for Technoport – Pt. 1: The Design Phase
This project is really something else. Technoport 2015 hosted a Live Crowdfunding event in Storsalen in Studentersamfundet, Trondheim March 18th 2015. For this event we were tasked to create a pysical installation which would be set up on the stage…
Making an Interactive Multimedia Installation for Technoport – Pt. 2: The Building Phase
Be sure to read part 1 where we talk about the design phase of this installation! Mechanical and Structural The new CNC mill in our Makerspace proved vital when building this installation. Milling the parts (they had to be…
Making an Interactive Multimedia Installation for Technoport – Pt. 1: The Design Phase
For Technoport 2015 we were tasked to create an installation which would be displayed in the lobby at the event. Its main task would be to work as a gathering point and an ice-breaker for the attendees. We wanted it…
Making a Log Book Holder
Every workshop has different tools. And several of those tools have a lot of options when it comes to using them. For example, a 3D-printer can be used with several different materials and temperatures, while when running a CNC, the…
MakerCamp Fosen
Norwegian Creations went to Brekstad November 21st-22nd to attend the first ever Makercamp Fosen, an event organized by Trondheim Makers. We brought along our dear plotter which we also brought to Trondheim Maker Faire. Both young and old got to…
Arduino Tutorial: Stepper Motor with EasyDriver
So, you want to step it up a notch and create an awesome project using a stepper motor? Great, it’s super easy and I will show you how. Pre requirements Software: Arduino IDE Hardware: Arduino Uno (it can be another controller,…
Making a Plotter for Trondheim Maker Faire – Part 5: Finale
Making this machine was really fun and rewarding. We learned a lot on the way and we also got great feedback from the users at Trondheim Maker Faire and several other places we’ve exhibited the plotter. There’s still much to…
Making a Plotter for Trondheim Maker Faire – Part 4: Software and firmware
Getting an image to the machine from somewhere else might at first seem like the most challenging aspect of a drawing machine like this. However, as soon as you get a grasp of some basic fundamentals, the road from some…