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Married Couple Sends Internet SOS to Fund $4K SLS 3D Printer

July 14, 2015, 2:44 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Crowdfunding campaigns are most often used as a pre-order system for funding the completion and manufacturing of hardware projects. As exciting as this model might be for the future of investing and business, the real stories are in the people running the campaigns, particularly when a crowdfunding campaign is an attempt at connection between the project’s founders and its potential backers. Just as a Romanian truck modeler reached out to the Internet to fund his daily living and medications, a couple based out of Texas has turned to the world of Indiegogo in an attempt to continue funding their dream of producing a ~$4,000 SLS 3D printer called the PowderKeg.…

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3D Printed Trump Butt Plug Trumps Previous Butt Plugs

July 14, 2015, 3:00 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Politically-minded 3D artist Fernando Sosa has made yet another popular 3D printed butt plug. Once again, the plug is not popular for its possible uses, but, instead for its satirical nature. This time, his target is human garbage can and Republican candidate for the world’s most obnoxious wealthy bankrupt television personality Donald Trump.

Trump has said countless stupid and terrible things, but among the most recent, he made the racist claim that Mexican immigrants are criminals, drug addicts, and rapists.
When Mexico (meaning the Mexican Government) sends its people, they’re not sending their best.…

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PRINTR Releases FORMIDEOS for Cloud 3D Printing

July 15, 2015, 9:34 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Earlier this year, Dutch startup PRINTR announced the release of their 3D printer dongle, the Element.  Meant to give the ability to print from the cloud to any desktop printer without wi-fi, the Element was also going to be managed by PRINTR’s FORMIDEOS.  Despite an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign to launch the dongle, PRINTR has gone ahead and released its 3D printing OS to the public.

The partially open source FORMIDEOS is claimed to be easy to use and designed for full support for a variety of printers. …

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French Researchers 3D Print Emergency Shelter in 30 Minutes

July 15, 2015, 11:35 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

While still in its infancy, house printing is no longer a novel concept, but researchers at the University of Nantes (IRCCyN) are working to speed up the technology in order to print large structures where they may be needed most quickly.  The INNOprint 3D is a 3D printer meant to make emergency housing in the span of twenty to thirty minutes.

In conjunction with the university’s subsidiary, CAPACITES SAS, the IRCCyN researchers were able to make their INNOprint 3D robotic arm capable of 3D printing emergency housing at 3 meters high by 3 meters squared. …

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America Makes’ Round of 3D Printing Projects Includes Electronics Printing & More

July 16, 2015, 8:59 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

The USA’s pilot institute dedicated to 3D printing, America Makes, is now in its third round of funding for industrial additive manufacturing projects.  Led by the defense-focused National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), America Makes will dole out $8 million to 9 awardees, with the awarded teams matching their own $11 million, totaling $19 million per project.

The initial project call in February sought applications to cover five areas of interest in the industry: design, material, process, value chain, and genome. …

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Raytheon Making Significant Inroads to 3D Printing Complete Missile

July 16, 2015, 10:08 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Defense companies are already well involved in the world of industrial 3D printing.  Just take a look at the latest America Makes project awardees to see some of their latest research. But many of them have been essential in fueling the tech almost since the beginning, with Lockheed Martin helping to cultivate Sciaky’s large-scale 3D printing technology, GE partnering with metal 3D printing firm Morris Technologies long before its eventual acquisition, and almost all of them using 3D printers for rapid prototyping.…

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A 3D Printed Lamp Anyone Can Build at Home

July 16, 2015, 10:40 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Based out of Warsaw, Polish design firm UAU Project has been making a splash on French 3D printing repository Cults, where their Cork Pals are among the cutest printables I’ve seen so far.  Using 3D printed heads and tails, anyone can transform an unneeded wine cork into a fun animal toy.  UAU has taken this approach, of combining 3D prints with traditionally-made items, to form functional objects with their latest project dubbed SMF, or Self Made Furniture.

So far, UAU has only released one SMF item, but it’s a nice one to launch the collection.…

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netfabb’s FIT AG Invests in €20 Million High-Volume 3D Printing Facility

July 16, 2015, 12:09 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

FIT AG, the German parent company of popular 3D printing software developer netfabb, is experiencing some great growth from the recent boom in 3D printing worldwide.  Today, after the latest update to their netfabb software, which has been optimized for mass manufacturing, the company announced the construction of a new €20 facility devoted to high volume 3D printing.
FIT Group has been in business for twenty years providing 3D printing services with systems from EOS, SLM, Arcam, Objet, Voxeljet and Sintermask for production and prototyping in a variety of industries, from aerospace to the medical field. …

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E3D & LittleBox Team Up for BigBox 3D Printer on Kickstarter

July 16, 2015, 2:13 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Those directly involved with RepRaps and other low-cost 3D printers are probably well familiar with E3D, the makers of the second all-metal hotend to hit the low-cost 3D printing community.  And those involved in the Maker scene in general may be familiar with the LittleBox, which made a splash on Kickstarter for the MicroSlice laser-diode laser-cutter and engraver.  Both companies have continue to expand and improve upon their products, with E3D working on their multi-nozzle extruders and LittleBox eventually releasing the MicroSlice 2.0. …

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New Startup to Carry Businesses into the Mixed Reality of Microsoft’s HoloLens

July 17, 2015, 7:00 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Microsoft’s augmented reality device, the HoloLens, has yet to be released, but companies already keen to take advantage of the wearable computer’s unique ability to overlay virtual software environments over the physical world.  One company, called Object Theory, in particular is hoping to help the rest do so ahead of the launch.

Object Theory is new.  In fact, they’re so new that they were just founded less than ten days ago, but the team may have the experience to bring HoloLens applications to life, as the founders consist of Michael Hoffman, a former member of the HoloLens Studios team that worked on NASA’s own HoloLens projects, and Raven Zachary, a former Los Alamos National Lab employee who has also designed iPhone apps for such high profile clients as the ’08 Obama Campaign, Starbucks, Zipcar, Whole Foods Market, and Amazon.…

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Free 3D Printable of the Week: the Earth

July 17, 2015, 7:00 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

We’ve received a lot of flack for our coverage of stories related to symbols of political figures recently.  We pride ourselves on allowing our writers to take a subjective approach to their articles, even expressing their political beliefs, but apologize for anyone that might get offended. So, for this week’s free 3D printable model, we have the Earth, something that, based on the very fact that we must all live here together until SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, or some other commercial endeavor started by hip billionaires allows us to colonize Mars.…

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3D Printed, Modular Villa Assembled in Three Hours

July 20, 2015, 9:51 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

House printing may still be a young industry, but Chinese companies are hoping to mature it really quickly.  First, WinSun implemented the designs of USC’s Behrokh Khoshnevis to construct 10 houses in 24 hours, followed by a villa and an apartment complex, and are planning to 3D print an office building in Dubai.  Now, ZhuoDa Group has constructed their own two-story villa in just three hours.

On July 17, the Chinese company unveiled their modular home at the International Exhibition Center Plaza in Weihai. …

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Smithsonian to Kickstart Museum Preservation, Starting with Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit

July 20, 2015, 3:20 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Today, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has launched its first-ever Kickstarter campaign, titled Reboot the Suit, to preserve human history with 3D scanning and more.  Asking for $500,000, the museum has already raised more than a fifth of its goal to conserve the iconic spacesuit that Neil Armstrong wore when he became the first person to set foot on the Earth’s moon.

As it stands, the 21-layer spacesuit is among the museum’s most fragile artifacts, stored in a climate controlled storage area where, despite every measure to protect it, the suit’s material has slowly begun to decay and its colors fade. …

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XYZprinting’s Nobel 1.0 SL Laser 3D Printer Now Available for Purchase

July 21, 2015, 5:59 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

The low-cost photopolymer 3D printing market has only just begun to take shape, with many new entrants hitting the scene beginning last year (many of which you can learn about in our most recent Top 10 list).  Among the players that may have an important impact on this segment is XYZprinting, the 3D printing subsidiary of New Kinpo Group, as, today, they officially release their Nobel 1.0 SL 3D printer, now on sale via Amazon and the XYZprinting online store.
Photo from 3DPI’s interview with XYZprinting CEO Simon Shen.…

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WASP Launches Extruder for Precision Ceramics 3D Printing

July 21, 2015, 9:12 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

As Davide has made clear in previous posts on the company, Italian 3D printer manufacturer WASP has a unique business plan of saving the world and developing commercial products in the process.  A large component of that world saving project is the construction of a large-format clay extrusion 3D printer for building homes from local sustainable materials in developing nations.  While developing that machine, the company has managed to first create and then refine their DeltaWASP 2040 3D printer, a finely tuned desktop fabricator that, thanks to their giant clay printing project, has the ability to pause and restart mid-print and print ceramic materials. …

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Dutch 3D Print Shop is Crowdfunding its Expansion

July 21, 2015, 10:12 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

A couple of years ago, 3D printing shops were popping up all over the world, showcasing to the world just what this technology could accomplish.  It was only a matter of time before those shops started turning into franchises, as 3DiTaly grew across Italy, The 3D Printer Store populating the US, and iMakr setting up shop in the UK and the US, with plans to expand even further.  In one of the world’s most vibrant 3D printing hubs, the Netherlands, Print3D Matter is expanding its own presence with a second location this October and, to push its growth even further, it’s turned to crowdfunding.…

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Korean Printer Manufacturer Rokit Preps Launch into Bioprinting

July 22, 2015, 8:16 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Korean 3D printer manufacturer Rokit is already raising a ruckus for their multi-material Edison 3D printer.  And their charismatic CEO, Yoo Seok-hwan, has already begun making inroads with the country’s government. Both their multimaterial printing and government relationship have paid off as the company has just been nominated for a $3 million grant to develop an in-situ bioprinting system for skin regeneration.

Rokit estimates that the bioprinting market was about $10 billion in 2013 and suggests that skin regeneration accounts for 10% of that total at $100 million. …

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MakerBot Focuses on QA with New 3D Printer Factory in Brooklyn

July 22, 2015, 8:49 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

MakerBot has been going through a lot of growing pains lately, given the lawsuit against its parent company and low stock numbers. After the closure of the brand’s retail shops and letting go of a fifth of the company’s workforce, MakerBot CEO Jonathan Jaglom is on a mission to regain the public’s trust.  And, today, the company has opened up a brand new factory at Industry City in Brooklyn with anticipated growth.
The new facility is larger than the last with a 170,000 square feet footprint, doubling the production capacity of their previous factory. …

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Lifted Innovations Takes Bong 3D Printing to New Highs

July 22, 2015, 10:04 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Marijuana market research firm ArcView Group has estimated that the marijuana market was worth $2.7 billion in 2014, an increase of 74% from the year before, while Wohlers estimates that the 3D printing market, which hit $4 billion in 2014, will exceed $7 billion in 2016.  As marijuana legalization continues across the US, there may be an increasing number of businesses, like 3Dponics, looking to capitalize on both.  A new startup from Indiana seems to suggest, “What better reason to get lifted?”
Lifted Innovations has found a way to combine both of these growing markets with a single product: 3D printed water pipes. …

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3DNA Printing: Researchers Program DNA to Automatically Fold into 3D Objects

July 22, 2015, 12:32 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

If physics is a printer management software and the Universe is the printer, you might say that creation itself is the act of 3D printing.  Would that make DNA the gCode with which organisms are created? Perhaps the analogy is a messy one, but the ability to configure DNA into 3D structures could yield fantastic results in the fields of medicine, bioengineering, electronics and more.  In a study published in Nature, Björn Högberg and his team outline significant progress in the technique of DNA origami that has sees them able to automatically create 3D structures from DNA.…

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