RIDIX is the Netherlands’ Totes Ridix 3D Printing Shop
If there’s one thing I can think of to describe Dutch 3D printer store RIDIX is that it’s totes ridix. Ok, so it’s not totally ridiculous, but it is totally Dutch. So you’ll need to turn on your Google...
View ArticleQueen of 3D Printing Apps Neri Oxman Wins Vilcek Prize
As if artist, designer, architect, educator and 3D printing aficionado Neri Oxman wasn’t distinguished enough, she goes and wins another award! To list off her impressive resume (Deep Breath): she’s...
View ArticleWe the Builders Rebuild George Washington
We the People of the Maker-verse, in Order to form a more perfect replica of a copy of a statue in the style of Giuseppe Ceracchi‘s odd neoclassical “Bust of George Washington” (1791-1792), establish a...
View ArticleThe Spies in Your 3D Printer
A friend recently sent me a link to an article that was written more than a year ago. In it, writer Cameron Naramore explores the possibility that 3D printers could someday spy on their users. He...
View ArticleJason vs 3D Printing in RadioShack’s New Ad Campaign
For nostalgic millenials, RadioShack’s ad during the Super Bowl may have been one of the few to actually leave an impression. Nothing compares to seeing Chucky, Slimer, Hulk Hogan and Teen Wolf run...
View ArticleComing Soon: the White House Maker Faire
We recently covered the story of Joey Hudy, a young Afiniac who had made an impression at the White House Science Fair in 2012 with his marshmallow cannon. Inspired by Joey’s tenacity and the growing...
View ArticleThe Precious Project Moves Closer to Refined 3D Printed Jewellery
Last November, we covered a story about a broad UK initiative to develop 3D printing for the jewellery industry. The Precious Project is charged by funds from the UK government’s Department for...
View ArticleRigidBot 3D Printer Delivers Simplicity and Size at a Low Price
At the 3D Printer World Expo this past weekend, I was introduced to a RepRap-style 3D printer that I haven’t come across in person before, the RigidBot from invent-A-part. The RigidBot exploded with...
View ArticleEFI CEO Looking at the Big Picture for 3D Printing
EFI Has made itself known for its UV inkjet inks and its huge, wide format 2D printers, as well as its 2D printer productivity software. In a recent interview outlining the company’s Q4 profits, EFI...
View ArticlePaul Nylander’s World of 3D Printed Math Art
Gee! We humans sure are getting smart! Or, at the very least, our software is. With powerful minds and powerful programs, a new category of art, dubbed Math Art, has sprung up all over the Internet....
View ArticleBEETHEFIRST Desktop 3D Printer Drops Prices
BEETHEFIRST, the desktop 3D printer out of Portugal, has seen a drop in price! According to the manufacturer, BEEVERYCREATIVE, the reduction in price comes from an increase in production, which has...
View ArticleWhat Might the US DoD Want with 3D Printing?
By Michael Molitch-HouAfter first looking at the America Makes institute back when it was called the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, I began wondering what the Department of...
View Article102 Creations is the South Bay’s First Filament Supplier
By Michael Molitch-HouI was in the middle of writing Rachel an email when I saw an ad on the sidebar of my Gmail page. I think I had noticed that there were ads there, but had become so accustomed to...
View ArticleMakeVR Goes Live on Kickstarter
By Michael Molitch-HouThere’s been a lot of MakeVR in my life lately. After reading up on and finally getting exposed to MakeVR’s virtual reality 3D modelling system, the software (and accompanying...
View ArticleWanhao’s Bargain Bin replicators
By Michael Molitch-HouWhile writing up a post about the Dutch 3D printer shop RIDIX, I came across a Chinese 3D printer manufacturer, Wanhao. There are probably folks in the desktop 3D printing...
View ArticleYoungstown State University Opens 3D Printing Center as US Manufacturing Hubs...
By Michael Molitch-HouNew news comes out of Youngstown, Ohio this week. The city is home to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, now America Makes, and is making strides in...
View ArticleMore Animal Skulls from Scott Camazine
By Michael Molitch-HouAfter funding his first Kickstarter campaign, Dr. Scott Camazine has hit the crowdfunding site again with another installation of his 3D printed animal skulls. The first campaign...
View ArticleReality, “Reality”, and the 3D Printed Worlds of Philip K. Dick
By Michael Molitch-HouJohn Hornick just contributed an article to 3DPI about forgeries, determining the real from the false. As he discussed counterfeiting in a 3D printed world, I thought: who better...
View ArticleGerman Scientists 3D Print Lightweight Material Stronger than Steel
By Michael Molitch-HouInnovation in the 3D printing industry is coming from all sides now, with some of the most important developments occurring in material science. The more materials we can print,...
View ArticlePolygonica Preps for 3D Color Printing Revolution
By Michael Molitch-HouSay you’re a company that develops CAD software for 3D printing and a new printer comes out – we’ll call it the Connex3 – that prints with a wide gamut of colours. What would you...
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