How a Medical Clinic in the Bolivian Rainforest Might Use 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-HouSince I ran my family’s medical clinic, Centro Medico Humberto Parra, in 2007, my life has taken a very strange journey. I had no idea that I’d end up writing about 3D printing as...
View ArticleNet Artist Lia Explores the Parameters of 3D Printing with Filament Art
By Michael Molitch-HouMost of us are content with 3D printing’s amazing ability to convert digital models into 3D objects, amazed at the transformation from the virtual to the real. If you’re a net...
View Article3D Scanning and 3D Printing to Understand the Physics of Bourges Cathedral
By Michael Molitch-HouSo, you’re sitting in an ancient church, let’s say the Bourges Cathedral in France. You’re admiring the historical richness of the stained glass depicting the Last Judgment, the...
View ArticleDutch Artist Offers 3D Model Repair Services for 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-HouMaybe he was inspired by my lack of 3D model repair skills, as detailed in my quest to 3D print a drag queen. Or, more likely, artist Eric van Straaten simply realized that, after...
View ArticleLewis Jewelers 3D Prints its Own Post-Tornado Reconstruction
By Michael Molitch-HouThe American Midwest is notorious for its devastating tornadoes, possibly made even worse in recent years due to extreme weather arguably brought on by climate change. And, though...
View ArticlePinterest + Shapeways = Pinshape? A New 3D Printing Model Library in Beta
By Michael Molitch-HouThe 3D printables marketplace is getting a wee bit crowded, as start-ups take advantage of global interest in 3D printing by pushing their own version of 3D model libraries onto...
View ArticleRenishaw Strives to Raise Young Engineers
By Michael Molitch-HouDue to the decreasing cost in electronics and the increasing spread of knowledge via the Internet, building cool stuff hasn’t ever been easier. Given the right push, young people...
View ArticleiDeator 12 Promises a Big 3D Printer with Fast Speeds
By Michael Molitch-HouSince we first wrote about the Glacier Summit 3D printer from inDimension3 last October, the company has completely rebranded itself. With new management and a new website,...
View ArticleAs Bre Put it on Instagram: “Custom shoes for people with custom feet!”
By Michael Molitch-HouWith all of the recent stories surrounding 3D-printed footwear and insoles this year, I know that I am going to see someone wearing 3D printed shoes IRL[1] sometime in 2014. Even...
View ArticleThe Wearables Revolution is DIY LED and 3D Printed
By Michael Molitch-HouEveryone’s getting all riled up about Google Glass and smartwatches. Sure, those tiny computers can tell you your heart rate and your friend’s heart rate and sync them both to a...
View ArticleChicago Magnet School to Launch $40,000 3D Printing Lab
By Michael Molitch-HouGather ‘round and listen up, kids. If you’re going to an elementary school and there isn’t a 3D printer lab, you’re getting screwed — probably because you didn’t get into the...
View Article3D Systems Sells Three Newly Rebranded Phenix 3D Metal Printers
By Michael Molitch-Hou3D Systems has an interesting way of buying up a company, slapping the 3D Systems logo on it, and selling its goods. And, through a number of strategic acquisitions, they’re able...
View ArticleNatty Industries — Customisable 3D Printing with Personality
By Michael Molitch-HouNatty Industries, not to be confused with the world’s worst beer, is a UK 3D printing store with more personality than I’ve seen from any business we’ve covered so far. Offering a...
View ArticleUS Department of Energy’s Mission to 3D Print New Metal Alloys
By Michael Molitch-HouRare-earth elements are finite and, yet, we depend on them for some of our most essential technologies, such as those that involve X-Rays, lasers and magnets. In order to head off...
View ArticleFree Form Metal 3D Printer is a 3Doodler on Steroids
By Michael Molitch-HouIn May of last year, Juho relayed news of a free form 3D printer called Mataerial, by Petr Novikov and Saša Jokić from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)...
View ArticleLock Haven University Offers Free 3D Printing Overview to Inform the Public
By Michael Molitch-HouThe America Makes network, which hopes to transform America’s Rust Belt of industrial manufacturing into the Tech Belt of cutting edge additive manufacturing, is influencing the...
View Article3D FilaPrint Customer Guide Makes Filament Settings Manageable
By Michael Molitch-HouThe thing about desktop fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printers is that the filament flowing through them can be so variable. That’s the thing about them! Well, not the only...
View ArticleGladstone Students Build a Frisbee Throwing Robot with an Afinia 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-HouAs you get to know Afinia, you learn that a lot of their customers come with stories that warm the cockles of your heart. Most recently, Afinia relayed the story of one of their...
View ArticleUniversity of Alabama Students Develop 3D Bioprinting Extruder and Software
By Michael Molitch-HouThere are companies going after 3D bioprinting, like Organovo and Rainbow Biosciences. And there are large research bodies and graduate universities making big breakthroughs with...
View ArticleMike BEETHEFIRST to Unbox and Review the BEETHEFIRST Desktop 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-HouHow apt that the first 3D printer that I’d have the opportunity to review would be titled BEETHEFIRST (BTF)! Manufactured by BEEVERYCREATIVE (BVC), out of Portugal, the...
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