Taiwan Launches Additive Manufacturing Group with International 3D Printing...
By Michael Molitch-HouCountries the world over have begun to see the need for adopting 3D printing technology. And, because the technology is still so new to so many people, it’s become necessary to...
View Article3D Printed Athletic Wear to Match Your Compression Socks
By Michael Molitch-Hou“I just love my Zensahs. Wore my brand new yellow socks at the Bandera 100k on Saturday, and after 62 miles of running through sharp cacti and jagged rocks, I felt great. Oh my!...
View ArticlePieceMaker’s 3D Printing Kiosk Offers Factory-In-A-Store Experience
By Michael Molitch-HouWith an aluminium frame, NEMA17 stepper motors, an Arduino board, a build volume of 7” x 7” x 7”, dual bowden extruders, and a print resolution of up to .1mm, and custom Piece-It!...
View Article3D Printing Brings Visibility to World’s Refugee Population
By Michael Molitch-HouThe UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimated that, at the end of 2012, there were about 45.2 million forcibly displaced people worldwide with 15.4 million classified as refugees and...
View ArticleThe Objet500 Connex3 Struts the Runway at 3D PrintShow in NYC
By Michael Molitch-HouThe Objet500 Connex3 from Stratasys is an amazing machine. Its inkjet technology allows it to 3D print in multiple colours with multiple materials, producing full colour objects....
View ArticleSpaceClaim to Prep Your STLs for 3D Printing with Webinar
By Michael Molitch-HouYou’ve got one week before you can attend the SpaceClaim webinar titled “SpaceClaim STL Prep for 3D Printing Module: 3D Printing Made Easy & Fast”. Alright, well it’s sort of...
View Article3D Printing For Inventors By Inventors
By Michael Molitch-HouThere may be plenty of 3D printing and design services out there for novices who need parts made, but Light Switch Ideas is focused on those who are constantly plagued by little...
View ArticleHollywood Legend Brings Popeye to Life with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-HouRemember Popeye? That deformed sailor who would eat spinach laced with PCP and go beating up anyone he thought was hitting on his girlfriend? That may not be how you remember him,...
View ArticleMake Fresh Water with 3D Printed Water Distiller
By Michael Molitch-HouIt’s hard not to be taken in by the humble austerity of the WordPress site Make Fresh Water. Under the simple header reads a phrase that might as well have been written by Kurt...
View ArticlePlot Clock: a 3D-Printed Robot that Plots the Ceaseless March of Time
By Michael Molitch-HouThe Plot Clock is a DIY project that maintains the same tagline as life itself: both incredibly genius and completely pointless. This manifestation of existential boredom is a...
View Article3D Printing Gradually Folds Into Mainstream Manufacturing at AeroDef
By Michael Molitch-HouThere’s a strange thing that happens for a member of the press at an event like AeroDef, a convention for members of the aerospace and defense supply chain. They really don’t care...
View Article3D Printing Helps Marusenko Sphere to Replace Rubik’s Cube?
By Michael Molitch-HouAs if the Plot Clock wasn’t enough of a symbol of ennui for one day! Enacting the logic riddle that is life, is the successor to the Rubik’s Cube. The Marusenko Sphere is a 54...
View Article3D Printing Has Fans on Capitol Hill with the Congressional Maker Caucus
By Michael Molitch-HouMakers across the United States have found themselves allies in Congress today as Congressmen Tim Ryan [D-OH13], Steve Stivers [R-OH15], Mark Takano [D-CA41], and Mick Mulvaney...
View ArticleMakerBot Makes Paper Clips, Bubble Wrap & Pencils Visible at Museum of Design...
By Michael Molitch-HouI don’t mean to brag, but I am impressed every day by the little pieces of design around me. Not the pop art that sprawls across Tumblr, but the little inventions that make modern...
View ArticleFounding America Makes and the Makers Caucus: An Interview with Congressman...
By Michael Molitch-Hou3D Printing Industry‘s Michael Molitch-Hou had the fantastic opportunity to interview Congressman Tim Ryan [D-OH13] who played an important role in establishing what is now known...
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces Two New Advanced Manufacturing Hubs
By Michael Molitch-HouThis is the year, apparently, that the United States government will fully embrace 3D printing. The America Makes Institute has already been established and, now, we’ve heard that...
View ArticleFABMOB 3D Prints Your Atmosphere
By Michael Molitch-HouWhen you hear the name “FABMOB”, what do you think of? If it’s a gang of fashionable Italian stereotypes, you’re in for a big disappointment. FABMOB stands for fabrication +...
View ArticleMakerBot Offers Simultaneous 3D Printing Classes for Students in the US and...
By Michael Molitch-HouStudents on either side of the world will be given the opportunity to learn, together, how to use one of the most exciting technologies of the day. In conjunction with a...
View ArticleMichigan Tech Study Suggests Some RepRap 3D Prints Are As Strong as...
By Michael Molitch-HouIf you thought that plastic parts produced from your average RepRap desktop 3D printer were in any way weaker than those made with commercial 3D printers, you may be proven wrong....
View Article3D Printed Marketing Sends Clients Tiny Chairs
By Michael Molitch-Hou‘As a high-powered product designer and/or marketing executive, I often find myself wanting something more than a glossy brochure outlining my latest product. Brochures are just...
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