3D Printing Transforms Ordinary Items Into Extraordinary Pieces of Design
By Michael Molitch-Hou Some folks will complain about the unfinished, monochromatic aesthetic of objects made by many desktop 3D printers. With a little creativity, however, this aesthetic can be used...
View ArticleProject Ara to Host Developers Conference for 3D-Printed Smartphone Parts
By Michael Molitch-Hou As Rachel alluded to in her Inside 3DP NYC review, Project Ara, a collaborative megaproject between Google and 3D Systems, has been making progress. The modular smart phone would...
View ArticleThis May, Taiwan Will Launch its Own 3D Printing Program
By Michael Molitch-Hou Not long after Taiwan held the first symposium of its Additive Manufacturing of Taiwan (AMAT) institute, the country’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has announced in...
View ArticleRP Marketplace Provides Online Conduit to Industrial RP Services
By Michael Molitch-Hou There has been a number of 3D printing service marketplaces springing up over the past year or so. Some, such as Additer, focus specifically on service providers with desktop,...
View Article3D Printed Super Cane to Aid Those with Low Vision
By Michael Molitch-Hou While researching the concept of voxel 3D printing, I accidentally found my way to a unique device made to aid the visually impaired. It just so happened to be called Voxel and...
View ArticleSME and America Makes Welcome Former FBI Agent Aboard
By Michael Molitch-Hou The additive manufacturing community is getting cozier with the US government, these days. In addition to the White House’s own interest in the technology, 3D Systems recently...
View ArticleStaples to Offer 3D Printing Services in the US
By Michael Molitch-Hou Worldwide office supplies retailer Staples (SPLS) has been creeping its way into the world of 3D printing year by year. In order to test the 3D printed waters, the company began...
View ArticleThe Elderly Get the First Taste of 3D Printed Future Food
By Michael Molitch-Hou You may have been pondering the exact purpose of 3D food printing, especially when you see the foods that have been 3D printed so far. It’s mainly goop stuffed into a syringe and...
View ArticleHear That? That’s the Sound of the First Production Run Line of 3D Printed...
By Michael Molitch-Hou We’ve written about a few different 3D-printed audio projects, from 3D-printed headphones to gramophone-esque HTC One speakers. MrSpeakers may be the first to offer a production...
View ArticleDisney/Star Wars 3D Printed Figurines Are Back! Now, With Less Sexism!
By Michael Molitch-Hou A long time ago in a post far, far away, we told you about how Disney was using its new Star Wars acquisition to 3D print figurines from the movies with your head on them. You...
View ArticlePhone-Controlled RoboToy Speeds Up with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou As jaded as I am, even I can appreciate a super cute, remote controlled robot. And the toys that Orbotix makes are some of the cutest I’ve seen, simply because they’re so simple....
View ArticleAdditive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy Hits Orlando
By Michael Molitch-Hou Unless you’re deep into the world of industrial 3D printing, you may not have heard of the inaugural conference on Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy that will be...
View Article3D Printing Finds Its Niche at the RadTech UV + EB Conference in Chicago
By Michael Molitch-Hou The 3D printing conferences are coming! Proliferating like tuberculosis or a new dance craze or tulips in a Dutch field along a country road, 3D printing expos, cons, and neocons...
View ArticleAustralia’s Keech to be a 3D Printing Peach?
By Michael Molitch-Hou Look alive, Australians! There’s a company in your country called Keech that wants to be the one-stop shop for all things engineering and manufacturing. And they intend to do...
View ArticlePUNGAS: 3D Printed Flair for Your Footwear
By Michael Molitch-Hou “Hey, teens!” speaks a totally radical voiceover from the 90’s. “Strap a wild set of 3D prints to your kicks and hit the streets in style ;)” That’s the sort of Gushers-Gak vibe...
View ArticleNanalyze Asks “Is There a 3D Printing Industry?”
By Michael Molitch-Hou Over at Nanalyze, the question is asked in a recent article, “Is there a 3D Printing Industry?” Their answer is no. My answer is “Uh doyyy. Look at our header.” Really, what the...
View ArticleLife-Sized 3D-Printed Portrait Raises Mortal to Godly Status
By Michael Molitch-Hou If you’re wealthy or important enough to have a sculpture made of your likeness, Cosmo Wenman is the ideal person for the job. He’s proven himself to be an expert in digitizing...
View ArticleI Guess That’s One Way to 3D Print in Colour!
By Michael Molitch-Hou Imagine a four-year-old shouting orders in a design lab. In response to the question of how to make a 3D printer print in colour, that kid might yell, “Just colour it with...
View ArticleSugar High: Dutch Designer Develops His Own 3D Sugar Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou Just as the technology behind television was invented by different individuals around the world simultaneously, the unfolding of 3D printed sugar proves that humanity has no main...
View ArticleSimpSymm: An Algorithm to Render 3D Printing Artists Obsolete?
By Michael Molitch-Hou I remember, when I was pursuing my MFA in writing, coming across a robot poet. It was an algorithm that used some rules of syntax and grammar, choosing words randomly, to...
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