Swiss PrintaBit is a Polished, Plated 3D Printing Service Bureau
By Michael Molitch-Hou While working on a top secret project, I’ve been looking for 3D printing service bureaus that are willing to 3D print certain mysterious items. After seeing that at least two,...
View ArticleWhat is the Helios One 3D Printer?
By Michael Molitch-Hou An interesting new company called Orange Maker has emerged out of Thousand Oaks, California and they’ve brought with them a 3D printer that they boast will solve “all current 3D...
View Article3D Print the Ellis Island Customs House in Honor of July 4th
By Michael Molitch-Hou The 4th of July is almost here, which is Independence Day for us in the US. 3D artist, graphic designer, and all around “diagram guy” Don Foley is paying tribute to the American...
View ArticleElemental SLA 3D Printer Uses Unique Pressure Control System
By Michael Molitch-Hou Hardcotton, based in Cantberra, Australia, has announced the release of a new 3D printer that the company claims to be “like no other”. Hardcotton’s Elemental is a...
View Article3D Printed Bio-Bots Use Mouse Muscle to Move
By Michael Molitch-Hou The study of soft robotics offer distinct advantages to yesterday’s metal clunkers, in that soft machines have greater locomotion and flexibility, with a potentially lower cost....
View Article3D Printed Model Aids Tumor Surgery in China
By Michael Molitch-Hou Though there is a great deal of excitement surrounding new bioprinting breakthroughs, such as the 3D printed vascular network covered by Scott recently, that could lead to 3D...
View ArticleSkeletal 3D Printed Rock Crawler Climbs Onto Shapeways
By Michael Molitch-Hou Buckminster once said, “How many times do I have to tell you people? Do more with less!” Maybe not in those exact words or in that tone, but he definitely said something along...
View Article3D Printing Aids Doctors in Removal of Nearly Inoperable Tumor from...
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D printing has once again proven vital in the the preparation stages of a life saving surgery, as a five year old from Spain named Marc faced a tumor that doctors deemed risky...
View ArticleErectorBot Granule 3D Printer is a Big Printer with Bigger Features
By Michael Molitch-Hou For some time, we’ve been exposed to FFF machines that process filament to create their prints, but some companies and independent Makers are wise to the fact that filament may...
View ArticleMakies 3D Printed Dolls Now in Hamleys
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D printing continues its push into the mainstream as, Thursday of this week, the most recognizable name in 3D printed toys made its way into the world’s oldest and largest toy...
View ArticleMaximize Your Foam Skills with 3D Printed Nerf Accessories
By Michael Molitch-Hou When I was a kid, I’d have these sleep overs for my birthday party where all of my friends would bring over their Nerf guns and I’d get a few as presents and then we’d build...
View ArticleIs This a Future Billionaire? 15 Year Old Files Patent for His Own 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou The democratization of technology that has occurred over the past twenty years or so has enabled greater numbers of people to program new apps and build new devices that can...
View ArticleThe Art Institute of Chicago Embraces 3D Printing, Scanning
By Michael Molitch-Hou In the United States, some folks refer to that so-called desolate area of land between Los Angeles and New York as the “fly-over states” and, in so doing, neglect the thriving...
View ArticleDiabetic Patients Aided with Doctor’s 3D Printed Foot Models
By Michael Molitch-Hou My dad used to tell me about the diabetic patients he would see that would suffer from something called neuropathy. At the time, I thought it was so eery that people could lose...
View ArticleIon Core Zinter 3D Printer Reaches for Mass Appeal with TV Ad
By Michael Molitch-Hou Until we’re all watching programs projected directly into our brains someday, TV broadcasting will continue to be the earmark of mainstream success. And we’ll know that 3D...
View ArticleBAE to 3D Print Transforming, Self-Healing Drones by 2040
By Michael Molitch-Hou You know how eight-year-olds just dream up crazy ideas for transforming, self-healing, laser-firing robotic war drones? Most of those kids grow up and realize that none of those...
View Article3D Printed Kidney Models Aid Surgery in First Peer-Reviewed Study
By Michael Molitch-Hou We’ve covered numerous stories about 3D printed models used to prepare surgeons for the operating room. Just last week, there were two reports about models made from CT scans to...
View ArticleTwo 3D Printed Meals Served on Either Side of the World
By Michael Molitch-Hou Walt Disney once said, “Tomorrow can be a wonderful age” and sought to demonstrate his dream of a utopian future with Tomorrowland, the futurist-themed portion of his theme...
View Article3D Hubs 3D Prints Smartphone Cases for Fairphone
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D Hubs (and sites like it) invokes a unique manufacturing method that has the potential to change the way we obtain our goods. Rather than heading to a big box store for some...
View ArticlePyroGenesis Sells Plasma Powder Production Systems for 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou In January, we wrote about a company called PyroGenesis that was using its waste management technology to breakdown waste into material suitable for 3D printing. Back then, it...
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