Trobok: A 3D Printed Toy Brand from the Future
By Michael Molitch-Hou Now that we’ve got desktop factories to turn our ideas into physical objects, why should we settle for the past? Sure, one could 3D print some famous character from a long time...
View ArticleOnyx is Singapore’s Latest Desktop 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou A new desktop 3D printer manufacturer from Singapore has made itself known. Alongside Pirate3D with their Buccaneer and Portabee with their Go 3D printers, you can now count...
View ArticleDriver Hacks His Car’s Computer with 3D Printing and OpenXC
By Michael Molitch-Hou Thanks to the ongoing Maker and open source revolution, and the overwhelming success of Android, large corporations are warming up to the idea of opening their products up to...
View Article2D Printing Press Expands to 3D Paper Printing with Mcor
By Michael Molitch-Hou With the proliferation of tablets and digital readers, traditional publishing houses and printing presses may begin to feel a financial strain. Even if e-books can never replace...
View ArticleMakers Seek Funding to Publish 3D Printing + Maker Survival Guide
By Michael Molitch-Hou To the uninitiated, the Maker movement may be equal parts exciting and intimidating. On the one hand, it seems like anyone can go about building their own gadget thanks to...
View Article3D Printing a Unique Limb for a Unique Person in Two Weeks
By Michael Molitch-Hou Due to the reduced cost of and extreme customization offered by 3D printing, additively manufactured artificial limbs stand to revolutionize the prosthetic industry completely....
View Article13-Year-Old Makes DIY Google Glass with 3D Printed Frames
By Michael Molitch-Hou If you’re one of the many without a pair of Google Glass, chances are you’re a little curious as to what all the fuss is about. But why shell out $1500 to turn yourself into a...
View ArticleIndia’s First 3D Printables Marketplace
By Michael Molitch-Hou A number of – a really big number – of sites for 3D printable content have popped up in the past two years. Trying to distinguish between them all can be quite difficult, but...
View ArticleArcheologists Remix Famous Historical Works with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D scanning and 3D printing have the unique abilities to take what might otherwise be locked away in a museum or anchored to a specific locale and transport them across the world...
View ArticleInside 3D Printing Heads to Hong Kong
By Michael Molitch-Hou Coming this August, the world’s leading 3D printing conference and expo, Inside 3D Printing, continues its world tour as it heads to Hong Kong. The show, hosted by Mediabistro,...
View ArticleOrganovo Partners with Johnson & Johnson for 3D Bioprinting Drug Discovery...
By Michael Molitch-Hou In the exciting field of 3D bioprinting, the prospects for testing new medicines using 3D printed organ tissue are some of the most promising and most fully realized. By 3D...
View ArticleMaker’s Empire Launches 3D Printing Program for Australian Primary Schools
By Michael Molitch-Hou In May, we covered a new app for the iPad and Android that seeks to make 3D modeling and 3D printing easy and accessible. By combining a simple modeling tool with a touch screen...
View ArticleFrom the Makers of Ninjaflex: Timing Belts for 3D Printers
By Michael Molitch-Hou As desktop 3D printers enter into a new development phase, in which old designs are modified and improved upon for a wider audience of consumers, certain small upgrades may...
View ArticleLagoa: Photoreal 3D CAD Design and Publication in the Cloud
By Michael Molitch-Hou As 3D printing matures, shops will have to rely less on a inventory of goods and, instead, will be able to provide customers with a unique shopping experience. Whether online or...
View ArticleWinning Streak: 12-Year-Old Wins Lulzbot 3D Printer, Uses it to Win Literal Gold
By Michael Molitch-Hou And, now, the story of one lucky 12-year-old. The story starts when Dorothy Babb saw a 3D printer demonstration at the Porcupine Freedom Festival, held by the Free State Project...
View ArticleTiny 3D Printed Tools for Tiny Gardners
By Michael Molitch-Hou If you’ve got a whimsical weekend ahead of you, these simple prints are perfect for you. This is the sort of thing you’d see in Martha Stewart Desktop Living or Better Homes and...
View ArticleLocal Motors’ 3D Printed Car Drives the 3D Printing Industry into the 21st...
By Michael Molitch-Hou Since the technology first hit the scene some thirty years ago, the media has been making wild predictions about 3D printing’s capabilities. At CES in January, industry analyst...
View ArticleThreeding 3D Printables Marketplace Launches Amazon Fire App
By Michael Molitch-Hou As the world awaited the Amazon Fire Phone, so too waited online 3D printables marketplace Threeding, who, upon the Fire’s release, had a release of their own. Modifying the...
View ArticleAmazon Adopts 3D Printing with Tech Specific Product Page
By Michael Molitch-Hou After about a year of slowly adding 3D printing shops onto the ecommerce site, Amazon has officially embraced 3D printing as the retail method of the future by opening its own 3D...
View ArticleJoseph Nogucci Launches 3D Printed Bracelets on eBay
By Michael Molitch-Hou Canadian jewelry design brand Joseph Nogucci has been growing with the help of social media and online retail. With a variety of semi-precious stone, charm, and crystal...
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