3D Modeling Given Depth with HoloCube Holographic Display
By Michael Molitch-Hou Anyone who knows me outside of the world of 3D printing knows that I love holograms and what they represent for the meaning of life and reality. Through a holography course at...
View ArticleIn NYC? My Mini Factory’s 10-Week Intensive 3D Printing Workshop is Too
By Michael Molitch-Hou Earlier this year, iMakr’s 3D printables community, My Mini Factory, rolled out its first My Mini Factory Academy in London, introducing small classes to the world of 3D printing...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: Love is in Air
By Michael Molitch-Hou Valentine’s Day is here. Or, as my dirty uncle used to call it “V.D. Day”. Clearly he hasn’t been to health class since they changed it to “STI Day”. For you, and my...
View ArticleLinkBits: 3D Printing News for the Week of February 14th
By Michael Molitch-Hou Despite drowning stocks, the 3D printing industry is really booming. Now that the whole world is familiar with the technology, we’re swamped with stories. And, because we can’t...
View ArticleThe Future of Footwear: 3D Printed Shoes that React to Your Movements
By Michael Molitch-Hou If you’re familiar with SOLS Systems, you may have thought of them solely as a custom orthotics manufacturer. If that’s the case, it’s time to expand your schema of what this 3D...
View ArticleAn Interview with OctoPrint’s Gina Häußge
By Michael Molitch-Hou In recent months, a huge list of products have been announced or released, aiming to remotely or directly control desktop 3D printers. AstroPrint, the Sharebox, the Printr...
View Article3DShare Wants to Be Both “the App Store and reddit of 3D Printing”
By Michael Molitch-Hou The past two years has seen a huge number of 3D printing repositories flood the market, each one seeking to distinguish itself from the rest and invoking a variety of strategies...
View ArticleThis Wednesday: 3D Printing Wunderkind Easton LaChappelle on All-American Makers
By Michael Molitch-Hou From as far back as Alexander the Great to as recent as V.I.C.I from Small Wonder or MasterChef Junior, people throughout history have been taken by young people with talent....
View ArticleHey, Hackerspaces! Win a Free LulzBot 3D Printer!
By Michael Molitch-Hou Aleph Objects, Inc., manufacturers of the LulzBot line of 3D printers, is now hosting its Fourth Annual LulzBot Hackerspace Giveaway. This means that eligible hackerspaces...
View Articlei.materialise’s 3D Printed Bling Receives 18k Upgrade
By Michael Molitch-Hou As Shapeways has continued to up its precious metal game, Belgian-based 3D printing service provider i.materialise is keeping pace with the competition. Not long after Shapeways...
View ArticleXYZprinting Makes Big Upgrade to Proprietary 3D Printing Cartridges
By Michael Molitch-Hou Though XYZprinting has long touted its da Vinci 3D printer as being extremely consumer-friendly, with a particularly friendly price of $499+, one issue related to the printer has...
View ArticleEmerging Objects Set to Unveil Enormous 3D Printed Structure in Berkeley
By Michael Molitch-Hou Emerging Objects, the world’s favorite manufacturer of large-scale structures made from unique materials, is about to unveil something exciting. Though many of the specifics...
View ArticleNeed 3D Printing Experience? MakerBot Needs You!
By Michael Molitch-Hou By now, anyone who’s reading this site has likely heard of MakerBot, the largest manufacturer of desktop 3D printers and a subsidiary of Stratasys, the largest manufacturer of...
View ArticleMini-Doc Gives the Back Story on Life-Size 3D Printed Elephant
By Michael Molitch-Hou Last august, 3D printing designer and engineer Joris van Tubergen thought up a clever method for drawing attention to the plight of endangered elephants for World Elephant Day....
View ArticleRolls-Royce to Fly Largest 3D Printed Part Ever Flown
By Michael Molitch-Hou GE has already made enormous strides in industrial 3D printing by opening a mass additive manufacturing facility to produce the 3D printed fuel nozzles for its advanced LEAP jet...
View ArticleRecycle Old 3D Prints with the Cruncher
By Michael Molitch-Hou After successfully launching two different iterations of their DIY filament extruder, ExtrusionBot has hit Kickstarter again with another 3D printing accessory that can help...
View ArticleStuffhub Teams with Papabubble for Custom Lollipops Made with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou One of the simplest ways to get into food 3D printing is to create 3D printed molds for sweets. I was first made of these possibilities a couple of years ago when a Japanese...
View ArticleDrone 3D Scans Brazil’s 38-Meter-Tall “Christ the Redeemer”
By Michael Molitch-Hou Rio de Janeiro’s 38-meter-tall “Christ the Redeemer” is one of the most iconic statues in the world, but, up until now, the famous figure has yet to be fully captured as an...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: An Ancient Bronze Age Spearhead
By Michael Molitch-Hou Access to humanity’s past is crucial to understand the present in the larger historical context. With modern 3D scanning and 3D printing technologies, this access, previously...
View Article3D Printed Kids’ Doodles Exhibited at Children’s Museum of the Arts
By Michael Molitch-Hou What better place for your kid’s artwork than in a museum? Kids Creation Station, the 3D printing service from media site 3DP4E that transforms doodles into full-color 3D prints,...
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