Alabama’s Auburn University Prototypes Transplant for Yorkie
Coming off of the heels of the North Carolina State’s multi-million dollar 3D printing lab, which made headlines by fabricating prostheses for animals, is another story about a US college helping...
View ArticleArmyCoCreate and the US Military’s Make-a-Thon
We’ve already covered the army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF), mobile fablabs that the military can use to 3D print mission critical parts in the heat of warfare. The REF has taken the Maker spirit one...
View ArticlecolorFabb Releases its Own Brand of Wood Filament
For awhile there, the mysterious Kai Parthy held the title for most innovative filament developer for FFF 3D printing, first making waves with his LAYWOO-D3 wood filament, then his pseudo concrete...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Becomes First City to Grandstand with Banning of 3D Printing Guns
In what is most likely an act of paranoia or a strange sort of marketing campaign for the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia has become the first city to ban the practice of 3D printing guns. This...
View ArticleThe F-Word at Industry City in Brooklyn
Since shoppers have abandoned the shopping malls their forefathers built in favour of online retail, Michigan Avenue has become a barren wasteland during the holidays (I’m assuming). To bring consumers...
View Articlei.materialise Moves to the Cloud
In a move that seems essential in the 21st Century, Belgian 3D printing company, Materialise, has shifted its operations to the effervescent, ethereal cloud — where fairies are born and so are...
View ArticleBud-Es: Friends for Your Buds
Pretend you didn’t see the feature image. What do you think Bud-E is? Is it a revamp of the My Buddy dolls from the 1980s? Possibly an electronic joint sold as a response to Colorado’s recent...
View ArticleAirwolf 3D Drops its Larger Printer on 3D Printshow Paris
SoCal 3D printer manufacturer AirWolf 3D’s latest desktop 3D printer made its big debut last week at the Paris 3D Printshow and, in the AirWolf line, this debut really was big. The latest machine, the...
View Article3D Printed Guitars, Keyboards, and, Now, Drums
Olaf Diegel, of ODD Guitars, has released yet another new 3D printed instrument, just after the unveiling of his Ladybug Keyboard. Some say this instrument is the most important part of any song;...
View ArticleMake’s Slicer and Sending Software Hot or Not Guide
In Make Magazine’s “Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014” issue, which is, to me, one of the few magazines I’d actually enjoy reading, the Make team added a huge amount of interesting material, building...
View Article11-Year-Old Fan of One Direction Prints Niall with 3D Printlife
After meeting Joel Rush and Jeff Stevens from 3D Printlife in person, there was one thing that I picked up on immediately: these are really personable guys. And that’s what makes them perfect for...
View Article3Defy Certified Artists Convert Your 2D Photo to 3D Model
When I think of 2D to 3D conversion, taking a flat image and making it into a three dimensional model, the first thing that jumps to mind is an isolated 3D object. For instance, with Autodesk’s 123D...
View ArticleFormlabs Completes its Near $3M Round of Kickstarter Funding
On December 3, the now famous MIT spinoff firm, FormLabs, completed its Kickstarter campaign, earning nearly $3 million dollars from over 2,000 eager backers and making it the most highly funded...
View Article3D Systems Brings Out Full Arsenal of New Machines at Euromold
To usher in the era of 3DP 2.0, Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems, announced the release of an onslaught of new 3D printing systems. Rachel already covered the new ProJet 5500X Multi-Material and...
View ArticleSingapore’s SIMPLIFI3D Hosts 3D Printer Face Off
Singapore’s 3D printer hub, SIMPLIFI3D, has come up with a number of unique ways to get the public excited about the new technology. From workshops surrounding 3D-printing Minecraft and Lego artifacts...
View Article3D Hubs Kicks Off US Unlocking Tour!
When I first heard about 3D Hubs, I thought that, despite its glossy website and sweet logo, it was going to be another informal network of Makers that would help one another 3D print things at a sort...
View ArticleMilkRap: RepRap Upcycled and Simplified
What some Makers are discovering is that, in building 3D printers, some of the components need not be built at all. In fact, there is plenty of discarded material that, while considered refuse, would...
View ArticleLPW Technology Supplies and Explores Metal Powders for AM
So you’ve already bought yourself a half a million dollar metal 3D printer, or, more likely, you’re already leasing one, but you need a place to obtain some metal powder with which to fuse into...
View Article3D Hubs Releases December Trend Report
Connecting 3D printer owners across the world gives 3D Hubs access to key statistics relying on their users as sample of the larger picture. In November, the company released their second trend...
View Article3D Systems Acquires 3D Ceramics Printing Company Figulo
Continuously striving to positioning itself as a 3D printing powerhouse, 3D Systems has acquired yet another company to add to its diverse portfolio of 3D printing technologies. With the acquisition...
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