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Most Read Articles from Last Week – June 14

What’s Going on At Makible?

With all the news of expansion and increasing competition at the entry level of the 3D printer market, it was only ever a matter of time before something happened to pull us up short. That something h…


Is Ford Motor’s Amazing Turnaround Due to 3D Printing?

The recent history of American automakers is dotted with stories of terrible crisis and amazing turnarounds, the lasted being that of the Ford Motor Co. Only this time around Ford’s surprising turnaro…


Lockheed Martin’s Love Story with 3D Printing Is Getting Serious

The third largest US aerospace company — Lockheed Martin — just published a very detailed “love letter” directed at 3D printing technologies and to all the engineers that are making them a reality, cu…


Local Motors Has Chosen Strati to Become the First Fully 3D Printed Car

Ever since it was announced last March, Local Motors’ intention to 3D print a car from scratch during the upcoming International Manufacturing Technology Show, has had the automotive industry’s headli…


B-hold the Future of Coffee Mugs (Without Burning Your Fingers)

Some of the coolest 3D printed creations are made with ceramics and the best part about them is that they don’t need to be incredibly intricate to be innovative. Sometimes they just look like simple c…


Yes, Some 3D Printing Patents Are Expiring. So What?

At the beginning of this year we wrote about expiring 3D printing patents. Yes, several early 3D printing patents have expired or are expiring. So what? Contrary to the legions of writers who predict …


The U.S. Army Wants You! …To 3D Print them Weapons

Last week a new collaboration between the US Army, NASA and the University of Alabama Huntsville to explore and to promote emerging 3D printing technology was announced. Essentially that means that th…


Is This the Embryo of the Next Great 3D Printed Idea?

New Orleans based Richard Twiggs Jr. has undertaken many different projects with 3D printing in the past, ranging form a venture with ThinkPrint3D, the second 3D print bureau in Louisiana, to 3D print…


Smartphone Gear Cases: A Great Example Of Home 3D Printing Production

Rong Guo of Toronto Cananda has been using 3D printers for a number of years. He has built various kinds of RepRap 3D printers such as the Prusa Mendel, Prusa I3 and Mix G1. He learned the tools to de…


Airball: 3D Printed Table Tennis Ball

In case you’ve been looking to change up your table tennis games a bit, there’s a solution for that now thanks to 3D Printing. AIRBALL is a 3D Printed squeezable table tennis ball, that won’t break wh…