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Disney Research uses 3D printing to bring animations into the real world
Disney Research has developed a method to bring animated characters into the physical world. The researchers used 3D printing to create a number objects which were animated by mechanized cables and jo…
Disney makes nature’s machines using a 3D printer
Prototyped on a 3D printer, new toys from Disney Research demonstrate the use of a digital design tool to generate compliant mechanisms. The mechanisms take inspiration from natural tendon and cartila…
3D Printing News Sliced: Disney Research, Pier 9, Mitsubishi, Robo 3D
News that has made it through today’s slicer features: Disney Research, University Rey Juan Carlos, Autodesk’s Pier 9, the Traveling Museum of the Paranormal & Occult, the Odd Cat Sanc…
Disney publishes patent for anti-scanning filament 3D printing method
The Walt Disney Company has published a patent outlining a proprietary method for 3D printing objects that are unable to be replicated by 3D scanning. Disney characters and figures are popular in the …
Disney files patent for a 3D printed soft robotic mascot
Disney Enterprises Inc. has filed a patent for an interactive “soft body robot” with 3D printed parts. Initial designs show a figure resembling a snowman, or the character Baymax from Disn…
Disney reveals new thermoforming process
The creator of Mickey Mouse has uncovered a new technique for computational thermoforming objects with a textured film that could change the dolls and figurines of the future. This process will work i…
Disney to disrupt 3D printing industry?
Disney has been a force in the 3D printing world for some time, but now it has filed for a series of new patents that could disrupt the entire industry. The most significant of the wide range of paten…
Coming soon from Disney: The 3D Printed Robot App
I’ve always dreamed of designing and building my own robot. This may soon be a reality thanks to a team of researchers in Zurich. I’ve just learned that, Vittorio Megaro, a Zurich ETH student, alongsi…
3D Printed Makies Don Disney Apparel
After joining the Disney Accelerator program earlier this year, MakieLab is seeing its line of custom, 3D printed dolls dress up in some important new clothing just as the holidays are approaching. C…