Imagine your life is to illustrate the inner workings of some of the world’s most fascinating machinery for some of the most popular science magazines. Now imagine how much better 3D printing can make your work if you muster the…
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XYZ’s Da Vinci 3D Printer Jailbroken to Run Open Source Firmware (& Any Filament)
Last week Michael wrote a very interesting piece about the multibillion dollar question on everyone’s mind: how to deal with IP protection in the age of downloadable objects. The issue is also relevant when it comes to commercial 3D printers…
Paracosm 3D Scanner Starter Kit Officially for Sale
3D scanning is slowly becoming an actual thing! And by 3D scanning I mean low-cost, consumer-friendly, and, most importantly, mobile 3D scanning. The Structure 3D scanning sensor killed it on Kickstarter and was later snatched up by 3D Systems to…
The Body as an Interface, Body Labs’ Project Takes Form At Solid 2014
I first reported on the New York based Body Labs’ project to use 3D models of the human body as an interface for a wide range of applications last March. A couple of months later the Kinect and software based…
3D Printing Network PRINTR Aiming for Accessibility with a Little Help from Microsoft
3D printing has already made a huge impact in the world of manufacturing and design, but the promised personal/home market has as of yet failed to fully materialise. Dutch startup PRINTR looks to change that, and they have a small…
Solidworks CEO designs and 3D Prints
Apparently Solidworks CEO Bertrand Sicot is quite a busy guy, as he doesn’t have time to go shopping for a speaker for his iPhone. It’s a good thing that he works at Solidworks, as he can use their upcoming software to…
The MakerBot Multi-Colour Breakthrough?
Multi-material multi-colour output is perhaps the highest aim of desktop 3D printing. There have been a number of recent developments on this front, which include the patented progress made by botObjects, and open source solutions by Amaker and RichRap. Now,…
The Autodesk 3D Printer
As our Editor Rachel said to me, “This is HUGE news!” CEO of Autodesk, Carl Bass, has announced that the company is releasing its own 3D printer, along with its own open software platform for 3D printing. As a software…
Creaform’s New Scanning Solution Specifically for 3D Printing
Creaform — a long time developer and manufacturer of portable 3D scanning technology — has turned its attention squarely on to the potential of 3D printing. There’s no arguing that 3D scanning and 3D printing have a serious relationship when…
Sculpteo: New Hollow and Cutaway Features
Shapeways, i.materialise, Sculpteo and Cubify are currently the best-known online 3D print shops. Users upload a free or paid design from the 3D print shop site, or any of a host of 3D file sites ranging from 123D Gallery to…
