Tom Jurgensen, a motion graphics/special-fx/3D artist from the Windy City, has been blogging about his life and experiences in the 3D printing world. Having an extensive background in 3D graphics, tak…
Printrbot’s New iPhone App
Printrbot has released a new community iPhone app called MAKRZ , which, unsurprisingly, is aimed at makers for sharing open source files for 3D printing, laser cutting and machining. Through this app …
3D Printed Meat – Back in the Headlines
We reported back in August last year about the US based start-up called Modern Meadow and their plans to start printing biomaterials with 3D printers, eventually yielding meat products for human consu…
Across the Miles — 3D Printing Lends a Helping Hand
All of my friends will tell you that I’m an eternal optimist. The world can be a terrible place, if you think about all of the large-scale problems found in almost every country of the world, but I ha…
DIY Action Heroes: Wayne Losey’s ModiBot
ModiBot is an intriguing build-a-figurine project from a renowned toy designer Wayne Losey. With more than 13 years of experience from Hasbro and Kenner Products under his belt, the success stories he…
FabClay: Adobe Homes of the Future
An oft mentioned barrier to the widespread adoption of additive manufacturing is the limited types of materials that can be used in the 3D printing process; after all, it’s not very practical to build…
A 3D Printed Sculpture Show— Bits to Its
Maine FabLab, a part of the MIT FabLab network based in Cambridge, USA; and a place where anyone can make [almost] anything, has announced ‘Bits to Its: 3D Printed Sculpture’. This will be one of the …
3D Printed "Shark" Robot Demonstrates Open Source Platform
Robots are pretty big at the moment, and the latest one to come to our attention is a ‘Shark’ Robot from the Veter project team. But this project is more than just a robot (which, incidentally, is 3D …
At Stratasys, Extra Curricula 3D Printing is Optional
3D printing is exceptionally good at providing solutions to problems. A great demonstration of this is highlighted by an application coming out of Stratasys. Nothing particularly novel there, you migh…
CARTIS / Geomagic Collaboration Yields Great Results for Patients
Sean Peel, a Ph.D. candidate and medical applications research technician at Cardiff Metropolitan University and its Patient-Specific Medical Design Knowledge Transfer Center, represented CARTIS at t…