Deep Space Industries (DSI) has an interesting research venture underway – space mining with the help of 3D printers. The plan is to build mining stations on asteroids where robots equipped with minin…
The Sandboxr App — Will it Up the Ante?
The most recent influx of 3D printing news seems to be centred around market places and user interfaces that aim to take the tech out to a much wider audience. The latest is Sandboxr, based out of Sal…
The 3DPI Team is Growing – Mike Molitch-Hou
The thing about the 3rd dimension is that it’s so ubiquitous that you can hardly even distinguish it from the other dimensions. It was only through looking at 3D images that I realized how magnificen…
It Takes a Village to Build a Free, Open Source, 3D-Printed Robot
When I asked to interview Gaël Langevin, he described himself as “pretty much like a bear in a cave”, someone who would prefer to tinker around in his workshop rather than socialize. Gaël, however, h…
3D Printing Aids Conceptualisation of Bearina IUD
According to Ronen Kadushin, an Israeli designer and design educator, the Bearina IUD is “a political product concept [that] demonstrates the disruptive potential of 3D printed ‘Open Designs’ to give …
Olaf Diegel’s 3D Printed Americana Guitar
Olaf Diegel, the man famous for designing 3D printed electric instruments, has come up with a new 3D printed guitar, which sings an ode to the Big Apple and the rest of the Land of the Free. The model…
A 3D Printed Portrait of William Morris
Forget canvas — all you need for a high quality portrait is standard A4 copier paper. This application of 3D printing was highlighted on a recent blog post from Julie Reece of Mcor Technologies, and d…
Nokia’s 3D Printed Files and the continuing Snowball Effect – Cubify Add-Ons
After Nokia released 3D printable files for the Lumia 820 phone model, I wonder if they were expecting (or just hoping for) the furore that has ensued? The initial announcement got a healthy enough re…
3D Printed Articulation
The full potential of 3D printing, regardless of opinions and forecasts, is unknown and the exploration of applications has just begun. Many of the known applications on a larger scale are still expen…
Going Large on 3D Printed Aerospace Parts
The vibe coming out of Euromold at the end of last year was all about scaling up 3D printers for bigger applications. Well, one of the biggest 3DP applications I’ve ever seen in metal came to light la…