We are witnessing a rise of new technology that can have disruptive implications on the global geopolitical, demographic, social, economic, security and environmental landscape. 3D printing technology, also known as Additive Manufacturing, has mainly been used for modeling and prototyping…
New Autodesk SketchBook Pro Promises the Ideal Digital Toolkit for Artists
SketchBook Pro 6 that runs in Windows and Mac and features a streamlined interface, multi-touch navigation, French curves, synthetic paint and much more. SketchBook Pro is a professional level sketching, painting, and drawing software that allows the user to transform…
Kitplane building ascends to a new level with MakerPlane
Following in the footsteps of da Vinci, the Wright brothers et al. a new chapter in the history of aviation could be emerging from the 3D-printing scene. Meet the MakerPlane, an open-source project for DIY airplanes. This opens up a new…
KickStarted 3D Printing Projects
Major venture capital firms are yet to embark on the 3D printing gold rush and it is to be seen how long it will take to see the first major investments to materialize. So far we have seen couple of…
Escher's Impossible Art Work 3D Printed
M.C. Escher’s two dimensional lithographs and wood carvings of impossible structures have been fascinating people’s imaginations for decades. Gershon Elber, a computer science professor at the Israel Institute of Technology, has developed a way to bring Escher’s work to life…
3D Companies Partner up with National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII)
The Obama Administration announced in March 2012 about a new US innovation initiate called National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). It aims to ensure manufacturing industry growth by developing 15 centers of excellence, as they are called, which combine industries…
3D-nylon shoes attempting to occupy the catwalks
3D-printed shoes have already been created in the past using ABS as the foundation. However, with the introduction of nylon as the new go-to-material, the implications are more of a haute couture –nature compared to the earlier attempts in the…
3D Printed Pasta Carbonara Please!
More exotic topics are emerging within the 3D printing industry, and printed food certainly cuts the mustard in the race for raising the attention – literally. This week we learned that the billionaire Peter Thiel is making a donation to…
Another show case of DIY with 3D printing: Phone Covers
Forget phone stickers, how about customizable phone covers that will only cost you 40 USD. A Dutch company called Polychemy can do this for you, as they provide unique style phone cases for iPhone and Blackberry with 3D customization. Polychemy…
Animated characters come to life
A group of graphics experts at Harvard have come up with a add-on software tool that translates three dimensional animated characters into fully articulated action figures. This new development is an exiting follow up from our previous report of the…
