Two possible paths for 3D printing to evolve along are the idea of artificially assembling smaller and smaller parts, faster and faster. With that, you ultimately arrive at the ability to digitally as…
3DPI.TV – YouMagine Opens Up Open Source Dialogue
After MakerBot changed the Terms of Service for its popular 3D printables site, Thingiverse, there was an uproar in the 3D printing community about the ownership rights relating to 3D models. The chan…
3DPI.TV – 17Yo Gamer is Building a Desktop Metal 3D Printer
A 17 year old video gamer, entrepreneur, high school senior and maker still has tackled something that the entire world would like to get its hands on: a desktop based metal 3D printer. Not satisfied …
3DPI.TV – 3D Printed Bio Bots Use Mouse Muscle to Move
An experiment, at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, using a 3D printed, artificial tendon controlled by real mouse muscle cells has made miniature muscular cyborgs. The scientists at U o…
3DPI.TV – Materialise 3D Prints Custom Dynamic Insoles
Materialise has announced the launch of a joint venture with RSscan International named “RSPrint Powered by Materialise.” The venture combines Materialise’s notable experience with 3D printing and RSs…
3DPI.TV – Universal 3D Printing Paste Extruder
In order to get the most out of our desktop 3D printers, we need a wider variety of print heads. Makers have long been experimenting with the idea of universal paste extruders, syringe-like devices t…
3DPI.TV – Turn Your iPhone into a Miniaturized Blood Pressure Machine
With 3D printing more widely available than ever, Morpholio, a studio that specializes in developing iOS Apps, has found a way to use its potential in their biometric intelligences research. They did …
3DPI.TV – Rachel McConnell 3D Printed the “Curl Up”
M.C. Escher’s “Wentelteefje” rolls out of the page and into the realm of 3D printing thanks to Rachel McConnell and the Objet500 Connex Multi-Material 3D printer by Stratasys. Otherwise known as “The …
3DPI.TV – How to Make 3D House Printing Accessible
Eric Hunting has had it with the way that people are going about 3D printing buildings. In a recent Open Manufacturing thread on Google Groups, he’s started working out ways to improve 3D house printi…
3DPI.TV – Kast: The Fastest Desktop 3D Printer?
With the announcement of Autodesk’s first desktop 3D printer, it’s now going to take something pretty special to make a dent in the 3D printing market in 2014. Kast thinks it may well have what …