We probably should have seen this coming: in the past we have often read about 3D printed electronics, 2D printed conductive inks on 3D printed surfaces, 3D printed embedded chips, all leading to ubiquitous concepts such as wearable electronics, the…
Is It a 3D Printer? Is It a PCB Mill? Is It Crowd Sourcing? Is it the Future?
Embedded Projects GmbH, an online place for selling, buying, presenting and discussing embedded open source making projects (involving anything from Arduino to Linux to Microcontrollers of all kinds), is asking your opinion on going ahead with the construction of a…
“Superhero” Hot Wheels Racing into Production through 3D Printing
In a co-marketing partnership with Ford, Hot Wheels (assumption: everyone knows what Hot Wheels are, in case you do not here is your window on toy car racing) asked ten Fiesta Agents to turn its Fiesta model into a superhero…
Revolved, a “Geodesic” 3D Modelling App for the iPad, Teaches the Meaning of the Third Dimension
Are you familiar with geodesy? In mathematics, says the all-knowing Wikipedia, a geodesic is a generalization of the notion of a straight line (2D) to curved spaces (3D). Imagine going from point A to point B on Earth. You follow…
3D Printed Triumph Rocket III Custom Trike Sets Land Speed Record
3D printing is the best possible way to produce personalized objects, and there are very few industries that get more “personal” than custom motorcycles. Adopting additive manufacturing techniques, experienced teams like Klock Werks, one of top custom motorcycle company in…
Could Secured3D be the missing link in 3D printing evolution?
Based in Talinn, Estonia, Secured3D was a mystery to me. It is a start-up offering a secure cloud 3D printing service and their products were on show by Makerbot’s huge stand at the last Euromold. What exactly their ‘product’ was,…
Hey, Elon and Sergey, did you see these SpaceGlasses?
Two-thousand-and-fourteen is already looking like a great year for 3D creativity. Assembled 3D printers are coming out priced at under 500 euros, new low-cost high-quality 3D scanners are launching and, if that weren’t enough, the first SpaceGlasses are going to…
Put on your Sweet, 3D Printed Chocolate Face
One of the current drivers for mass 3D printing adoption is self-replication. We have covered the subject quite a few times on 3DPI, from iMakr’s “Selfies at Selfridges” to home delivered self-cloning by Shapify. However, while “selfie” was one of…
Davide Sher’s 5 Favourite 3D Printing Apps of 2013
1. The ESA’s 3D printed lunar base Of all the things that 3D printing — as it develops — will allow us as humanity to achieve is the construction of extra terrestrial habitats. It starts with space stations and it will…
3D Printing a Mummy Eagle Back from the After-life
The ability to mass-produce artifacts in ancient Egypt was staggering: hundreds of thousands of statuettes, pendants, jewels of all kinds were manufactured during almost 3 millennia of Egyptian cultural dominance. It was the dawn of civilization in a way very…
