A good infographic about 3D printing and how long till the revolution from Newark, featuring Jay Leno! Download full size here.…
A 3D Printed Purse: Zip Top Bag
Kacie Hultgren, the creator of Pretty Small Things, is not all about miniature furniture. She has developed some other innovative 3D designs, such as the Zip Top Bag, which is part of her range of 3D …
Medical Application: 3D Printing a New Nose
The suffering caused by the loss of a body part is inestimable. However, the loss of a nose, is possibly one of the most distressing. Jane Frances from Changing Faces backs this up explaining that it …
Weta Workshop – Bringing 3D Printing into Movies
Have you ever wondered how some those swords, spears and other props you see in Lord of the Rings and the soon to premiere Hobbit are made? Cutting edge 3D printing technology and some savvy Kiwi engi…
InMoov – 3D Printed Animatronic Robot
InMoov is a fascinating project from hairygael that aims to design and build an animatronic robot using a 3D printer. Started earlier this year the first step was to build a hand that could be animate…
Hod Lipson: The Present and Future of 3D Printing (Betascape 2012 Keynote)
Hod Lipson, a robotics engineer, the director of Cornell University’s Creative Machines Lab and the creator of MacArthur grant awarded Fab@Home gave a brilliant keynote speech in Betascape 2012. Lipso…
Two Largest 3D Printer Manufacturers in Comparison for Q3 Results
The two largest 3D printer manufacturers, 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) and Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS), recently announced their Q3 results. Both companies are growing fast and we decided to compare the two gi…
Birth Card Application
Introducing your baby for the first time is an emotional and very special moment. Sending the announcement out to friends and family using cards is common practice these days, but a designer from Mate…
Introducing the Portabee 3D Printer
The Portabee 3D Printer launched earlier this week. This low cost 3D printer comes as a kit retailing at 499USD & delivers a compact size portable 3D printer — reportedly “the first conveniently p…
Autodesk’s Carl Bass on Technology for Global Problem Solving
Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, discusses 3D software development and how it is being used to create almost anything. The next area Autodesk is looking into is biology and providing biologists with tools …