One of the limitations that 3D printing technology faces, when looking at the process from a mass audience and average home user perspective, is that creating 3D models requires a high level of design…
Form 1 3D Printer Enters Full Production
The Form 1 3D printer, from Formlabs, which broke all previous 3D printing funding records on Kickstarter last year, has entered full production. During the past few months the team has focused on ens…
3D Printing Richard III
3D printing breathes new life into Richard III, whose final resting place had been a mystery for hundreds of years. The skeleton was discovered last year by a team of archeologists in Leicester. The U…
Organovo and OHSU Cancer Research Collaboration
Human cancer research today relies heavily on animal models and cancer cell lines, which are used to identify and trial potential drug candidates. However, in order to effectively predict the clinical…
DeltaMaker 3D Printer Raises over $95,000 in Less than 2 Weeks
DeltaMAker ‘The elegant 3D printer’ which is currently sourcing funding on Kickstarter has almost reached its $107,000 goal — in less than two weeks. Orlando, Florida based DeltaMaker LLC has really m…
NSWC Carderock – 3D Printed Ship Model
A team at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock has created a scale model of the hospital ship named USNS Comfort using 3D printing technology. The state-of-the-art 3D printer used, one of…
Flexible – Rubber like Filament for 3D Printing
Plastic Fantastic – an online shop for plastic filaments – has an interesting material in their plastic arsenal: Flexible – Rubber like plastic filament. The material is extremely elastic and can be w…
Inaugural Shapeways World Meet Up – February 28
Shapeways is proud of the meet up events it organizes, which are great for meeting new people and hearing and sharing stories within the 3D printing community. Sometimes, surprisingly, people find new…
3D Printing and Space Exploration – Deep Space Industries
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…
DeltaMaker – A 3D Printer with Elegance
Kickstarter definitely seems to be the place to source funding if you have a 3D printer project and need money to back it up. Although there is no guarantee of success, it can prove worth while for bo…