In late June, Ralf Schultz from Denmark posted a brilliant home design, on Thingiverse, for a 3D printed scissor lift to help conceal his home projector. Utilizing the motor for a car’s wide screen w…
Cubify Sunglass Contest Challenges Your Creativity
Open until August 31st, Cubify is running a contest to design a pair of 3D printed sunglasses and will award the winner a free (shipping included) 3D printer. Which model is not determined and based o…
Bukito Portable 3D Printer Surpasses Kickstarter Goal
The public has spoken and Deezmaker’s Bukito has received the funds necessary to kick-start their durable portable 3D printer. No stranger to 3Dprintingindustry, Bukito must now deliver on specs and s…
3D Printing a Fix – Jake Evill’s Cortex Cast
I have never broken a bone, and slightly regret writing that phrase as if it foreshadows imminent harm, but I have signed a few casts in my time. The smelly bulky plaster that wraps around limbs feste…
Buttercup the Duck Walks Again Thanks to 3D Printed Prosthetic Foot
Better writers than I have touched on the connection between man and animal, how we are drawn to them, how they illicit our deepest sympathies and millions of views on Youtube. NovaCopy Inc. has given…
Flexing Ceramics: Formatec Defines ADMATEC for Ceramic 3D Printing
In a power move to become an “absolute” leader in ceramic 3D printing a new project has been formed under the name ADMATEC. ADMATEC combines the Lithoz’s Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM) …
Runner’s Bicycle: Pedalling Made Easy with MakerBot 3D Printer
Operating from his manufacturing facility in Taiwan, Dr. Henry Thomas utilized the abilities of MakerBot’s new desktop 3D printer to find models for his novel bicycles that would save millions in prod…
Optomec’s Latest Metal 3D Printer Set to Aid Training and Research in US
Optomec’s LENS (Laser Engineered Net Shaping) 3D printing process is one of the high end metal 3D printing processes used for the production and repair of highly engineered metal components used in in…
Pirate3D’s Buccaneer Sailing Close to $1m & Now with Smart Support
With less than two weeks until their Stretch Goal deadline, Pirate 3D Inc is within $50,000 of the proposed one million dollar mark. Close to 2,500 contributors have invested in the Kickstarter as of …
Scientists in Japan Create 3D Printing Resin with Bionic Brain Implications
When my grandfather developed Parkinson’s, I started undergraduate school as a Biological Sciences major. He knew this and pulled me aside during a family visit to tell me with a smile and a wink, “Ma…