Kitronik, a leading provider of electronic project kits and educational resources to schools, is pleased to announce the online publication of the latest in its series of free 3D printing resources for schools and home users. The project is the latest…
US Marines full on 3D Printing
What if, instead of waiting 60 days for new parts or equipment, you could have them available in just 1 day? This is the new reality for the West Coast Marines, who have started using 3D printing to replace broken…
Weistek Introduces a 3D Printer for Kids on Kickstarter
3D printing company Weistek are launching a Kickstarter campaign on the 10th of May to make a kid friendly 3D printer. The MiniToy will be the first 3D printer made specifically for children, with a focus on education and fun!…
Practical and fully 3D printed robot is now available for anyone.
Endurance is a Russian robotics startup company that recently opened an office in the US (Naples, Florida) and has started to distribute their robot DIY SelfieBot for free. With claims that they want to help young people, especially students to jump…
Visualize Your 3D Printed Designs With Augmented Reality
Sometimes it is all too easy to lose track of the desired outcome after spending several hours 3D modelling in front of a computer screen. Now there is an App available to overcome this; the new Augment software allows you…
The Day of Joy for Game Fanatics: 3D Printed Portal Replica Gun!
Since its 2007 release, Portal, has become an icon for all game lovers. In the game players are challenged with physical puzzles, such as opening portals and moving physical items. For game fanatics the officially NECA licenced replica gun has…
Combined CNC-3D-printer enables use of multiple materials
A strong buzz in the 3D-printing community is emerging around 2BEIGH3, a printer-slash-CNC machine to be made at home, capable of using Nylon in addition to traditional ABS/PLA and others as raw material for 3D-printing. 2BEIGH3’s main advantage compared to…
Animation evolves closer to reality with 3D-printing tech
Applying 3D-printing into new fields has reached another landmark, as it is heavily involved in the making of the August 17th premiering stop-motion animation ParaNorman. 3D System’s ZPrinter was used to captivate and implement authentic facial expressions into animated figures,…
RepRap used for creating blood vessel networks out of sugar
Creating human organs in a laboratory has taken a substantial leap towards reality with the innovative use of 3D-printing technology. A team of scientists from the UPenn have created a functional network of blood vessels using sugar as the main…
Manufacturing in motion: first survey on 3D printing community
First survey on the 3D printing community by the Journal of Peer Production, performed in May 2012.
