Earlier this year, 3DPI reported on the Bits to Its 3D Printing Art Show that selected artwork from around the world to display in the Landing Gallery in Rockford, Maine. The show was the result of a …
Take A Peak Inside ‘Crash Space’ — The Above Ground, Underground Hackerspace Community in LA
The sound of heavy metal whirring amid conversations about the coolest things I can imagine will be a signal that something is happening. This group will not be like the ones that preceded it. These p…
W. Afate: Recycling 1st World Waste into New World Solutions
The cost of technological progress is that, with each exponential leap of Moore’s Law, obsolete machinery is cast away as garbage. And, because discarded electronics often contain harmful components …
China to Open 10 3D Printing Innovation Centers
If I know anything about foreign affairs and international economics – and I don’t know much – I’d say that China’s entry into the world of 3D printing is a signal that this technology is …
InMoov, the Free, Open Source 3D Printed Robot is Motoring
It’d been awhile since I caught up with Gaël Langevin and his awesome InMoov robot, but when I did, I found that Gaël was still able to impress. The robot, designed by a prop sculptor based in Paris, …
The Bay Area Goes Maker Mad
And so it begins: the rallying cry has been made for Makers from all over to descend on the Bay Area to connect, learn, and make. The Bay Area Maker Faire 2013 begins this weekend May 18th – 19t…
3D Printing World Peace
In the wake of the hype surrounding Defense Distributed’s reckless release of CAD files for the 3D-printed gun, Michigan Tech has decided to counter the group’s negative impact on the tech…
3D Printing Invisibility
Whether you’re a mercenary who wishes to remain undetected as part of a covert war in Yemen or just a pimply teenager who wishes to remain undetected in high school, everybody wants to be invisible at…
Giving New Meaning to the Phrase Photo-Bombing
We’ve seen it before, the use of 3D printing to bring idle objects back from the brink of obsolescence. In fact, some of the first news about 3D printing to hit the mainstream was of Jay Leno…
Leapfrog’s 3D Printer Giveaway Celebrating A Year in Business
After one year of leaping through the additive manufacturing market, Netherlands-based Leapfrog is joining the spree of online 3D printing giveaways. They’re celebrating their one-year anniversary by …