“Nothing distracts the public from a countless string of market-fixing scandals than a good marketing scheme.” This must have been what British multinational banking and financial services…
3D Printing Tubgirl and Goatse Went Exactly as You’d Expect (NSFW)
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche E…
AvaStars Paints an Idealized World of 3D Printing, Toys, & You
Growing up, my family would always head to one local, outdoor mall to do all of our Christmas shopping. Even though Oak Brook Center, located on Greater Chicagoland’s wintry outskirts, was always cold…
Come See the Amazing, the Extraordinary, the Stupefying 3D Printed Car!
It finally happened! Local Motors 3D printed a car in front of a live audience at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago. Unfortunately, my wife, Danielle, and I were too bu…
A Two Part Review of 2 3D Scanners, Part 2: the Structure Sensor from Occipital
Coinciding with my review of the Sense 3D scanner from 3D Systems, I had endured the eeriest experience. In capturing a 3D model of my bearded dragon, Shanté, with my wife, Danielle, I had somehow liv…
A Two Part Review of 2 3D Scanners, Part 1: The Sense from 3D Systems
When I was three, I remember laying in bed and looking up at the ceiling. All of a sudden, I experienced a flash — a vague blur, like a hazy video playing out in my mind. I saw myself holding an objec…
Amidst Chattanews, Feetz Opens 3D Printed Shoes Up for Pre-Order
This week, at GIGTANK Demo Day in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 3D shoe printing company Feetz made a big splash. Showing off their patent-pending 3D printing technology at the event, alongside a number of …
3D Printing, the Gig, and Why You Might Move to Chattanooga, TN – Part 1
To read part two of this two-part series on 3D printing in Chattanooga, click here. My wife, Danielle, and I just left the Gig this morning, the 1 gigabit per second fiber optic network that connects …
3D Printer World Expo Displays 3D Printing for All
The thing about all of these 3D printing expos is that there’s so much there! You become flooded with so much stimuli and information that, by the time you get home, your head is throbbing with data. …
Fear and Loathing at CES 2014, Day 2
I woke up from our bed on the 34th floor of a hotel that you only go to when the rest of the places are booked or you can’t afford anything built within in the last five years. The veggie wrap was sti…