The internet is awash with time-wasting pages and projects. So little of it gives anything back to the casual observer. Except… Sometimes, just sometimes, the web turns up something utterly heart warming, intelligent and just plain joyful. Yahoo Japan has…
Mcor and Staples Myeasy3D Goes Live in Europe
After teasing us since last year about their imminent partnership, the office supply giant Staples, and the only manufacturer of 3D printers that use paper, Mcor, has finally, formally launched the Staples ‘myeasy3d’ service at the Inside 3d Printing Expo…
Official Launch of 3D Hubs — Bringing Paid Work to Idle 3D Printers Around the World
It’s confession time… Although I’ve had quite a few objects 3D printed, I don’t own or have direct access to a 3D printer. But on the bright side, it puts me in the perfect position to try out 3D print…
Crowd Funded 3D Printing Demos for Disadvantaged Youth
Not only is 3D printing exacting, painstaking and complex to master successfully, but it is also hugely inspirational and aspirational. The idea that we have a process by which you can hold in your hand something that was a mere…
The HOG Scrubber – A 3D Printed Aquarium Cleaner
Alright I know what you’re thinking, ‘I don’t have a hog and if I did, I wouldn’t want to scrub it!’ But let me explain. Our favourite haunt for crowd funded 3D printers and 3D printed objects, Kickstarter, has thrown…
A Robotic 3D Printer for £50? Suitable for Chocoholics!
So if I told you that a 3D printer could be built for approximately £50.00 you’d think I was joking wouldn’t you? If I told you that the bill of materials included a chocolate fountain and a robot arm, you’d…
3D-Printed Banjo-Ukulele!
I’ve written before about the weird and wonderful things that can be found on Makerbot’s famed online 3D model repository Thingiverse… and another unusual item has popped up. Have you ever played a banjo-ukulele? Well Neither have I, in fact…
Shapeways & Make-a-Wish Grant, a 3D-printed Wish!
In the US, The Make a Wish foundation grants the wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening, progressive or degenerative medical conditions. Wade Sharp is one of those children. He has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a condition better known as brittle bone disease,…
Handy 3D Printing Size Guide from iMaterialise
iMaterialise, the popular online based 3D printing service and marketplace, has been running a series of Summer tutorials on their blog. And one of them specifically deals with material choices verses build volume. Bert, the voice of iMaterialise, points out:…
Zip-Bit Approved as Authorized Silicon Valley MCOR Reselling Partner
If you’ve never heard of Irish 3D print superstars, MCOR, then you probably should visit their site as soon as you’ve finished reading this article! Dunleer, Ireland based MCOR has a unique take on 3D printing – They produce the…
