Can Ducks Just Be the New 3DP Mascot Already? Dudley, duck — a waterfowl barely walking. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first (well, second) bionic duck. Dudley will…
2 Artists sculpt the Digital Age in 8 Bits and 3 Dimensions
Artists Adam Lister and Isaac Budmen have created a striking new series of 3D prints based on famous historical paintings and pop culture icons, with a bit of a twist of course. Breaking Bad’s Walter White, Superman, the Mona Lisa,…
Leading RFID Manufacturer Streamlines Customisation using 3D Printers for Prototyping
William Frick & Company, one of the top US label, sign and RFID tag manufacturing companies recently announced the addition of 3D printing for prototyping to its extensive list of available products and services. As the cost and difficulty drops…
Madeline Gannon Makes Wearable Art using Gesture Controlled Squids … and 3D Printing
Reverberating Across the Divide is the name of a design project that does a pretty spectacular job of marrying 3D scanning, gesture controlled 3D modelling, and 3D printing. Using squids. Okay, it’s a little more complicated than designer Madeline Gannon…
Making Mass-Produced 3D Printed Prosthetics a Reality in Uganda
University of Toronto professor Matt Ratto and his Critical Making lab are helping an international charity apply recent advances in 3D scanning and 3D printing technology to help Ugandan children receive inexpensive prosthetic limbs quickly. While many parts of a…
In the Loving Arms of WREX, Hannah’s 3D Printed Exoskeleton
Only a few years ago, the simple act of feeding herself or hugging her mother would have eluded a child born like Hannah. But in the age of 3D printing one little girl has discovered that anything is possible. Hannah…
You Won’t Believe What This Student Did to Solve the Greatest Design Failure of the Modern Age
Dan Jones has a problem. Being a modern design student, he’s encumbered with a small living space and an unwieldy cell phone charger cord. And it was simply ruining his life. Thankfully, 3D printing is here to help. Apart from being…
The Matterform 3D Scanner creators host an AMA on Reddit, scan bagels
Last week as the Matterform guys kicked off ahead of what sounds like a great CES experience for them, they were kind enough to host an AMA on Reddit. If you’re not familiar with Reddit, it is essentially a link aggregator of…
3D Systems Focuses on iPad with iSense, a 3D Scanning Peripheral
I thought we were done naming Apple peripherals iThing’s. But given the new 3D Scanner debuted at CES 2014 – or as I’ve begun calling it “3DS Wins 3D Printing 2014” – it looks like we have another. Snark aside,…
3D Systems 3DMe Photobooth Debuts on the CES 2014 Convention Floor
Yet again 3D Systems proves itself quite adept at adapting new and emergent 3D printing technologies into commercially viable products by delivering the 3DMe Photobooth — the first mass-produced 3D scanning photo booth. It was a big week for 3D printing period…
