Industrial design student William Root has submitted a proposal and prototype to Behance for a new process for creating customized prosthesis for lower extremities. Root suggests that the process cou…
3D Printing Could Soon Become a Hiker’s Best Friend
A Japanese hiking enthusiast is developing Geoph, a combination of a 3D printable three-dimensional map, a GPS locator, and a simple bank of colored LED lights that can easily help hikers visualize th…
Penn Student Develops 3D Printable UAV with Only 2 Motors
A student from the University of Pennsylvania has developed a new UAV configuration that has the full range of motion of more complex drones, but only requires two motors to fly. The drone can be made…
5-Year-Old Charlie Gets a 3D Printed Christmas Miracle
Just in time to tear into his gifts from Santa, young Charlie Egan get’s himself a new 3D printed arm thanks to the kindness – and holiday spirit – of E-nable. Charlie is believed to be th…
China Gets its First 3D Printing College
The Baiyun-Winbo 3D Printing Technology College has officially opened its doors in theBaiyun district of the city of Guangzhou and began accepting its first students. While I don’t consider the school…
Bringing 3D Printed Art to the Gumball Machine
3D printing educator and blogger Josh Ajima unveiled The Incredible 3D Printing Gumball Gallery earlier in the month at the Virginia Society for Technology in Education conference. The Heroes of 3D Pr…
ColorFabb Introduces BrassFill 3D Printing Filament
Dutch 3D printing filament manufacturer ColorFabb has added another metallic material to its Special Filaments range. BrassFill is the newest material in a line of filaments introduced in 2014 that in…
3D Modeling for 3D Printing at Your Fingertips with Morphi
Morphi is a simple, but surprisingly robust, 3D modeling app for iOS that allows users to design 3D models and graphics with easy-to-use and intuitive touchscreen controls. Morphi was recently updated…
Historic Polish Sculptures 3D Printed in Woodfill are Uncanny
Last summer Mike wrote about a design company’s use of ColorFabb’s wood 3D printing filament, Woodfill, to recreate a piece of historical sculpture for a Polish church in Luban. Fucco Design has final…
YouMagine is Betting an Ultimaker that You Can Invent a New 3D Printing Technology
3D printing community and marketplace YouMagine has launched their Develop a New 3D Printing Technology Challenge in the hope that they can discover, incubate, and help develop the next big, open sour…