Another week, another round of LinkBits: your source for brief bits of news from the 3D printing industry. The industry is booming and so are we, so here is a list of stories that we couldn’t quite fit into our complete article schedule for the week. Bon Appéprint!
MyMiniFactory is Giving Away Free Filament!
Not quite a big enough story to give its own article, but definitely worth letting the 3DP world know about: MyMiniFactory is handing out free 3D printing filament for new designers. All you have to do is register a designer profile, upload a guaranteed 3D printable design (with photos of it printed!) and the site will send you a spool of filament! Contact [email protected] for more details.
Stratasys VP Jeffrey DeGrange Joins Impossible Objects
After securing $2.8 million in funding for its composites printing technology, Chicago-area Impossible Objects as recruited former Stratasys Vice President Jeff DeGrange as its Chief Commercial Officer. DeGrange has been in the 3D printing and manufacturing industries for years, previously working for Boeing, founding the Direct Manufacturing Research Center in Germany, and being named as one of the “Top 25 most influential people in the world in rapid product development and manufacturing” by Time Compression Technologies Magazine.
FilaFab Funded on Kickstarter
After three years of research, FilaFab has launched on Kickstarter with a series of accessories essential for creating a home factory. With the EX100 and EX350, users can convert plastic pellets into 3D printing filament and, with the FilaFab winder, that filament can be wound onto a convenient spool. The campaign may have been funded, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t still put money towards one of their products!
Blue Man Group Delivers 3D Printed Arm to Youth in Need
Following a story in which Iron Man start Robert Downey Jr. delivered a 3D printed bionic arm, designed by Florida-based Limbitless Solutions, another big fan received the 3D printed arm of his dreams, this time from off-kilter theater troupe the Blue Man Group. In conjunction with The Collective Project from Microsoft, Limbitless Solutions delivered Wyatt Falardeau of Vero Beach, Florida with his own Blue Man-themed, bionic arm, 3D printed and assembled for just $350. From the video above, you can see that the arm was delivered to him in typical Blue Man Group style.
SeeMeCNC Custom Designs 3D Printer for Vanilla Ice
The guys over at SeeMeCNC are known for their delta-style 3D printers, establishing a pretty big presence at Maker Faire Detroit last year with their 15-foot-tall PartDaddy 3D printer. Now, the company has custom made a 15-inch diameter, 3-foot-tall delta 3D printer called the SeeMeCNC VIP, which they built for The Vanilla Ice Project, which is apparently a show starring someone who was briefly noticed in the 1990s for an appearance in the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II.
Welp! That’s it for LinkBits this week! As they say in the picture shows:
