SolidWorks’ Apps for Kids Aim to Get Young Students into 3D Design
For quite a while now, SolidWorks has worked hard not only to develop some of the most accessible and widely used CAD design software in the world, but also worked to help with the education and affor…
Thermaltake Adds 3D Printing to PC Modding Toolbox
Numerous startups and projects have launched to connect the worlds of gaming and 3D printing. Most of these are focused on making game assets 3D printable to add a physical dimension to the virtual f…
rPrint: A Fresh Take on FDM 3D Printing
Consumer 3D printers have come a long way in just the past couple of years. However, David, of EEVblog, felt that current printers were still lacking in some ways. To start with, he questioned why reg…
Sintratec’s €5K SLS 3D Printer Now Available for Purchase
All forms of 3D printing are becoming increasingly accessible, even bioprinting, as Ourobotics has demonstrated with their open source bioprinter. And, in the past two years, a slew of businesses star…
SexShop3D Gets Physical with 3D Printed “Pocket P*ssy” (NSFW)
Talking – and writing – about sex toys is always complicated and fun at the same time, because of the many word games and double meanings that inevitably pop up (exactly). In 3D printing, sex toys may…
Kickstarter Focus: the 3D Printed iBoardbot Doodles Your Boredom Away
I bored, you bored, we’re all bored for the iBoardbot. For those DIYers who are bored of their existing projects and are looking for something fun and unique, this 3D printed writing and drawing (and …
Update: Wiivv Insoles Now Most Funded 3D Printed Product on Kickstarter
After capping off 2015 by raising over $3.5 million in a seed funding round, Vancouver-based bionics company Wiivv Wearables is just about ready to slip their BASE insoles into the sneakers of their consumers…
The $900 Renegade: Ourobotics Releases Fully Open Source Bioprinter
Take the lessons from Professor Pearce’s Open Source Lab (discussed in a recent article), add some low cost bioprinting (such as the systems recently released by BioBots, CELLINK and Ourobotics) and w…
3D Hubs Sends Out Latest Trend Report for February, 2016
As 3D Hubs reaches over 26,500 printers in over 150 countries, the distributed 3D printing network continues to pump out monthly trend reports, fueled by their extensive user data. So, with a new mont…
New Printrbot Labs Gives Birth to the Printrbot Tank
Printrbot is one of the original 3D printing success stories to have launched on Kickstarter. With their low-cost, Maker-friendly machines, they are heavily championed by the open source community…
