The Queer Art of 3D Printed Failure
Messing up royally is meant to teach us a lesson about how to achieve success during subsequent trials. If it’s embarrassing, devastating, even painful, we will remember, in our minds and muscles, to…
This Year, 3D Printing a Wrench Actually Means Something
Do you remember a couple of years ago, when everyone (in 3D printing land anyway and a few million people besides) got very excited about 3D printed wrenches? Well that was a well-timed, well-executed…
BREAKING: Big Plastics Enter 3D Printing Market — VisiPak Partners with taulman3D
Following the introduction of t-glase by taulman3D last week, the renowned US 3D printing material developer has more big news, and it is coming via their new collaborative partner — VisiPak, a divisi…
D3D’s Dual and Quad Extruder Head Campaign on Kickstarter
An FDM extruder, which is sized similar to a normal part but has a dual-head, or, doubling it down with a quad-head fitted into a space currently only seen to boast two heads; and if such a part was a…
A Year with An Ultimaker
How long have you had your 3D Printer? Youtube user petleh82 posted a video after he had his Ultimaker for a year. Check out what kinds of stuff he has printed along those 12 months. Quite a lot of fi…
Matthew Plummer-Fernandez Uses 3D Printing Technology to Create Venus of Google
Artist Matthew Plummer-Fernandez has used Shapeways’ 3D printing technology and a “Hill Climbing” algorithm to birth the Venus of Google. The Roman goddess manifests from the foam of the sea in mythol…
Australian ATMs Allegedly Under Attack by Criminals Using 3D Printers
News coming out of Australia suggests that 3D printing has, once again, found itself embroiled in negative, rather unsavoury publicity courtesy of criminal activity with the tech. It’s not the g-word …
A New Look for 3D Printing
Long has been the promise that 3D printing will provide consumers with individually customized products designed specifically to fit their individual bodies. This, with a few exceptions, has yet to b…
Do Not 3D-Print: MIT Hackers Duplicate “Non-Duplicatable” High-Security Keys
Three MIT electrical engineering students have used 3D printing to get around the pesky “Do Not Duplicate” label engraved on the keys to your apartment, and to high-security locks everywhere. David L…
The Expanding Retail 3D Printing Channel —And Other Factors Affecting the Future Growth of Personal 3D Printing
This week marked the “official” launch of Photizo Group’s research and consulting offerings into the world of 3D printing and additive manufacturing. While I’m excited for many reasons, the most inter…
