Microfactory + FABtotum = The Rise of Hybrid ? Manufacturing
Most in the 3D printing community know that 3D printing is only the beginning, that additive manufacturing is only a component in something more to come. A patent filed by iRobot earlier this year fo…
Sam Abbott’s 3D Printed Skateboard
I used to love skateboarding. I mean, I still do, but pushing a board hard on parks and streets isn’t as easy as it once was, when, at my age — 31 — the scale needle is unfortunately pushing over 235 …
Makerbot’s Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner – Now Ready, Willing & Available
Six months on from its unveiling at SXSW, and the Makerbot Digitizer Desktop 3D scanner is hitting the streets in a form barely recognizable from the prototype introduced to the world in March. Mak…
An Open Letter to Shapeways and i.materialise: Please fix your Stores!
Here, in an open letter to two of the most well known, global 3D printing service providers, Paulina Perepelkin, aka, AdditiveFashion, raises some of the issues that USERS are facing. Her letter, orig…
Tour of the Shapeways 3D Printing Factory
Have you ever ordered anything from Shapeways? If yes, did you think of how they process the designs and how it all becomes real? Well here’s your chance to learn more, as Bart Veldhuizen, the Europea…
Zeus is Not Just a God. He’s a 3D Printing Fax Machine.
Zeus, the Greek god known for transforming into animals and doing ungodly things to mortals, has reinvented himself once again, in the form of a prototype for a highly capable 3D printer. Produced by…
The swissPen — A 3D Printing Tool From Switzerland
There was a great deal of buzz and not a little controversy when 3Doodler launched its so-called 3D printing pen on Kickstarter back in February. The product caught the imagination of many and soared …
Come on People, 3D Printing is Supposed to be Fun — 3D Print Life
Joel from 3D Print Life dropped me a line at the end of last week. “Who is Joel from 3D Print Life?” you may ask, and you would be forgiven for doing so, after all, I was wondering the same thing a…
Is it 3D Printing? MIT Researchers Construct Building Blocks
Recently, we’ve received a little flak for covering a certain pen-like piece of tech that may or may not be considered 3D printing. There’s definitely a divide of strong opinions, but probably a large…
Chicago Charm Company — A 3D Printed Jewellery Success Story
Carter Lee is a 2nd generation Chicago based jeweler and years of working in a hyper-concentrated venue like Jewelr’s Row only served to show him how little has changed compared with the compelling ad…
