Designer’s Dream Cyborg 3D Printed into Reality
California-based Vitaly Bulgarov has typically lent his amazing 3D modeling and design skills to such big name companies as Blizzard Entertainment, Oakley, LucasFilm’s Industrial Light & Magic, an…
Autodesk Within: Generative Design Optimized for 3D Printing
Generative design is a method of automating design by setting parameters that a software has to follow. The set of rules or parameters sometimes follow a random set of numbers, or an evolutionary al…
The Top 10 Photopolymer 3D Printers Under $5,000
After the success of our first Top 10 list of sub-$1,000 3D printers (some of you pointed out that it was a list of all available sub-$1,000 3D printers, not just the top 10, and you are correct), thi…
Perfect 3D Printed Action Figure Heads Crafted with SCANIFY 3D Scanner
When calculated by revenue, the Fuel3D Kickstarter campaign for the SCANIFY 3D scanner ranks in the top 0.5% of Kickstarter campaigns of 2013. The technology was developed by Professor Ron Daniel, a …
Married Couple Sends Internet SOS to Fund $4K SLS 3D Printer
Crowdfunding campaigns are most often used as a pre-order system for funding the completion and manufacturing of hardware projects. As exciting as this model might be for the future of investing and b…
Omni3D Releases Factory 2.0 3D Printer to Enter Industrial Market
While Polish 3D printer manufacturer Omni3D has received attention for the ways that they’ve used 3D printers, applying their expertise to save penguins and build wind turbines, the company’s big news…
Disney Startup Accelerator Grabs Two 3D Printing Firms for 2015
As we’ve seen from the Disney Research group, the company that birthed Mickey Mouse and long lines for overpriced popcorn is really into 3D printing. The group has put out a lot of exciting work on n…
Free 3D Printable of the Week: Pres. Barack Obama
At the end of last year, the Smithsonian Institute added 45th President of the United States, Barack Obama, to its digital collection. The institute, however, has yet to make the bust available to the…
Drone Maker ElecFreaks Launches Portable Freaks3D 3D Printer
It may not be the “world’s first portable 3D printer”, as the Indiegogo campaign claims, but Freaks3D’s portable 3D printer is a well-marketed one with a reasonable price. Developed by ElecFreaks, the…
MyMiniFactory Launches MP5 Project to Unify 3D Printing
Having been one of the very first firms to venture down the road of the new, consumer-targeted, 3D printing industry, Sylvain Preumont’s iMakr.VC has necessarily been leading the industry, exploring n…
