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Most Read Articles from Last Week – July 27


First 3D Printing Experiences: Cube vs. Makerbot
At the end of June, I relayed the frustrated experiences of one 3D printing novice from Geek Dad who, in spite of the miracle of 3D printing an object on demand, didn’t see the technology really r…



High-res DLP 3D Printer – A novel DIY 3DP project from Tristram Budel
Tristram Budel, a Dutch designer / maker / tinkerer depending on your semantic preferences, has been working on some 3D printing related open-sourced goodness, of which blueprints are now published on…



3D Systems Releases VisiJet M3 Black, A New Injection Molding-Like Plastic
In a bid to make its ProJet printers even more useful for end-product manufacturing, 3D Systems has developed a new, “plastic injection molding-like material” dubbed VisiJet M3 Black. According…



Making Waves – 3D Printed Speakers
New Zealander designer Simon Ellison has utilized multi-material 3D printing to craft speaker drivers. Working together with an audio engineer, the speaker was conceived to push the boundaries of trad…



RichRap’s 3DR Delta 3D printer
Progress with delta format 3D printers is coming along in leaps and bounds in a number of Maker Spaces and Hack Labs. Developments such as the modular component schematic of the OpenBeam Kossel, for e…



New 3D Manufacturing Process — Materialising Micro Lattice Structures
After the International Conference on AM & 3DP in Nottingham last week, I wrote up my review of the event and the story that has generated the most interest and the most questions — by far — is th…



Handy 3D Printing Size Guide from iMaterialise
iMaterialise, the popular online based 3D printing service and marketplace, has been running a series of Summer tutorials on their blog. And one of them specifically deals with material choices verses…



Future War – 3D File Data Security
With the recent announcement of a partnership between 3D Systems, now one of only two 3D printing giants in western markets, and Deloitte, the internationally renown audit, consultation and advisory b…



Baby Steps Towards Project P-600: 3D Printing with Miracle Material Graphene
In my eyes, if there’s a technology out there that fulfills Buckminster Fuller’s principle of “doing more with less”, its 3D printing. And if there’s a material out there that also fulfills that prin…



3D Printing A Solution To Cervical Cancer
Great progress has been made in the developed world into the horror of cervical cancer, the third most common cancer in the world. But there is still a long way to go, with the World Health Organizati…