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Most Read Articles from Last Week – September 14


3D Printing Breakthrough Yields Organic and Inorganic Multimaterial Vista Printhead
The Technology Partnership (TTP) has just announced a new development that promises to change the shape of the 3D printing industry: a multi-material 3D printer head called Vista. TTP’s Vista reporte…



Zeus Erupts on Kickstarter
AIO, which launched it’s Kickstarter campaign just 24 hours ago, has already sailed past its $100k funding goal for the Zeus all in one 3D printer/scanner/fax. So, it will be heading into produ…



The Desktop 3D Scanner Market is Getting Rather Crowded
Another desktop 3D scanner appearing to the market. Dimbody joins the club of Digitizer and Fuel3D in its desire to offer high quality 3d scanning in an easy and affordable desktop form. The body of D…



How Does 3D Printing Affect Climate Change?
With the Earth’s atmosphere already well past stable levels of CO2 , it’s vital that we ensure that all new technologies are as efficient and beneficial to the environment as possible so that we don’t…



Neitra 3D Pro: Stunning 3D Models from 2D Images
In the 21st Century, it’s become a fact of life that lasers are expensive. Sure, you can buy a laser pointer from the convenience store for your own DIY hologram set-up, but, in order to get yours han…



Lionhead Bunny Hops Over Makerbot with Combination 3D Printer and Scanner
The Makerbot Digitizer isn’t the only desktop 3D scanner to enter the marketplace and, in some ways, it’s already lagging behind newer entrants. Last week, we covered the AIO Zeus combination 3D prin…



vrAse on Kickstarter: Strapping a Phone to Your Face Never Looked So Good
So, you’ve already planned on strapping a big piece of equipment to your face in order to escape a world that would snicker at you for strapping a big piece of equipment to your face, but you’re not s…



The Young and the RepRaps: the iRapid 3D Printer and RepRap.com
Not too long ago, I wrote about the Isis One, a RepRap 3D printer that, when released, suspiciously resembled a Mendel Max 2.0, but wasn’t accompanied by its design specs and didn’t pay tribute to its…



Sketching & “Printing” A Booth for World Maker Faire
I’ve been chatting with Eric Schimelpfenig. As the founder of SketchThis.NET, a company that provides training, modelling, and consultation on SketchUp 3D design software to adults and students alike,…



The Kraftwurx Story: Patenting Customized 3D Printing in the Cloud
As Twitter user, @matt_avo, put it: “what’s this patent bullshit?” On August 20, 2013, Chris Norman, CEO of Kraftwurx, was granted the patent for an online customizable 3D printing service caus…