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Most Read Articles from Last Week – December 28


Da Vinci 3D Printer: A Renaissance For High Quality but Low Cost
Da Vinci, renaissance man. From new painting materials to mirror writing to helicopters to parachutes to planes to submarines to… you name it, this profound genius could produce a strong attempt at …



Another ‘Home’ Metal 3D Printer: Newton 3D
3D Printing at home with metals is now truly an emergent trend. The release of an open source welder based home 3D printer this month has caused massive ripples in the open source 3D printing communit…



Easy 3D — Google Build With Chrome
Computer Aided Design (CAD) is not for everyone. Those of us who would love to see a wider range of people able to design their kids prosthetics, asthma masks and the many other life changing benefici…



NYC’s Latest 3DP Store Opens This Saturday
I just got off the phone with Jerry Castanos, a nice fella from Washington Heights in uptown Manhattan. And Jerry tells me that, with the help of his friends, family and the local community, he’s laun…



The Cavity Skateboard: Printed In One Single Piece
Let’s say you go to architecture school because you like designing houses, but then, you decide you want to make a skateboard instead. Your square, Midwestern uncle would probably say, “Only in Califo…



A 16-colour 3D Printer — in Minecraft
ItsJustJumby from youtube has made a 3D Printer that can print in 16 wool colors – in MineCraft. Check this video out to see how 3D Printing works in the MineCraft universe. Impressive, pointless, rea…



3D Printed UAV from Solid Concepts
“Additive manufacturing has changed the way we manufacture aircraft” Just a quote from Solid Concept’s video of teaming up with Area-I to create the world’s smallest jumbo jet.. There is a number of …



3D Systems Acquires Portion of Xerox R&D Division
After a decade and a half of producing 3D Systems’ line of ProJet 3D printers, Xerox Corporation will be selling a portion of its Wilsonville, Oregon R&D division to the industry leader for $32.5 …



Avio Aero – GE’s Vision for Industrial Additive Manufacturing
So what is GE up to with Aviation and Additive Manufacturing? To find out, check this video about GE’s Aviation business Avio Aero – a leading player in the design, manufacture and maintenance of civ…



Top 10 Personal 3D Printers of 2013 by Christopher Barnatt
Last week Christopher Barnatt from ExplainingTheFuture.com shared his list of Top 10 Consumer Grade 3D Printers of the year 2013. Christopher has not personally tested each model, but he bases his lis…