3D Print Your Own GE Jet Engine
GE has been doing its part to spread the news about 3D printing’s potential in industrial manufacturing. Aside form their new LEAP engine, built with 3D printed fuel nozzles meant to save 15% in fuel…
Will CraftBot Rival The Biggest 3D Printer Crowdfunding Campaigns?
2013 and 2014 has seen a mushrooming of the number of companies incepting the manufacture of prosumer 3D printers. Despite what some would consider an increasing rate of market saturation for the rang…
Deloitte University Press Launches MOOC on Additive Manufacturing
Yesterday, Deloitte University Press announced the launch of a massive open online course (MOOC) on the business implications of additive manufacturing. According to the organization, “3D Opportunity…
Will the Next Big 3D Printing Start-up Emerge from GIGTANK 2014?
In two weeks, Danielle and I have the pleasure of flying to Chattanooga, Tennessee, the only town to inspire a gold record winning song about trains and establish a city-owned one gigabit internet ser…
Body Labs Introducing New Body Snap Kinect App
When I first – enthusiastically – reported on Body Labs and their Body Hub initiative to use the body as an interface for purchasing personalized digital and physical products online I thought that it…
3D Printing Because You Can: Creating a 3D Printable Mechanical Pencil
After being encouraged by a co-worker, maker and blogger Angry Monk took on the challenge of 3D printing a working mechanical pencil all in one print. The pencil is fully functional and is rather styl…
Japanese Artist Arrested for Distributing 3D Printable Vagina Selfie
42-year-old Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi was just doing what any curious person with a 3D scanner would do by creating a CAD file of her genitalia, but when Tokyo police found out that she was dist…
3D Scanned Artifacts Help Australian University Create Fully-Online Egyptology Courses
Researchers from Australia’s Macquarie University have developed a Virtual Egyptology program so any of their students will be able to access and examine an interactive library of 3D scanned artifacts…
Using 3D Printing to Help Craft Awesome RWBY Cosplay Weapons
With her MakerBot Replicator 2 cosplayer Sheena Duquette put together some really amazing 3D printed weapons for her RWBY costumes. If you’re asking yourself what is RWBY exactly, it’s an animated …
Snatch Up This Groupon for a 3D Modelling & 3D Printing Class at Autodesk Headquarters!
Of course while you need to be in the San Francisco area in order to participate, this is still a pretty amazing deal that includes a tour of the Autodesk Gallery where you can see exhibits from Lego,…
