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Michigan Tech Opens Up Reusable Substrates for Metal 3D Printing
In 2013, the lab of Prof. Joshua Pearce at Michigan Tech had designed an open source metal 3D printer that could be assembled for less than $2,000. The lab is still working hard on their technology a…
Redditors Join Forces to Build User a 3D Printed Weight Lifting Prosthetic
When Matt’s brother Ryan lost both of his hands in an oil rig accident, Matt sent out a post on Reddit asking for workout ideas to keep Ryan in shape and in good spirits. Ryan, who loves working out, …
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…
3D Printed GyroPalm Seeks to Control Your Electronic World
Launching on Kickstarter tomorrow, the GyroPalm is a wearable that probably should have existed by now. Or, rather, it takes those devices that do exist, like the Apple Watch, and makes them open sour…
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, explo…
Local Motors Unveils Next 3D Printed Car Design & Plans for Autonomous Vehicles
Though Local Motors has been in the business of selling crowd sourced vehicles for eight years, the firm’s large-scale car printing has made it a truly 21st century car company. And, this year,…
Meet Pyra, the 3D Printed Thermal Oven
At first glance, the Pyra looks like a cross between a tiny ancient Egyptian tomb and an easy bake oven. Surprisingly this isn’t the tagline the scientists and engineers at Fathom are using. They expl…
IDBN Conference Builds a Bridge Between Industrial & Medical 3D Printing
I was recently asked to present at the Foundation Conference for IDBN, the Italian Digital Biomanufacturing Network, to be held at Rizzoli Hospital in Bologna, a leading orthopedic institution in Ital…
Felfil Evolves Open Source Extruders & Recyclable 3D Printing
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a young Italian collective of designers called Collettivo Cocomeri. They had developed a very interesting, fully open source, desktop extruder called Felfil. Unsurp…