Our series on the 10th anniversary of the RepRap project continues with insights from Richard Horne. Richard Horne is probably better known by his online handle, RichRap. Through his blog, social medi…
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New Microsoft open source 3D printing tech creates multi-device workspaces
Microsoft has released open-source hardware designs and software for SurfaceConstellations, a semi-rigid modular mobile system using 3D printing. The SurfaceConstellations platform provides an extensi…
Carnegie Mellon University researchers publish designs for open-source 3D bioprinter
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an open-source, low-cost 3D bioprinter. They have published a paper in HardwareX with the complete instructions for the installation of a syrin…
Keeping 3D printing open, petition against “restrictive” US Copyright Office exemptions
Michael Weinberg, general legal counsel and IP expert for 3D printing marketplace and service bureau Shapeways, has filed a petition asking the US Copyright Office to revise its rules governing the un…
oVert to scan over 20000 vertebrates for free download and 3D printing
The openVertebrate (oVert) project is scanning between 20,000 and 30,000 fluid-preserved vertebrate specimens from institutions across the US and making them freely available to 3D print on the Morpho…
3D Printing the next 5 years by OSHWA’s Alicia Gibb and Michael Weinberg
In this article looking at the future of 3D printing, Alicia Gibb and Michael Weinberg from the Open Source Hardware Association review the importance of Open Source for the 3D printing industry indus…
oDocs launches open source 3D printed smartphone eye care kit
New Zealand based social enterprise, oDocs Eye Care has officially launched its 3D printed smartphone based ophthalmic devices. The two products, visoScope and visoClip, allow for images to be taken o…
How to make money with a 3D printer: a conversation with Professor Joshua Pearce
According to a study at Michigan Technological University, a RepRap 3D printer pays for itself within the first 5 years after purchase. 3D Printing Industry asked one of the academics behind the resea…
Blender Institute collaborate with Lulzbot in the name of open source
Blender Institute, a platform for 3D design and animation, are collaborating with Lulzbot 3D printers. This project a continuation of Lulzbot and Blender Institute’s approach to open source and …
Fab Labs take over the world – who will be 1000th?
The principle of a Fab Lab (fabrication laboratory) in a nutshell is this: to empower people of the world through an ability to make things, almost any things. They were first set up by MIT Professor,…