5: China warming up to 3D printing While 3D printing is not new to the Asian market, up until this year there really hadn’t been a lot of interest. But in 2014 it finally started to build up some stea…
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Are You Unhappy To See Me Or Is That Just Your 3D Printed Mechatronic Spider Dress?
Anouk Wipprecht has created another startling piece of wearable fashion. Presenting the Spider Dress 2.0! Say you take a nice trip to see the amazon rain forest, you are walking along a trail, and yo…
Gorgeous 3D Printed Masterpieces From the Past Seek Worthy Materials
Recently I was contacted by Andrea Pacciani, an architect specializing in classical Italian design, who developed a passion for “Rose engine lathe” which, as he explained (and as you can see if …
3DPI Editorial Round-Up: October 2014
It has long fascinated me how the language of the 3D printing industry evolves along side the technology and the companies operating within it. The current word de rigueur is the “ecosystem” — the loo…
From Fashion to Supercars, Skorpion Engineering Reveals (Some Of) Its 3D Printed Secrets
I am constantly amazed by how widespread the use of 3D printing is already. Almost every day I find out about new companies that I did not know about and that have been operating in the rapid prototyp…
Shanghai Hosts its First Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo
Shanghai holds a special place in my heart, being the home city of my godparents who survived the Cultural Revolution to come to the United States and help make me the person I am today. More relevant…
A Review of TCT 2014
Travelling down the M6 early on Tuesday morning, heading to the NEC in England’s central belt for the annual TCT Show and I found myself a little jittery. As I tried to rationalise, I decided it was l…
OpenBuilds, How Open Hardware Revolutionized Linear Motion
The maker universe has never given itself a limit, it encompasses every creative possibility, digital or otherwise, additive or subtractive, the freedom to do, and sometimes to complicate, is on the a…
A Two Part Review of 2 3D Scanners, Part 2: the Structure Sensor from Occipital
Coinciding with my review of the Sense 3D scanner from 3D Systems, I had endured the eeriest experience. In capturing a 3D model of my bearded dragon, Shanté, with my wife, Danielle, I had somehow liv…
3D Printed Vascular Tree Aids Smart Catheter Project
According to the Center for Disease Control, more than half a million people die from heart disease in the United States every year. To diagnose these cardiac conditions and treat them before the wor…