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Japanese Company Wants to Keep You from 3D Printing Guns, Knives and Mickey Rat
News broke last month of a Japanese man who was arrested for the possession of five different 3D printed guns. So, although many of us in the United States and the west have already experienced this s…
3D Printing Piracy Keeps Hitting 3DP Designers
The most discussed concerns surrounding IP and 3D printing come from manufacturers, mostly because they have the loudest voices in the room. The piracy of physical objects could stand to cost huge sum…
3D Knitting for Wearable Technology
3D printed wearables are shifting from the plastic pieces of questionable comfort worn by runway models to the soft sorts of materials that everyday consumers might actually have an interest in. This …
Day 1 of Inside 3D Printing New York — Workshops and Other Things
Arriving four hours early for an event is kind of embarrassing, yet nowhere near the most embarrassing thing that happened to me today (tomorrow on the date stamp for this article, but don’t ask me to…
Chicago Magnet School to Launch $40,000 3D Printing Lab
Gather ‘round and listen up, kids. If you’re going to an elementary school and there isn’t a 3D printer lab, you’re getting screwed — probably because you didn’t get into the magnet program. Because,…
Digital PlaySpace Acquisition Sees 3D Systems Draw in More Consumers
Even though the pace of acquisition has slowed, one senses it is unlikely ever to stop when it comes to 3D printing company 3D Systems. The company has just announced its latest acquisition, which is …
Reality, “Reality”, and the 3D Printed Worlds of Philip K. Dick
John Hornick just contributed an article to 3DPI about forgeries, determining the real from the false. As he discussed counterfeiting in a 3D printed world, I thought: who better to address the topic …
The Spies in Your 3D Printer
A friend recently sent me a link to an article that was written more than a year ago. In it, writer Cameron Naramore explores the possibility that 3D printers could someday spy on their users. He refe…
Another Lucky Duck Gets a 3D Printed Prosthetic Leg
Can Ducks Just Be the New 3DP Mascot Already? Dudley, duck — a waterfowl barely walking. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first …