3D printing has many important and potentially world-changing applications. From 3D printed homes, to prosthetics, to innumerable medical applications, there is no shortage of ways in which 3D printing can enhance our lives. No application, however, is more dear to…
The Force Awakens an Open Source, 3D Printed BB-8 Droid
With the upcoming release of the next installment in the Star Wars series, plenty of buzz and curiosity has circulated around The Force Awakens. At the latest Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim, California, one of the fan favorites, the…
Italian Fashion House Has 3D Printed Fashion in the Bag
This morning, while browsing through Facebook, I ran into a post by my friend Chiara Fassari on an article by established design connoisseurs Design Milk, featuring an entirely 3D printed clutch from Italian fashion house Maison 203. Although I am…
Manufacturing Moon Cake: Chinese Startup 3D Prints Edible Treats
One of China’s most prominent delicacies, the mooncake, is a sweet cookie-like bakery product most popularly consumed at the Mid-Autumn Festival, an annual event for worship of the lunar cycle and moon watching. This indispensable cultural snack has been a…
3D Printing Marketplace "Formsfield" Sprouts Up in Poland
The issue that most 3D printable model marketplaces are trying to address is that either they offer a lot of relatively useless and unappealing designs or they must accept having an extremely limited selection of products. With consumer 3D printing…
Motherboard Shows Consumer 3D Printing Hype is Dead. Now, Real Growth Can Continue
When you consider which media ride the hype and which ones can create it, Motherboard, VICE’s tech website, certainly belongs to the second category. The same is true about knowing when to stop (riding the hype) and a recent article…
Color, Speed, Temperature, & Age: How Do These Factors Influence the 3D Printed Outcome?
When 3D printing objects with a particular focus, one may think long and hard about which printer and filament would be ideal for their project. Higher quality 3D printers and sturdier print material can readily be invested in, but we…
Order the Lisa SLS 3D Printer Tomorrow for $5,000+
Due to prices still slightly higher than desktop 3D printers, low-cost laser sintering is only beginning to take off. And while it may be growing at a bit of a slower pace than other technologies, like SLA and DLP, it…
DLP 3D Printed Wearables Coming from Tenco Proto
When you are a relatively small rapid prototyping company based in the same small nation as one of the largest 3D printing services in the world, you have to become even more creative in order to survive and compete. Belgium-based…
Exclusive: Bioprinting Now Available via Your Local 3D Printing Store
Well-financed corporations are no strangers to research, with nearly every large company even housing their own research and development departments. And seeing such businesses partner with research institutions is common, too. For instance, Organovo, the only publicly traded bioprinting company,…
