In the Star Wars saga, Clone Troopers were created to defend the Republic, before becoming Stormtroopers to serve the Empire. If, in the upcoming trilogy by Disney and JJ Abrams, they are once again to fight for the good side…
Hack & 3D Print Olympus' Open Platform Camera
The Google Project Ara modular smartphone may be the culmination of a process that will enable future generations to modify the hardware components of their electronic devices, much like current generations are modifying their own software. This will be a…
Custom Ear Wearables in Under an Hour with New Mobile 3D Scanner
Atlanta, Georgia tech company United Sciences showed off some impressive new 3D scanning technology at CES 2015. The handheld 3D scanning device is the first mobile scanner that can accurately capture the entire inner ear, making any wearables completely customized…
Breaking: Senvol Releases the First, and Only, Free Searchable Database for Industrial 3D Printing!
If you just want to read the headline and start using this groundbreaking tool already, go ahead and click here. One of the biggest questions I hear when talking to various people interested or embedded within the industry is: How…
DeltaWASP 3D Printer Review: the Ducati of Delta 3D Printers
Any 3D printer is a manufacturing robot, but no 3D printer, no matter what the technology involved, looks more like bot than those made using delta architecture. The first delta 3D printer I have had the opportunity to test and…
Textiles and 3D Printing Stitched Together by the Knitic Project
Clothing is one of the categories that people – especially those who are not industry insiders – are most interested in as a 3D printing application. Albeit, it is also one of the categories where 3D printing is not currently…
The Eight-Armed Choctopus Chocolate 3D Printer in Action
While everyone got excited about Hans Fouche’s 3D printed lawn mower shell, followed by all of the crazy food printing at CES, it’s worth remembering that Hans actually started out in food printing. That, before the CocoJet, Hans had been…
4 3D Printing Products from the Future at CES 2015
As is the case with CES every year, CES 2015 put the future of technology on full display. While other media sites may focus on new smartphones, cameras, and self-driving cars, this is a 3D printing site. So, the future…
Universal Pellet Extruder Brings Pellet 3D Printing to the Universe
Many desktop 3D printer users are accustomed to buying large rolls of filament. So far, there haven’t been a lot of innovations with regard to how raw plastic material might be fed into the extruder. However, in a recent blog…
Obama Demos 3D Printed Shelby Cobra in Tennessee Talk
Over the past two years, many initiatives have taken place at an institutional, industrial, and academic level to bring manufacturing back to the US through 3D printing technologies. There has also been an escalation both in the scope and in…
