Earlier this year, my wife and I had the opportunity to review the Structure Sensor from Occipital. The device, which can be connected to the latest generations of iPads and iPhones, is capable of creating high resolution 3D scans for…
The Bears Are off The Stairs: Get Your Groove
Time for a party at DBLG, so we bring in the dancing bears. Noted for meticulous prints and stop motion animation from previous projects, the London based creative agency has taken its bears off the stairs and onto the dance…
NASA Emails Wrench to ISS for 3D Printing
Another historic first! Today, Mike Chen of Made In Space and his colleagues 3D-printed a ratcheting socket wrench on the International Space Station. “We had overheard ISS Commander Barry Wilmore (who goes by “Butch”) mention over the radio that he needed one,” according to…
MODA Young Explorers Program to Teach Kids About 3D Modeling and 3D Printing Through Minecraft
Minecraft is an amazing game with an amazing story. Created in 2009 by Markus “Notch” Persson, the game became a global phenomenon. 12 million copies of the game on the Xbox 360 and 17 million copies on PC have been…
Sketchfab’s Prize(d) Collection Is 3DPI’s Model of the Week
As my friend at Growthobjects once explained to me, personalized award manufacturing is a thriving business for new and and consolidated 3D printing and 3D design studios. For Sketchfab user JuanG3D, the reward comes from making the most famous awards…
A hydrogel pen for Electrochemical Reaction & its Applications for 3D Printing
This is no ordinary pen. This isn’t even an “ordinary” 3D printing pen. This is an incredible nanoscale hydrogel 3D printing pen. Created by Seongpil Hwang and staff of Korea University, “amalgamates the precision of atomic force microscopy with a diffusion…
The Luna: Unique Nylon Printed Hexagon Bike Now Available
A quick search on Instagram will reveal a trend among photographers to set their bike, the main means of conveyance, in a setting for a picture to post. The juxtaposition illustrates the presence of the artist or bike rider in…
New Desktop Grinder, Plastic Recycler and Filament Extruder Launches on Indiegogo
A new startup called ReDeTec has just launched an Indiegogo campaign hoping to crowdsource funds to begin production on the ProtoCycler. The desktop filament extruder can be fed with raw material pellets, or is capable of recycling failed, broken or…
Recycling at the Heart of Bolivian Student’s 3D Printer
3D printing has the potential to change the way that consumers acquire and dispose of goods, hinting at a future in which people produce many of the items they use on a home 3D printer using materials recycled from old…
Endangered Species Gain Protection from 3D Printed UAVs
Kruger National Park is the flagship of national parks in South Africa. The park was established way back in 1898, to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld. The Kruger park covers almost 2,000,000 hectares. The Kruger is home to…
