“The choice in many cases is not the choice between a plastic hand and a $40,000 prosthetic…it’s a choice between nothing and a prosthetic and this is a lot better than nothing.” Jon Schull, of the Rochester Institute of Technology,…
Doctor Who Turns Failed 3D Prints into Monsters
A recent episode of the British science fiction TV series had the Doctor, and his companion Clara, battle monsters inspired by the surreal and often disturbing results of failed or interrupted 3D prints. In one of the creepier moments of…
Johnny Appleseed 2.0: the Incredible 3D Printing Gumball Gallery
Finally! Gumball machines are relevant again! Or they can be, if Josh Ajima, the teacher behind the Design Make Teach blog, can get his hands on some 3D printed art for his Incredible 3D Printing Gumball Gallery. As a modern…
CEO Nikki Kaufman Talks About the Normal Store’s Personalized Manufacturing Future
When you walk into the Normal Store in downtown Manhattan and admire in awe its futuristic retail space, with 10 Fortus 250 3D printers inside the walls, and look through the windows on its finishing factory, you cannot help but…
Molding the Sweetest Memories with 3D Printing
What’s better than 3D printing? Chocolate. And what’s better than chocolate? Chocolate photos made with 3D printing! Jason Lee of Somerville, Massachusetts has taken to Kickstarter to bring this delicious concept to the public with ChocoForm. Using a 3D printer…
If you Can’t Remember, Just Wear A 3D Printed Memory Ring
The UU-U Memory Ring is a 3D printed piece of jewelry that holds a secret agent twist hidden inside. If you open up the top you will reveal a flip open USB memory stick hidden within the gold-plated brass ring.…
“Imagine” Area of Orlando Receives 3D MakerJet Showroom
Aptly located in the “imagine” capital of the United States, 3D MakerJet Inc. has announced its new showroom and corporate offices center in Orlando, Florida. The new edifice stands in the nexus of the entertainment meccas of Disney World and…
3DPI.TV Interview with Keith Murphy, Organovo
At the recent Inside 3D Printing Conference in Santa Clara, 3DPI.TV Interviewed Keith Murphy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Organovo, a company known as the pioneer of 3D Bioprinting. We talked about their research on 3D Liver Tissues and…
3DPI.TV Interview with Mr Espen Sivertsen, Type A Machines
At the recent Inside 3D Printing Conference in Santa Clara, 3DPI.TV Interviewed Espen Sivertsen, the CEO and Co-Founder of Type A Machines, the manufacturer of Series 1 3D Printers.We talked about the Bay Area Advance Manufacturers (BAAM) which gathers different…
Sculpteo’s 3D Printed Model Determines Optimal Rosetta Landing Site
Landing a spacecraft as big as a manatee on an enormous comet seems like science fiction. But there is a comet — named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — that the European Space Agency (ESA) wants to explore. In just a few days, the…
