Full Color 3D Printing to Reach Consumers via Kickstarter? This year has seen an explosion of low-cost 3D printing technologies hit the market, many attempting to launch on Kickstarter. In the past month or so, selective laser sintering machines have…
Love & Robots & 3D Printing & Web Summit 2014 & €25,000
Irish energy company, ESB, has just announced the finalists for their Spark Of Genius start-up contest and, among the three contenders heading to Web Summit 2014‘s epic European Pitch contest, is an Irish 3D printing firm headed by the three…
OpenBuilds, How Open Hardware Revolutionized Linear Motion
The maker universe has never given itself a limit, it encompasses every creative possibility, digital or otherwise, additive or subtractive, the freedom to do, and sometimes to complicate, is on the agenda, which is the precondition for fun, for experimenting,…
Avi Reichental's TED Talk: What’s next in 3D printing
Just a couple of days ago, TED posted Avi Reichental’s Talk from March 2014. In his talk, which is very similar to the recent Inside 3D Printing Keynote, Avi introduces us to the possibilities of 3D Printing. Check it out…
The Maker Movie Hits Public Release
The movie ‘Maker: A Documentary On The Maker Movement’ has been warmly received in early screenings after being hotly anticipated by many, and now the movie has been released for public viewing in digital format. The documentary has continued its…
3D Nanoparticle Printer Unveiled at Northeastern University
Could the Holy Grail of 3D particle printing be just within reach? Based on the hype in this industry, probably not, but my fingers are crossed and my naive optimism is on red alert as Northeastern University unveils its new…
3D Printing Invites You to Join the Avengers
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) is making further moves into the 3D printing sphere. After already partnering with 3D Systems and inviting artists to create Hasbro fan art (My Little Pony, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and more) to sell on Shapeways, the toy maker…
3D Print an Ultrasonic Ruler Shaped Like a Dune Inspired Gun
Tech company Adafruit Industries had another great #3DThursday project for an ultra sonic ruler and distance sensor in a 3D printed enclosure stylized to look like Beast Rabban’s Harkonnen Lost Pistol from the classic Dune film. If you don’t know…
T-Minus 14 Hours Until the First 3D Printer is Launched Into Space
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Made in Space Zero-G Printer. Its September 19th mission: to 3D print in Zero-G, to “begin the era of off-world manufacturing”, to boldly go where no 3D printer has gone…
WikiHouse 4.0 Is On Display At The London Design Show
Open source hardware seems to be popping up all over the place at the moment. I can’t keep up. Open source 3D printers, open source household robots, open source electric cars, open source houses, the list goes on. There are differing reasons for…
