’3D selfies’ are now a bit of an everyday commonplace. But it’s not every day that 3D scanning and 3D printing are used to create a bust of the world’s most famous political leader, the President of t…
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20 3D Printed Holiday Ornaments Face Off in White House Challenge
Two weeks back, we introduced you to the White House 3D Printed Ornament Challenge, a design contest hosted by Instructables to find 3D printed ornaments to not only hang in the East Wing of the White…
The White House Celebrates the Holidays with an Instructables 3D Printing Contest
The White House is continuing to align itself with the Maker movement, first hosting its very own Maker Faire in June and, now, celebrating the holidays in Maker fashion by teaming up with Instructabl…
Which U.S. Agencies Are First to Open 3D Printables Sites?
In March, Make Magazine reported that there had been a White House memo to federal agencies to make three dimensional files more available to the public. Back then, the best examplewas perhaps the Smi…
Yale Wants to Recreate the Past Using 3D Printing
Yale’s prestigious Peabody Museum of Natural History is exploring the use of 3D printing to help restore their classic wildlife dioramas. With the help of 3D printing the already stunning wildlife rec…
Stratasys Is 3D Printin’ n’ Truckin’ with Autodesk on the 3DRV
The eight-month 3DRV road show kicked off in mid May — right in the middle of the Bay Area Maker Faire — in San Francisco: with Autodesk, Stratasys and other big tech names on board, it is going to ma…
This IS a World First, Honest — 3D Scanning & 3D Printing The Leader of the Free World
While many US museums, most notably the National Portrait Gallery, proudly display busts of past presidents of the nation, for the first time, these traditional sculptures will be joined by a 3D print…
Introducing The Form 1+ — FormLabs' New 3D Printer Adds Up
With today being day 1 of the RAPID 2014 show, the longest serving 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing event in the US, it should not be too surprising to see the new launches coming thick and fast…
Carl Bass Gains Groupies with His Inside 3DP Keynote in New York
I have long followed Autodesk’s CEO, Carl Bass, on twitter (he’s not exactly prolific, rather, insightful), I’ve seen and read most interviews he has given, and, over the years, I have heard from vari…
You Can Look AND You Can Touch, the Magic of 3D Printing
“An alternative display case” or, in Finnish, “Vaihtoehto vitriinille”, is a collaborative project between the Sports Museum of Finland and local 3D printing and scanning service Versoteq. Their idea …