When I wrote about artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg, who had been taking DNA samples from the street and turning them into 3D printed portraits, I had to tell a friend that the artist’s portraits were onl…
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Queen of 3D Printing Apps Neri Oxman Wins Vilcek Prize
As if artist, designer, architect, educator and 3D printing aficionado Neri Oxman wasn’t distinguished enough, she goes and wins another award! To list off her impressive resume (Deep Breath): s…
3D Printing a Mummy Eagle Back from the After-life
The ability to mass-produce artifacts in ancient Egypt was staggering: hundreds of thousands of statuettes, pendants, jewels of all kinds were manufactured during almost 3 millennia of Egyptian cultur…
CEO of Mcor Believes in ‘A 3D Printer for Everyone’
As the co-founder and CEO of 3D printer manufacturing company Mcor Technologies, Conor MacCormack cannot be completely unbiased in his views on 3D printing. However, his vision for the industry — and …
3D Printing Human Evolution, and the Geologic Material Around It
The Smithsonian recently announced its X3D project to digitalize the 137 million priceless items in its collection and make them available for 3D printing everywhere. Even before the largest museum in…
Ancient Whales from Chile – 3D Printed
The Smithsonian Institution, is the world’s largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums and nine research centres together with more than 140 affiliate museums around the world. For more than…
Autodesk Opens Memento Reality Computing Software Up to Public
As REAL 2015 is well under way, with 3DPI’s Andrew Wheeler on the ground attending the event, Autodesk has made its first big announcement to establish the ubiquity of reality computing. Previou…
Fehrmann ALLOYS adds AlMgty 90 to aluminum alloy family
Hamburg-based aluminum specialist Fehrmann ALLOYS has launched a new high-performance aluminum alloy for 3D printing, AlMgty 90, at Formnext Connect 2020. AlMgty 90 is released just 10 months after th…
Obama celebrates National Week of Making
The White House, in partnership with Printrbot, is getting in on the action during the National Week of Making this week and will take the chance to celebrate some of the country’s most prominent and …
Prostate models help surgeons find their way
Surgeons in the UK have used a 3D printed model of a man’s prostate to help them remove a cancerous tumour. 3D printed models are becoming big business in the medical industry and heart surgeons now u…