Nine 3D printed lugs to connect standard tubing in carbon, titanium, aluminum or bamboo: that is all it took for colorFabb intern Stephan Schürmann to create a beautiful and functional racetrack bike using colorFabb’s newest carbon fiber-based filament, the XT-CF20. The files…
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Fat Boy Motorcycle’s Urban Legend Lives on Through 3D Printing
In the world of custom motorcycles, there are few models more venerated than Harley’s Fat Boy. The urban legend says its names come from a combination of the names used for the atomic bombs, Fat Man and Little Boy; however,…
3D Printed Jet Component Cleared to Fly, Makes Aviation History with $135 Billion in Pre-Orders
The Wright brothers made aviation history by being the first men to fly, now a “funny looking” nozzle is making history once again by becoming the first 3D printed part certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly…
3D Printed Exo-Foot is a Giant Leap in Footwear Technology
3D printing – even low-cost FFF 3D printing – has made prototyping faster than ever. This means you can theoretically go from idea to final prototype in just a few hours. So, imagine what you could do if you were…
Materialise Takes Off with Aerospace Certification for 3D Printing Services
Although many are fascinated by its i.materialise consumer division, Materialise is one the largest 3D printing services in the world, with over 100 professional and industrial grade 3D printers on its premises in Leuven, Belgium. This means that it has…
Smartest E-Scooter Uses 3D Printing to Get You Moving
After four years of intensive development and testing with Sculpteo‘s professional 3D printing capabilities, entrepreneur David Libault was able to launch an Indiegogo campaign which has already reached the initial funding goal of $50.000. ELECTRICMOOD is a pioneering urban scooter that…
Must Read First Quantitative 3D Printing Sustainability Study
”If 3DP was applicable to larger production volumes in consumer products or automotive manufacturing, it contains the (theoretical) potential to absolutely decouple energy and CO2 emission from economic activity.” — Malte Gebler, Anton J.M. Schoot Uiterkamp, Cindy Visser, 2014, A…
Agricultural Applications For Additive Manufacturing With GVL
Back in 1992 Lichfield Minnesota-based GVL Poly introduced metal-to-plastic conversion of poly snouts when a local farmer, the company’s founder, made the decision to increase the width of high crop rows. His experimentation with rotational molded polyethylene resulted in an innovative prototype…
The Energica Ego is Released: 100% Electric Motorcycle Prototyped with 3D Printing
Since we first covered the only electric “superbike” from out of Italy, there have been some new developments for Energica and its 3D printed parts. In the lead up to the International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan from November 7–10 of…
Modelling the Matterhorn with Drones
Afraid of heights but still want to experience the Swiss Alps? senseFly is a Swiss company that uses personal drones to do a lot of amazing things, including mapping and modelling. Drone Adventures, also Swiss, is a non-profit that hopes…
