- Zero 2 Infinity Gets Ready to Blast Off with 3D Printed Rocket Engine (3dprint.com)
March 23, 2018
- New Story and ICON Working Together to 3D Print Homes in the Developing World (3dprint.com)
March 12, 2018
Check out this concrete squirting extruder head! The Vulcan is capable of 3D printing a 600- to 800-square-foot home, for $4,000, in less than 24 hours in an under-served community. Seeking funding - they will build 100 homes in El Salvador.
- CGTrader integrates PolyPort encyption to protect 3D designs (3dprintingindustry.com)
March 9, 2018
Another step toward protecting digital rights to assets.
- U.S. Olympian competitors Justin Krewson and Andrew Sherk turned to 3D printing (cta.tech)
March 8, 2018
To help craft the perfect luge, U.S. Olympian competitors Justin Krewson and Andrew Sherk turned to the 3D printing experts at Stratasys. Traditional manufacturers can take weeks to create a mold used to make the sled, but Stratasys printed theirs in less than one hour, according to CNET. Thanks to the unique style of manufacturing, Stratasys’ prints allowed the two lugers to quickly create the perfectly customized luge, and easily make tweaks to the luge’s design to optimize weight and aerodynamics. Stratasys is no stranger to practical 3D printing – they have also created racecar parts, prosthetic arms and surgery tools.
- Tales From the Engineering Intern: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Design, Design Again (airwolf3d.com)
March 7, 2018
Functional, snap-fitting 3d printed components for automotive industry with Airwolf 3D printers and Solidworks software.
- Saving Big Bucks in the Automotive Industry with 3D Printing (engineering.com)
December 6, 2017
- Autodesk University London: Generative design, 3D printing and machine intelligence (tctmagazine.com)
June 22, 2017
- Taiwan’s ITRI Showcases Metal 3D Printed Saxophone (3dprint.com)
October 16, 2015
Guitars. Violins — both acoustic and electric. Cellos. Drum sets and Indian tabla drum pairs. The saxophone… 3D printing musical instruments is becoming more common, but it is not necessarily an easy process to get the sound right. The most recent 3D printed instrument to hit the news comes from Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI),which has successfully completed the printing of perhaps the most popular woodwind instrument. Whenever I write about 3D printed instruments, I usually emphasize how “ancient” the instrument is compared to how “futuristic” 3D technology — emphasizing the merging of the traditional with the modern. But I can’t take that angle for this story. Why? Because the saxophone, which was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolph Sax in 1840, isn’t that old.
- Researchers Create a Fully Articulated 3D Printed Soft Robot Octopus Tentacle (3dprint.com)
October 15, 2015
I’ll be the first to admit that there is a lot of humor to be had in the fact that scientists 3D printed an articulated tentacle, and trust me the amount of effort required to avoid making shokushu goukan (do not google that) jokes is monumental. But the concepts behind soft robotics are hard to laugh at considering the potential that the field of study represents. If you don’t know what a soft robot it, it is essentially a robot without any mechanical parts that mimics the movements and behaviors of biological systems. Researchers studying soft robotics study the way that biological systems work and look for ways to apply those biological mechanisms to engineering problems.
- Beyond Vision 3D prints blind-friendly fixtures to accommodate visually impaired employees (3ders.org)
September 17, 2015
The Japanese term of ‘poka-yoke’ refers to a particular, lean-manufacturing process that helps operators avoid product defects or oversights that could lead to unnecessary mistakes. In short, it means to mistake-proof a process—a sort of built-in function that would prevent us from ever scrambling to hit ‘control Z.’ In a video released today by Graphics/Systems, social enterprise Beyond Vision shows how they are combining the ‘poka-yoke’ philosophy with 3D printing to assist their blind employees.
- USC explores how 3D printed “egg-beaters” could clean up oil slicks (3dprintingindustry.com)
March 23, 2018
- Solar powered 3D printing aids Solomon Islands relief (3dprintingindustry.com)
March 12, 2018
Replacement parts for the pipe were designed on a laptop, whilst 3D printable pellets were made by grinding plastic waste in a manually operated crusher. The resultant 3D printed connectors fit perfectly.
- Meet Julia Koerner, the designer who helped bring Black Panthers 3D printed costumes to life (3ders.org)
March 9, 2018
Ruth Carter designed the complex crowns and shoulder pieces from "Black Panther". Materialise then 3d printed them in PA 12 (polyamide).
- Exclusive Interview: Veronica Nunes Discusses the Rewards and Challenges of 3D Printing Jewelry (3dprint.com)
March 8, 2018
- A decade of design for industry (tctmagazine.com)
February 28, 2018
- Solar cells could soon be 3D printed for a fraction of the price, says AFRL team (3ders.org)
July 20, 2017
- Autodesk University London in pictures (tctmagazine.com)
June 21, 2017
- Project Runway’s 3D Printed Looks Available at Cubify (3dprintingindustry.com)
October 16, 2015
It’s been almost two years since Justin LeBlanc’s 3D printed wares graced the catwalk on Lifetime’s hit series, Project Runway. Since then, a countless number of designers have found ways to integrate the technology into their clothing, shoes, and accessories. But, given the inherit 3D modeling skills necessary to create such pieces and the time it takes to 3D print such elaborate pieces as Dita Von Teese’s 3D printed gown, the tech just wasn’t quite fit for a true Project Runway challenge. Tonight, the show proved, however, that they could make it work, but that they’d need 3D Systems’ new Fabricate line of 3D printed textiles to do so.
- Wednesday Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things–Marvel Comics Superhero Costumes (3dprint.com)
October 14, 2015
It’s October, so you know what that means: Halloween is on its way! So it’s time to start worrying about what you’re going to wear for the big night.
In honor of Marvel’s recently announced Ant-Man and The Wasp movie and three new unnamed movies being added to their line-up of mega-successful comic book inspired superhero movies, what better costume could there be than for a Marvel character? So I scoured the internet and found ten of the best 3D printable Marvel Props and Costumes that the world of 3D printing has to offer.
- KerfCase Releases First Metal 3D Printed iPhone 6 Cases (3dprintingindustry.com)
September 16, 2015
3D printed iPhone cases have been around since just about the dawn of desktop 3D printing, but never has a 3D printed smartphone case been as classy as the ALLOY, from KerfCase, made with a combination of natural wood and 3D printed metal. Not only is the ALLOY series among the first, if not the first, line of iPhone cases to be 3D printed in metal, but KerfCase used an industrial-grade 3D printer, typically used for aerospace and biomedical printing, to make it.
- Powerful New 4D Printer Speeds Next-Generation, Next-Dimension 3D Printing (3dprint.com)
March 22, 2018
- 3D Printed Braille Puzzle Helps the Visually Impaired to Learn Words (3dprint.com)
March 10, 2018
- Balenciaga 3D scanning and 3D printing for luxury fashion in AW 2018 collection (3dprintingindustry.com)
March 9, 2018
Models carry 3D printed replicas of their own heads down the catwalk
- 3D Printing vs. CNC Machining: Advantages and Disadvantages (3dprint.com)
March 8, 2018
- 3D Systems to Conquer Dental and Move onto Every Other Vertical (engineering.com)
February 23, 2018
- Italian eyewear brand Safilo introduces ultra-modern, 3D printed OXYDO sunglasses collection (3ders.org)
July 20, 2017
- 3DNA 3D prints amazing Hearthstone cards and 40 cm tall Ekko from League of Legends (3ders.org)
October 16, 2015
It’s no secret that the video game world is an actual treasure trove of material for 3D printing projects, but some franchises are more suitable than others. Filled with fantastic and imaginative characters and weapons and high replay factors, Blizzard’s Warcraft franchise and Riot Games’s League of Legends are insanely popular for a good reason, and also regularly subject of 3D printed tributes. However, few projects have been as impressive as those by London-based design team 3DNA, which have just shared some amazing projects: a series of very cool 3D playing cards from Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and even a 40 cm tall amazingly detailed Ekko from League of Legends.
- Airwolf 3D’s AXIOM Enters the Discovery Cube OC (airwolf3d.com)
October 15, 2015
Earlier this month, Airwolf 3D’s co-founders Erick and Eva Wolf donated one of their brand new AXIOM printers to the Discovery Cube of Orange County. The Discovery Cube received their new machine and quickly went to work implementing it into their upcoming Halloween exhibit, ”Spooky Science”, where children will receive the opportunity to learn about bugs, bones, 3D printing, x-rays, holograms and enjoy live demonstrations with liquid nitrogen and dry ice.
- 3D Printing Will Play a Central Role in the 2016 Met Gala and Fashion Exhibition (3dprint.com)
October 14, 2015
Every year New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute throws a gala to raise money for the museum’s benefit. And while that may sound like a stuffy party for rich old people, it is actually a stuffy party for rich old people that happens to be also be attended by a bunch of celebrities and fashion industry leaders. The Met Gala also happens to officially kick off the Costume Institute annual fashion exhibition, which sets the tone for the Gala. Guests, and all of the invited celebrities and wannabe celebrities, are expected to not only fork over some cash for the museum, but come to the event dressed to match the party’s theme.
- Bitonti Creates Gold-Plated 3D Printed Shoes, Launches Mutatio Line with 3D Systems & United Nude (3dprint.com)
September 16, 2015
Stunning! Today, we’re talking shoes, of the 3D printed variety, from one of our favorite fashion designers. And shut the front door–yes, we could actually wear these. Known to many, Francis Bitonti has been able to accomplish quite the ‘feat,’ establishing himself as a designer who successfully mixes the innovative and industrial materials of this brave new world with apparel and shoes. We’ve been following Bitonti with great interest, but certainly few missed his 3D printed dress for Dita von Teese, or the Molecule 3D printed shoes, which came shortly after.