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3D printer creates human tissues for drug testing 

Feb.22, 2012 -  San Diego-based "bio-printing" company Organovo uses 3D bio-printing to create a variety of functional human tissue from human cells. Organovo was founded in 2007 with a long term goal of printing human organs and blood vessels from a patient's own cells.  More 

Collen Jordan created adorable wearable planters using a 3D printer 

Feb.22, 2012 -  These adorable Wearable Planters are designed and created by Collen Jordan, an Atlanta-based artist and designer.  More 

Scientists create robotic dinosaurs using 3D printers

Feb.22, 2012 -   Yesterday a news release from Drexel University got worldwide attention and it may help to unlock the secrets about Dinsaurs. Paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara and mechanical engineer Dr. James Tangorra are working on using 3D printing to recreate Dinosaurs. More

3D printed implant not reimbursed by insurance

Feb.21, 2012 -   Since then, Maikel Beerens (27), founder of Xilloc, run from one interview to another. Beerens described: "Monday morning I had two interviews, a photo shoot and a speech for young entrepreneurs. At nine o'clock in the evening I came home and had to answer dozens of e-mails." More

Founder of Reprap & GroAction discusses the future of 3D printing 

Feb.20, 2012 -  Adrian Bowyer is founder of Reprap and a senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath, UK. In the video below Adrian and Luke Miller Callahan, founder of GroAction discusses the evolution of RepRap and where 3D printing is heading. More 

Fabbster "launch customer program" launches today

Feb.20, 2012 -   Germany based Sintermask GmbH, The company behind the fabbster, today announced the launch of "launch customer program" to involve enthusiastic customers in future developments of their personal 3D-printer "fabbster". More

3D printed armband with cord organizer for 6th gen Ipod nano

Feb.20, 2012 -   If you have an ipod nano then you won't want to miss this design. Maybe you have seen enough nicely designed watchband but a combination of wrist strap and earphone organisers is awesome. More

A trend of using 3D printers to make complex gear systems 

Feb.20, 2012 -  This pink big love heart gears was created by faberdasher and uploaded on Feb 13, 2012 right before the valentine's day. It is a derived from Screwless Heart Gears created by emmett. Faberdasher tweaked the layout and pushed some polygons for slightly better slicing. At Thingiverse there's a bit of a trend for using 3D printers to make complex gear systems.  More 

3D view Cardinal de Richelieu using Sculpteo 3D Viewer

Feb.19, 2012 -   Sculpteo user Paul Marx is a big fan of Sculpteo interface. Sculpteo is a young French company providing a service by producing made-to-order models for designers and researchers. More

3D print and build your own Vampire quadcopter

Feb.18, 2012 -   If you like building things of your own I am sure you will like this - a 3D printed drone, yes you can build your own drone with your 3D printer, for sure it is more fun than buying it ready-made. More

Objet 3D Printer to appear in Channel 4's new series "Home of the Future" 

Feb.18, 2012 -  Brand New Series, Home of the Future, is on UK's Channel 4 since Sunday 12 February. This five-part series is about tranforming a normal family to be a home of the future by filling their home from top-to-bottom with forefront technology and gadgets.  More 

3D printing a data sculpture of your digital identity

Feb.17, 2012 -   While we surf the internet, twitter what we are doing, google cheapest flight tickets, join friends in Facebook, or order music CDs from Amazon, do any of us realize we are defining an virtual identity in the digital world? More

Get 3D printer in the hands of kids

Feb.17, 2012 -   This year Lego World 2012 invited 3D printing specialist Objet Ltd to demonstrate how 3D technology is used in the design stage of LEGO products to create prototypes and how 3D printer prints prototype Lego Minifigures and Lego bricks.  More

Learning how to use software for Sumpod 3D printer with Mike's tutorials 

Feb.16, 2012 -   Mike is a model engineer and has recently discovered 3D printing. He owns a Sumpod 3D printer and has printed quite a amount of stuff guided by his principle - learning by printing. More 

The Man Who Prints Houses - Documentary about Enrico Dini and his heart and soul in 3D printing buildings

Feb.16, 2012 -   This is a upcoming film about a genius in the 3d printing world who intents on changing the world forever. More

3D printing goes the same way as digital image printing

Feb.15, 2012 -   Graham Klyne from Oxford University has been a software developer since the late 1970s. He was involved in various process control, CAD and scientific instrumentation software developments. More

Enter "make it real challenge" now to win an Objet30 Desktop 3D printer 

Feb.15, 2012 -  Instructables users newton.95.dan just uploaded his first instructable - how to make an iPhone 4s Case using SolidWorks for 3D printer. More 

Quick news: 

Feb.22, 2012 - 3D Systems Delivers First-Ever Integrated Design-To-Print Experience - 3dsystems.com

Feb.21, 2012 - Objet Further Expands its Presence in China with New Channel Partners - sacbee.com

Fbe.21, 2012 - 3D Systems Brings 3D Content-to-Print Products and Services to PD&M - yahoo.com

Feb.19, 2012 - 3D Printing and Cutting-Edge Design - spearswms.com

Feb.19, 2012 - The 3D Printer: Revolutionizing Production - cmcforum.com

Feb.19, 2012 - Maker movement catches eyes of venture capitalists - sfgate.com

Feb.19, 2012 - Stratasys Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Industry's First Low-Priced 3D Printer: the Dimension - stratasys.com

Feb.17, 2012 - 3D printing may explode at rate incomparable to its 2D predecessor - slashgear.com

Feb.17, 2012 - New Business Hopes to Capitalize on Makers Movement - kusp.org

Feb.17, 2012 - The DIY 'Maker Movement' Meets the VCs - businessweek.com

Feb.17, 2012 - Printing in new dimensions - collegiatestime.scom

Feb.15, 2012 - The New Frontiersman: 3-D printers will change everything about copyright and consumerism - isureveille.com

Feb.15, 2012 - 3D Printer Build Week: Day Two - cnet.com

Feb.15, 2012 - 3D Systems Partners With RPI Students - 3Dsystems

Feb.15, 2012 - New Commerce Sites Challenge Mass Production Model - adweek.com

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3D printer manufacturer Objet sees big opportunities in Asia Pacific

Feb.14, 2012 -   On Feb.9, 2012, Objet Asia Pacific Ltd., a subsidiary of Objet Ltd., announced Objet has appointed Objective 3D Pty Ltd as the new distributor in Australia and New Zealand, aiming to double its market share in the next three years. More

3D printed prosthetic hand awarded top innovation prize

Feb.14, 2012 -   Eric Ronning, Mechanical engineering sophomore at University of Wisconsin-Madison won top prize at UW-Madison's annual Innovation Days. More

Portable Tantillus 3D printer ready for beta testing 

Feb.13, 2012 -  If you like this portable Ultimaker on batteries from 3D Printing Event during the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, then you will definitely love this: a beautiful mini Ultimaker style 3D printer.  More 

Dutch designer 3D prints Endless Chairs from melted fridges

Feb.13, 2012 -   Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij(29) presented his industrial robot at the Graduation Show of the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2011. More

3D printed bowl

Feb.12, 2012 -   Carl Bass, President & CEO of Autodesk, a leading 3D design, engineering and entertainment software with $2 billion in revenues, is not only a business man but also a craftman and a designer. More

How far fashion goes using 3D printing this week 

Feb.12, 2012 -  Dutch designing company Van der Veer Designers has just bought an Ultimaker 3D printer. According to Van der Veer Designers, using a 3D printer could allow them to make prototypes at an earlier stage of the design process. More 

3D printing in school - Young students print their own head

Feb.11, 2012 -   A group of young students between 12 and 18 years at the XIOS College in Limburg, the Netherlands have printed out their own head using 3D printers. More

Investors favor Dutch 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker

Feb.10, 2012 -   Ultimaker just started shipping its open source 3D printer in May 2011, but it has already gained worldwide attentions. According to fd.nl, only in January it got almost 30 investors knocking on its door. More

Knowledge sharing and not sharing - creative spaces open and 3D printing lab shuts down 

Feb.10, 2012 -  Open3DP, a lab at the University of Washington announced in their blog "Sorry we're not so Open lately" because of a change to UW's intellectual property policy.  More 

8 Cool iPhone amplifiers created using 3D printer

Feb.10, 2012 -   Designed by Schreer Delights, this iShark is an analog amplifier that your iPhone 4 or 4s can be inserted into the slot in the iShark's back. More

How to make cookies with a 3D food printer

Feb.9, 2012 -   Jeffrey Lipton, head of Fab@Home is showing in the video how to make gear shaped cookies with a 3D food printer. More

Affordable metal parts for your reprap 3D printer 

Feb.9, 2012 -  John and Sam from Wolfsburg Casting Resources is offering metal parts for Prusa Mendel printer. More 

Developing sustainable bioplastics for 3D printers

Feb.8, 2012 -   Many companies are working on recycled and biodegradable materials for the injection molding and packaging industries, can these materials being printed by a 3D printer? More

Swedish startup gets 3D printing into wedding industry

Feb.7, 2012 -   Swedish startup Your 3D Print Sweden AB is providing personalized 3D printed cake decoration for wedding couples. More

Converting your existing CNC machine to a 3D printer 

Feb.7, 2012 -  If you have a desktop CNC machine and you wish to convert to a 3D printer, what items do you need to add to the CNC machine? More 

3D printed Cello Girl on Kickstarter

Feb.6, 2012 -   New York model maker and designer, Robert Steiner launched "Cello Girl" project on Kickstarter. "Cello Girl" is collaboratively designed and made by Robert Steiner, together with concept artist Billy Nunez and zBrush sculptor Jose Alves da Silva. More

First 3D printed Pirate Bay ship delivered with a hefty price tag

Feb.6, 2012 - Right after one of the oldest Bit Torrent site The Pirate Bay announced their new category Physibles, a user made a Pirate ship from the Pirate Bay logo celebrating the new section on thepiratebay.org for 3D files. More

Brendan Dawes' diary - Everything I make with my MakerBot 

Feb.5, 2012 -  In December 2010 Brendan Dawes bought and built a Makerbot 3D printer. Since then he documents all his projects and his adventure with Makerbot Thing-O-Matic on his site "Everything I Make with my MakerBot".  More 

3D printed "Empty Chair"

Feb.4, 2012 -   This "Empty Chair" was designed by Maarten Baas, a well-known dutch designer. More

RapidPro expects to go international next year

Feb.3, 2012 -   RapidPro 2012, the second edition of this exhibition was held on 25 and 26 January and attracted 53 exhibitors, more than 2200 visitors to Koningshof in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. More

3D printed Moineau soap dispenser 

Feb.3, 2012 -  Thingiverse user emmett had to get creative because his girlfriend challenged him to make a cool hand soap dispenser. He designed, printed, and shared this Moineau soap dispenser.  More 

83 year-old woman got 3D printed mandible

Feb.3, 2012 -   The University of Hasselt (Belgium) announced today that Belgian and Dutch scientists have successfully replacing a lower jaw with a 3D printed model for a 83 year-old woman. More

15 year-old Laura played 3D printed violin on CNN

Feb.2, 2012 -   In this clip above, Laura Powell, 15, is playing a violin. Laura gave this premiere performance on news channel CNN because this is a special voilin - it is a printed violin made from 3D technology at the University of Exeter. More

Low-cost and open source SLS wax 3D printer 

Feb.2, 2012 -  Andreas Bastian, Swarthmore College engineering student wanted to produce complext pieces in metal. The current selective laser sintering techniques rely on high-power lasers, plasma jets, or electric arcs and have high costs. More 

Micah Ganske offers his artwork free download for 3D printing

Feb.1, 2012 -   Artist Micah Ganske has released several new projects on Thingiverse and allows all Makerbot users to replicate his sculptures for themselves. More

3D print and make your own electro wire stripper

Feb.1, 2012 -   Thingiverse user Brian Beebe has designed an "Electro Wire Stripper", a wire stripper that can precisely give feedback telling when you have cut through the insulation deep enough. More

The $300 MakiBox 3D Printer funding launched 

Jan.31, 2012 -  MakiBox A6 3D Printer is now launched! Following our last report of "Makible working on $300 3D Printer" this project is finally released for funding. More 

How to assemble your own Buildatron 3D printer

Jan.31, 2012 -   Following their tour to 3D printer manufacturer Buildatron Systems' factory, Analyst M. David Stone and Tony Hoffman wanted to build a 3D printer themselves. More

Tinkercad intergrates with Ponoko's 3D printing service

Jan.31, 2012 -   Tinkercad who runs an easy to use and powerful browser based CAD aimed at designing physical things for 3D printing annouced on Monday a new release of their 3D modeling software. More

Fab@Home 3D Printer Makes anything 

Jan.30, 2012 -  The researchers at Cornell University have been doing research and devlopment with 3D printers. More 

Help Crowdfund the biggest 3D print in North America

Jan.30, 2012 -   JF Brandon launched a campaign on Indiegogo aiming to create the Rygo, probably the biggest 3D print in North America. More

Fred Laforge's 3D printed sculpture at Galerie SAS

Jan.30, 2012 -   What are beauty and ugliness? Our societies have predetermined judgements. Artist Fred Laforge questioned this standard by showing in his work the bodies that are old, voluptuous, flabby and bald. More

gt2P develops furniture construction systems using digital crafting and traditional techniques 

Jan.29, 2012 -  Great things to people (gt2P) is a Chilean studio researching and experimenting parametric design and digital fabrication. It has recently developed two interesting projects: "suple" and "Cracked System".  More 

Stratasys adds soluble support material for Polycarbonate

Jan.29, 2012 -   Stratasys will expand its WaterWorks soluble support material to be compatible with its polycarbonate build material (PC-10) for Fortus 3D Production Systems. More

Dissolvable support material used for 3D printing gearbox and Hilbert Cube

Jan.28, 2012 -   Thingiverse user Tony Buser has recently made a very cool Hilbert Cube using a MakerBot Thing-o-Matic with dual mk7 extruders. The Hilbert Cube was printed all at once as one piece. More

BFB Launched Upgrade kits for RapMan 3.0 or 3.1 3D printers 

Jan.28, 2012 -  In November 2011 Bits from Bytes released the RapMan 3.2 3D printer. The new RapMan 3.2 has been added with a touchscreen interface and USB memory stick file transfer. But what about the owners with old RapMan 3.0 or 3.1 3D printers? More 

Factory on the road - a Prius, two designers and four 3D printers

Jan.27, 2012 -  Often we hear people asking "what can those cheap 3D printers make?" Or "is it just an expensive toy for hobbyist and makers?" These are the questions that the Pocket Factory project would like to answer. More

Unboxing 3D printed Minecraft objects

Jan.27, 2012 -  MauricioVives exported Minecraft structures with Mineways and uploaded to Shapeways. He just received packages from Shapeways and showed in the video the unboxing process. More

Tel Aviv Artist Eyal Gever recreated natural disasters with 3D Printing 

Jan.27, 2012 -  Israel programmer and 3D sculpture artist Eyal Gever recreated scenarios such as tsunamis hitting houses, bus crashes and oil spills, using his self-programed 3D animation software and 3D printing technology in his Tel Aviv studio. More 

27-year old Dutch designer Iris van Herpen conquers Paris 

Jan.26, 2012 -  The Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen showed off her collection "Micro" on Monday during the Haute CoutureWeek in Paris. More 

Large scale 3D printer One-to-One on Kickstarter

Jan.26, 2012 -   New York based Robert Cervellione is an architectural designer and professor of architecture engaged in digital design and fabrication research. Cervellione started a project One-to-One on Kickstarter. More

Flying helicopter with 3D printed helicopter blades

Jan.25, 2012 -   If you have a dream of making your own mini RC helicopter that can be piloted in the living room and take off on your hand then you will like this: working 3D printed helicopter blades created by thingiverse user tlalexander. More

Make a 3D printed record for the Fisher-Price record player 

Jan.25, 2012 -  This dude made a 3D printed record for their Fisher-Price music box record player. "Still Alive" from Portal performed by Jonathan Coulton is played on a 3D printed record. More 

Objet welcomed the Chinese new year with a 3D printed dragon

Jan.24, 2012 -   A billion-plus Asians welcomed the Year of the Dragon on Monday. The Year of the Dragon is traditionally associated with China, Japan, vietnam and several other countries. More

The future of 3D printing - Cube and Replicator makers' joint interview by CNET TV

Jan.24, 2012 -   CNET's Rafe Needleman interviews the makers of two 3D printer: 3D Systems' Cubify and the MakerBot Replicator and discusses the Future of 3D Printing and how they are charting the future of manufacturing. More

Lisa Harouni: what makes 3D printing so cool 

Jan.24, 2012 -  Lisa Harouni, co-founder of Digital Forming gave an accessible intro to 3D printing at TED Salon in London in November 2011. More 

The Pirate Bay goes 3D digital designs sharing

Jan.24, 2012 -   File sharing site the Pirate Bay(TPB) announced Monday that they are adding a new category for users to download 3D files for recreating physical objects. More

Alexander Boden interview: how the model of village in Minecraft is created

Jan.23, 2012 -   Awhile back, we wrote about "Minecraft Village printed on a 3D printer", A 3D model of a minecraft-village is exported using a modified minecraft.print() script, colored using CAD software, and then printed on a Zprinter 650 3D printer. More

Absolutely stunning cocoon lamp created with multi-material 3D printer

Jan.23, 2012 -  This stunning Cocoon Lamp is inspired by Neri Oxman's "the beast", cocoon is also from the nature - a cocoon is a shell which pretects the insect for their metamorphosis. More 

3D chocolate printer available for taking orders

Jan.22, 2012 -   Essential Dynamics, the company behind the Imagine 3D food printer, showcased the Imagine 3D printer at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2012 and announced that they were now accepting orders for the Imagine 3D printers. More

3D printing used in upcoming animation "The Pirates! Band of Misfits"

Jan.22, 2012 -   3D printers are making those figures speak in the upcoming "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" film from Sony Animation Pictures Studios. More

Inspiring 3D Printing experiments by Monocircus full of fun and love 

Jan.21, 2012 -  MONOCIRCUS is a startup online store and design laboratory in Japan launched in December 2011. MONO is 'things' in Japanese, CIRCUS='space' , in Monocircus they design and create things for daily life, fashion accessories, toys, interior design and architecture. More 

The ORD Bot 3D printer platform using MakerSlide linear bearing

Jan.21, 2012 -   Inspired by Kickstarter Printrbot 3D printer, bdring(Barton Dring) decided to try a similar concept using Makerslide. More

Stratasys uPrint SE 3D printer got $1 Million order from Department of Defense

Jan.20, 2012 -   Stratasys uPrint SE 3D printer is selected by the Department of Defense (DoD) as classroom technology in its nationwide program "STARBASE youth program". More

OrcaM reconstructs perfect digital copies of any object 

Jan.20, 2012 -  The best partner for a high-precision 3D printer is a 3D scanner which can build high-resolution 3D models of any objects. Here we have one: a digitally-scanning "reconstruction sphere".  More 

Contour Crafting could 3D print a house in 24 hours

Jan.19, 2012 -   Behrokh Khoshnevis, a professor of engineering and director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies(CRAFT) at the University of Southern California has invented a technique called ""Contour Crafting". Contour Crafting is a layered fabrication technology... More

Michael Weinberg: It Will Be Awesome if They Don't Screw it Up

Jan.19, 2012 -   The white paper, It Will Be Awesome if They Don't Screw it Up: 3D Printing, Intellectual Property, and the Fight Over the Next Great Disruptive Technology, is written by Michael Weinberg, staff attorney with Public Knowledge. This white paper examines how intellectual property law impacts the rapidly maturing technology of 3D printing.. More

"3D printing is here - but the factory in every home isn't!" - Deloitte TMT Trends for 2012 

Jan.18, 2012 -  Two short videos shows some hints of 3D Systems' cubify - the new Cubify.com is a online social platform integrated by 3D printing service, 3D modeling and 3D models and apps market place where you can.. More 

To design, 3D print and share Makerbot playsets

Jan.18, 2012 -   As a special treat for CES this year, Makerbot released a project "Playsets". A couple of super skilled designers including Michael Curry. More

Cory Doctorow's lecture on the upcoming war on general-purpose computing

Jan.17, 2012 -   Cory Doctorow, a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger—the co-editor of Boing Boing recently gave a lecture on the "coming war on general computation" at the 28th annual Chaos Communication Congress (AKA 28c3). More

Konica Minolta 3D Scanning Labs launches 3D printing service 

Jan.17, 2012 -  Konica Minolta 3D Scanning Labs announced that it will offer new 3D printing service with 3D Systems' Projet™ HD 3000 3D Production System.  More 

Digitally fabricated houses of Facit Homes

Jan.16, 2012 -   London-based Facit Homes has created a unique approach to making homes - digital fabrication. The building is designed on computer in pieces with every little details of your home. More

10 super beautiful 3D printed mathematical sculptures of Henry Segerman

Jan.15, 2012 -   Mathematician and a mathematical artist Henry Segerman at the University of Melbourne, Australia created these beautiful Mathematical sculptures using 3D printing technology. More

How 3D printing revolutionizes architecture 

Jan.14, 2012 -  Neri Oxman, a professor at the MIT Media Lab has produced a 6-inch cube sculpture “Making the Future” to illustrate the future of manufacturing. She recognizes too much limitations in conventional manufacturing and that limits the designers' mind too. More 

Casio can convert 2D photos to 3D sculpture using 3D printer

Jan.13, 2012 -   Casio is trying to take a step in 3D printing world. At CES 2012 they are not showing much new cameras, but a 2D to 3D conversion technology. More

New MakerBot brings 3D printer one step closer to everyone

Jan.13, 2012 -   Since the new Makerbot is unveiled in CES2012 it's easy to see how much attention the Replicator has captured around the world. We're curious which objects out of Replicator Makerbot chose to bring to CES? More

Make your own 3D printed zoetrope 

Jan.12, 2012 -  29 figures walking in an endless loop with precise intervals - Tobias built this sweet strobing zoetrope with some LEDs and 3D printed figures. The circuit was built using Schmitt triggers and an optical encoder. More 

A phenomenal 3D printed puzzle that challenges your brain 

Jan.11, 2012 -  Do you love playing Rubik's Cube or solving puzzles? Then you will definitely love this: The Multidodecahedron puzzle. It is a combination of the Master Pentultimate and Megaminx. More 

Tardis Cookie Cutter - an easy and fun use of a 3D printer

Jan.10, 2012 -   If you like Tardis(what is that? Tardis is a time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television program Doctor Who) and happen to have a 3D printer at home you would like to try this.. More

MakerBot announces Replicator 3D printer and new Thingiverse

Jan.10, 2012 -   MakerBot Industries just announced the MakerBot Replicator, a new and fully assembled desktop 3D printer that can print large and has ability to print objects in two different colors. More

In some hours Cubify be beta starting 

Jan.9, 2012 -  Two short videos shows some hints of 3D Systems' cubify - the new Cubify.com is a online social platform integrated by 3D printing service, 3D modeling and 3D models and apps market place where you can.. More 

First 3D printing iPhone app by Sculpteo

Jan.9, 2012 -   A new iPhone app from Sculpteo is announced on Jan.8, 2012 that you can snap a photo of yourself or a friend and the Sculpteo's app will convert the profile into a 3D object. More

New Cubic 3D printer from 3D Systems at CES 2012

Jan.9, 2012 -   This new cubic 3D printer has a sweet looking, instead of wooden frame it has a plastic chassis looks with the shape similar as Delta Micro's Up 3D Printer, it is more like a lady version of 3D printer. More

Filabot turns recyclable plastics into 3D printer filament 

Jan.8, 2012 -  Tyler McNaney from Milton, VT is a student at Vermont Technical College studying Mechanical Engineering. He has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his technology project Filabot. What is Filabot? More 

Widenhorn sold first 3D printer within one week after launch

Jan.8, 2012 -   In October 2011 Dutch company Widenhorn expanded her actitities by becoming an official 3D printer reseller in the Netherlands. More

3D print your own tie

Jan.7, 2012 -   If you like Jason's "Sweet As!" 3D printed tie, then you probably will also like the 3D printed tie from Thingiverse user Nudel_P. More

RapidPro 2012 expects 2000 visitors 

Jan.7, 2012 -  RapidPro, the annual event for the total Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling chain, takes place on 25 and 26 January 2012 in Veldhoven, The Netherlands. More 

Eyewear made through 3D printing and traditional needlework 

Jan.6, 2012 -  3D printing is becoming more prevalent in the design and fashion industry, designers Chloe McCormick and Nicholas O'Donnell-Hoareand collaborated to create these 3D printed tapestry glasses. More 

3D Systems scheduled to launch cubify.com at CES 

Jan.6, 2012 -  3D Systems is going to unveil cubify.com at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 10th--13th 2012 in the exclusive 3D@Home section. More 

MK7 filament guide spring loaded with ball bearing 

Jan.5, 2012 -  Do you have issues with diameter changes in your filament? Thingiverse user DieselG uses filament in diameter from 1.65mm to 1.85mm but he encounters a lot of problems. More 

Cool Send to Print / Print to Send Event in London 

Jan.5, 2012 -  If you have a chance to be in London in January or February, it might be a good idea to visit the Aram Gallery, London for timely exhibition "Send to Print / Print to Send".  More 

3D print you home to be a snow globe scene 

Jan.5, 2012 -  Artist Karl Stiefvater made this special and creative present for his wife, a snowglobe with a tiny copy of their home inside. More 

1st successful print test from DIY 3D DLP Printer 

Jan.4, 2012 -  3DLPrint has just made his first successful print test from the DIY Homemade 3D DLP Printer. More 

Makible working on $300 3D Printer 

Jan.4, 2012 -  Makible is designing a $300 3D printer. $300? Yes, Makible’s co-founder Jon Buford announced it on its blog. More 

3D Systems completes the acquisition of Z Corp and Vidar 

Jan.3, 2012 -  3D Systems Corporation announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Z Corporation ("Z Corp") and Vidar Systems ("Vidar") for $135.5 million in cash. More 

3D ice printer 

Jan.3, 2012 -  This three-year study is to develop computer-assisted ice construction techniques, for example using digital fabrication to construct buildings out of ice. More 

IRENE/3D scanner restores 125-Year-Old recordings 

Jan.3, 2012 -  Restoration specialists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA have succeeded in using 3D optical scanning technology to recreate 125 year old recordings. More 

Minecraft Village printed on a 3D printer 

Jan.2, 2012 -  Flickr user "post-apocalyptic research institute" shares photos of a 3D Printed Minecraft Village. More 

Objet 3D printer created vivid Angelina Jolie 3D protrait 

Jan.2, 2012 -  This 3D portrait is 3D printed using an Objet 3D printer. By using different thicknesses of resin photopolymers created a "negative" effect of a photograph. More 

Parametric Printrbot variant - new RepRap 3D printer 

Jan.2, 2012 -  Inspired by the great success of Printrbot, parametric Printrbot variant is a parametric version of the Printrbot designed and kept the same principle to be "extremely simple". More 

Experiment Polycarbonate with DIY 3D printer 

Jan.1, 2012 -  Luke Chilson and Alex English from ProtoParadigm LLC have been testing polycrabonate on Makerbot and Ultimaker 3D printer. More 

Super lightweight bike using 3D printed stainless steel lugs 

Dec.31, 2011 -  VRZ1. is a tack bike frame designed and built by Rhino user Ralf Holleis for his diploma thesis. This tack bike frame is combined by 3D printed stainless steel lugs and carbon fiber tubes. More 

Best 3D printing Campaigns on IndieGoGo & Kickstarter 2011 

Dec.30, 2011 -  IndieGoGo and Kickstarter are both online crowdfunding platform. In 2011 there are a number of projects in the 3D printing industry that were looking to raise money using Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. More 

Mineways makes Minecraft world objects 3D printing-ready 

Dec.30, 2011 -  How many of you are crazy about playing Minecraft? Have you ever thought of bringing a structure in Minecraft to life? Eric Haines from Autodesk made something for you. More 

Nu.nl interviews with Shapeways' CEO Peter Weijmarshausen 

Dec.29, 2011 -  Nu.nl, the biggest dutch news website interviewed recently with Peter Weijmarshausen, CEO of Shapeways about entrepreneurs and innovative trends. More 

Mysterious Gömböc built by Objet 3D printer 

Dec.28, 2011 -  A Gömböc (pronounced 'goemboets', from the Hungarian for dumpling) is a strange thing. It looks like an egg with edges, and it seems to have a life on its own. More 

3D Printer brings a Robotic Hand from design to life 

Dec.27, 2011 -  An engineering student, a robotics lover, Thingiverse user armjunkie has designed and created this amazing Robotic Hand. More 

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