Create 3D portrait sculptures using DNA samples and 3D printer

Jan.29, 2013 -   One of her recent projects is Stranger Visions. In Stranger Visions, Dewey-Hagborg creates portrait sculptures from unknown random people. More

i.Materialise shares file for 3D printing a functional Nokia Lumia 820 case 

Jan.29, 2013 -  After Nokia released its 3D printing file for the Lumia 820 covers, engineers at i.Materialise printed a few of the shells and found out the plans provided are too brittle to be used. More 

Make a Nexus 4 dock on a Makerbot Replicator 

Jan.29, 2013 -  Thingiverse user Micah Ganske didn't want to wait any longer to get an official Nexus 4 dock, so he made his own in Blender.  More 

3D printing market in Japan: 7.7 billion yen by 2015

Jan.29, 2013 -   Yano Economic Research Institute Japan releases survey results on the domestic 3D printing market. The survey forecasts that Japanese 3D printing market will increase to 7.7 billion yen. More

Are 3D printing stocks overvalued? 3D Systems, Stratasys plunge 

Jan.29, 2013 -  Yesterday a post by a Seeking Alpha contributor says 3D Systems (DDD) maybe overvalued. Sratasys (SSYS) has emerged as the chief competitor of 3D Systems (DDD) in the industry.  More 

Falling cost of 3D printers leads to rise in personalised sex toys 

Jan.28, 2013 -  The falling cost of 3D printers has seen a rise in demand for personalised sex toys that can be printed at home. But The mainstream 3D printing industry seems reluctant to talk about this nascent trend. More 

3D printing company ExOne announces terms for its $75 million IPO

Jan.28, 2013 -   ExOne Company (Nasdaq: XONE), a global provider of three-dimensional printers and printed products to industrial customers, today announced terms for its IPO. More

3D printed Batman, Superman, Transformer bottle opener rings 

Jan.28, 2013 -  Every guy has a beer bottle opener of some kind, but not everyone has a 3D printed stainless bottle opener rings with Bat signal.  More 

China may become a major 3D printing market for Stratasys  

Jan.28, 2013 -  Two leading professional 3D printer manufacturers, Stratasys and Objet completed its merger in December. After the merger the new company has more than 50% market share of the professional 3D printers. More 

Award-winning project: Low-cost, 3D printable prosthetic hand (video) 

Jan.28, 2013 -   The low-cost, 3D printable prosthetic hand is similar to the human hand and is purely mechanical and has no electronic parts. More

Homemade 3D printed Mario 

Jan.28, 2013 -  This Mario below is very different from those official action figures, it is made and printed by Seigey on a 3D printer and then painted afterwards.  More 

Thinking like Archimedes with a 3D printer 

Jan.27, 2013 -  This approach allowed us to create physical proofs of results known to Archimedes and illustrate ideas of a mathematician who is known both for his for his mechanical inventions. More 

Building a 3D printer that can print two objects at once

Jan.27, 2013 -   For his no.4 3D printer he wants something not only portable, but can print two identical objects simultaneously. More

First 3d Printing Store in Colorado 

Jan.26, 2013 -  Colorado's first 3D printing store was opened in December 2013 in Denver. More 

Egyptian Mummy's Elaborate Hairstyle Revealed with CT scanning and 3D printing 

Jan.26, 2013 -  Thanks to skeletal data from recent CT scans and 3D printing technology, a forensic artist were able to reconstruct the faces of this woman, along with two other mummies. More 

Pez Hacking: customised Pez sweet dispensers with 3D-printed heads

Jan.25, 2013 -   Since we have been totally obsessed with 3D scanning since the Eamesunk Chair Remix. For this project, we decided to remix the human body to create personalized Pez dispenser heads. More

Printrbot launches new iPhone App for finding and downloading 3D Models 

Jan.25, 2013 -  Printrbot launches a new iPhone App "Marrz", a community of "Makers" sharing open source files for 3D printing, laser cutting and machining (CNC). More 

US Department of Homeland Security planning to adopt rapid prototyping in R&D 

Jan.25, 2013 -  DHS issues a Request for Information (RFI) for gathering all the information about rapid prototyping, aiming to introduce rapid prototyping technology into R&D and mission for S&T. More 

CARTIS to Showcase Benefits of Digital Design and Additive Fabrication in Maxillofacial Surgery

Jan.25, 2013 -   CARTIS will present its best practices for the production of custom medical devices using digital technologies and additive manufacturing fabrication methods. More

3D printed Game of Thrones inspired iPhone/Android Dock 

Jan.25, 2013 -  Inspired by the Iron Throne, Maker mstyle183 designed an iPhone 5 dock and printed on a 3D printer. More 

Make a DIY 3D bioprinter out of an old inkjet to print biomaterials 

Jan.25, 2013 -  BioCurious is a hackerspace, working laboratory and technical library located in Sunnyvale, CA. Not like many other hackspaces, BioCurious is a hackerspace for biotech. More 

Clean and elegant DeltaMaker personal 3D printer

Jan.24, 2013 -   DeltaMaker is a clean looking personal 3D printer built on a delta robot platform. It has a rigid aluminum extrusion construction. More

Open-source 3D printed RoboHand changes one little boy's life 

Jan.24, 2013 -  Liam is nearly 5 years old and was born with Ambiotic Band Syndrome. He has no fingers on his right hand. More 

Olaf Diegel launched a new 3D printed electric guitar Americana 

Jan.24, 2013 -  3D Systems announced today a brand new, one-of-a-kind 3D printed guitar, the Americana, embedding the rich details of New York City's most memorable landmarks. More 

Build your own fantastical characters with 3D printed modular action figures ModiBot

Jan.24, 2013 -   Build and customize your own action bot, a figure that you could move around, pose and show up its personality. More

Give your own 3D chocolate face to your sweetheart on Valentine's Day 

Jan.24, 2013 -  "FabCafe" in Shibuya, Tokyo is organizing a workshop to offer women a chance to make 3D chocolates modeled from their own face using 3D scanner and 3D printer. More 

Gibbages custom 3D printed cases for your HTC Windows Phone 8X 

Jan.23, 2013 -  If you have an HTC Windows Phone 8X, you can buy your custom 3D printed case now. More 

What makers think of Nokia's 3D printing kits

Jan.23, 2013 -   But not everyone is impressed by the quality of released 3D printing files. Engineers at Materialise printed a few of the shells. More

New 3D Builder 3D printer from Netherlands 

Jan.23, 2013 -  Code P-West BV has 10 years experience in mechatronics and they have recently developed a compact desktop 3D printer "3D Builder". More 

3D print sugar filaments on RepRap for research in regenerative medicine (video) 

Jan.23, 2013 -  Miller involved with the 3D printing community since its infancy and he uses a RepRap 3D printer to print sugar filaments for research in regenerative medicine. More 

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