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US government has high expectation from 3D Printing 

May.10, 2012 -  U.S. government is planing something big - reshape American manufacturing by launch a $60 million 3D printing research and educational program - a new 3D printing institute. More 

3D printing robot produces "satellite lamp" from recycled CD cases 

May.1, 2012 -  Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij presented his new pieces as part of the domus exhibition 'the future in the making' during milan design week 2012. You probably still remember his impressive 3D printing robot that squeezes the material out of a tube, layer by layer built the object up. More 

TNO shows new platform that makes 3D printing for mass production possible

Apr.30, 2012 -   TNO has been working for a long time developing Additive Manufacturing technology. They help improve the existing 3D printers such as getting higher accuracy, faster production and using more and more different materials. More

Auto-Leveling Platform for 3D printers under development 

Apr.27, 2012 -  Thingiverse user atntias is developing a simple solution for solving the problem on an aluminum bed. atntias wrote the code as a part of printrun for his project, named as Auto Leveling Platform. More 

Food printing experiments with a Makerbot at milan design week 2012

Apr.24, 2012 -   During exhibition "The Future in the Making" in Milan design week 2012, spanish architect josé ramon tramoyeres of GGlab (green geometries laboratory) and deniz manisali showed to the audience how 3D printing could change gastronomy and haute cuisine. More

3D printing rubber balloons

Apr.23, 2012 -  What these researchers have done is they take desired 3D shapes and create a program that calculates what empty balloon shape should be needed to produce the inflated-balloon design, and then they create a mold to make the uninflated balloon on a 3D printer. More 

From Chocolate to Ceramics 3D printing 

Apr.17, 2012 -  In February Tom Salo posted his Chocolate Extruder on thingiverse, a very interesting topic in 3D printing. The head he uses is a Moineau pump (progressive cavity pump) and can feed the chocolate through the printing nozzle to print any objects. More 

Progress on 3D Printed circuit board 

Apr.12, 2012 -  We'll be building circuit boards with 3D printers in few years, and it will not be too far away from now. Hobbyists are trying to produce simple circuit boards using a 3D printer to push the days coming earlier. More 

More progress with multicolored printing

Apr.11, 2012 -   Myles has another progress with the mixer nozzle. It has a small DC motor turning a stirrer in the brass hot end to churn the melt up. More

A nice video on the "3D printing today and tomorrow" made by Chris Barnett

Apr.8, 2012 -   This video discussed what 3D printing is and its advantages today and what it will be in the future. It is nicely presented by Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingTheFuture.com. More

Fly 3D printers to Mars and print out spacecraft

Apr.2, 2012 -   NASA is studying a technology known as "3D-Printable spacecraft", which is one of 30 potentially revolutionary technologies NASA is working on. The idea is to collect science data by embedded electronic devices. More

Build a heated build chamber for Rapman 3D printer 

Apr.1, 2012 -  UglyBuddha owns a Rapman 3.2 but as soon as he began to print, he started to experience noises and warping in larger printed objects. More 

3D printing robot creates Endless Chairs from melted fridges (Video)

Mar.28, 2012 -   The 3D printing robot squeezed the material out of a tube, layer by layer built the object up. Recycled materials are used as feedstock and the robot can create all kinds of furniture More

Time Magazine calls Makerbot CEO a game changer (video)

Mar.24, 2012 -   Time Magazine selected a few innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America and it calls them Game Changers. More

ABN AMRO sees big future in 3D printing 

Mar.18, 2012 -  Every year, ABN AMRO Bank in the Netherlands publishes analyzes and studies in various industries and sectors to shares its knowledge and vision. More 

A second generation 3D concrete printing is under development 

Mar.16, 2012 -  Modern Architecture is demanding new developments in construction manufacturing technology, a team at Loughborough University has been working on a 3D concrete printing project that could allow full scale building components to be 3D printed on-site to any design. More 

Using 3D Printing to create small business 

Mar.8, 2012 -  Alex Hornstein and Bilal Ghalib made their way across the US with four DIY 3D printers in the trunk of their Prius. They started the Pocket Factory project aiming to start a business of designing, producing and selling products made with low-cost 3D printers. More 

3D Systems CEO discusses 3D printing technology on CNBC

Feb.25, 2012 -   Last month, 3D Systems completed the acquisition of Z Corp. and Vidar Systems for $135.5 million from Contex Group, a private equity company located in Stockholm, Sweden. 3D Systems Corp. Thursday reported a drop in fourth-quarter earnings as costs rose. More

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Adrian Bowyer's new progress in multi-color 3D printing

Feb.24, 2012 -   Above is a mixer extruder for handling multiple materials that Adrian Bowyer built to take four 1.75mm coloured filaments and combine them out of a single nozzle. More

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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 

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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

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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

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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 

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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 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 

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3D Printing in space - Jason Dunn - let your ideas fly 

Dec.24, 2011 -  Jason Dunn, President and Co-Founder of Made in Space, made a speech at TEDx event at Embry Riddle University. More 

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A new year wish - create a 3D printer as a teleporter 

Dec.22, 2011 -  Teleporter, a device exists in sci-fiction film which can scan an object and send the information to another location. More 

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Microsoft 3D prints hardware prototypes in-house 

Dec.21, 2011 -  Josh Topolsky from theverge.com visited Microsoft labs and made a video in Microsoft's model shop, where hardware prototypes for keyboards and other devices are designed and created. More 

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3D printing hit the catwalk 

Dec.19, 2011 -  Is it art? Yes, and it is also fashion. The rise of 3D printing technology is unstoppable and has already reached the catwalk. More 

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Christmas dinner out of 3D printer 

Dec.13, 2011 -  The University of Twente and Het Foodatelier (the Food Studio) in the Netherlands will conduct a joint investigation into the technical and economic feasibility of 3D food printing. More 

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Made in Space receives $125,000 NASA funding to develop in-space 3D printing capability 

Dec.8, 2011 -  Made in Space, Inc. has been selected for a NASA Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop in-space 3D manufacturing capability for the International Space Station. They will receive up to $125,000 in NASA funding sometime next year. More 

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3D Printing - A Threat or An Opportunity For Mold Industry 

Nov.29, 2011 -  Is the advance of 3D printing going to make an end of traditional molding industry? Will all the mold makers disappear? Or on the contrary, is it an opportunity for mold makers? More 

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Haptic Intelligentsia - a human 3D printing machine brings craftsmanship into a computerized technology 

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Can 3D Printer create new knee?   Nov.19, 2011

3D printing is in the news all the time. The FabLabs where you can make products from 3D printer are established everywhere. You can print a car part, a toy or a lamp with this new digital fabrication. More 

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How To 3D Print Large Objects Without Warping      Nov.16, 2011

Jamie Mantzel wanted to make some 20cm+ long parts but the parts warped. After several experiments he  found a solution. 

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DoD Pursuing Additive Manufacturing       Nov.15, 2011

According to a recent Defense News article that Department Of Defense(DoD) is embracing DDM.

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Researchers Convert 2D Patterns Into 3D Objects by Shining Light      Nov.12, 2011

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a simple way to convert 2D patterns into 3D objects shining light. More 

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Food Printing - "The Killer App" of 3D Printing  Oct.30, 2011

We talk a lot about 3D printing, now it is time to talk about digital gastronomy: food printing. The development of food printer is newer than 3D printing, and at least very interesting. More

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Could 3D Printing Change the World?       

Could 3D Printing Change the World? Atlantic Council issued the latest Strategic Foresight Initiative Report, co-authored by Thomas Campbell, Christopher Williams, Olga Ivanova, and Banning Garrett. More 

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