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Burritob0t: a 3D printer prints Mexican food 

May.17, 2012 -  Marko Manriquez developed his thesis project as a graduate for the Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU: the Burritob0t, a 3D printer that produce burritos, yes, ingredients for Mexican food.  More 

Tantillus portable opensource 3D printer now on Indiegogo 

May.16, 2012 -  Brad is starting his crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo and releasing a limited number of Tantillus units. The Tantillus 3D printer has two versions: laser cut acrylic edition and printed versions. More 

Resin-based 3D printer B9Creator for high-quality prints currently on Kickstarter 

May.11, 2012 -  A high resolution 3D printer named B9Creator from Michael Joyce is now on Kickstarter. This B9Creator is another resin-based 3D printer using DLP projector to make quick solid cure layer by layer. More 

LeapFrog launches 3D printers and new website 

May.9, 2012 -  In late March/early April the website from LeapFrog was still only one page and only took pre-orders, but this week, not only the printers are launched At DRUPA fair in Dusseldorf, Germany but also a new website goes online. More 

A visit to Mixshop: the new MixG1 3D printer

by Andre Tiemann | May.9, 2012 -   While Mixshop has been selling low-cost Prusa Mendel kits for nearly a year now, they are now ready to bring their own printer into the mix (pun intended). More

Stratasys Announced its newest Mojo 3D Printer

May.8, 2012 -  Stratasys today announced its latest effort: the Mojo 3D Printer, which comes in a complete system called a 3D Print Pack. The Mojo 3D Print Pack is the market's lowest-priced professional-grade complete 3D printing system. More 

Inventables is now taking pre-orders for Hadron ORD Bots

May.8, 2012 -   The well-designed kit Hadron ORD Bot from bdring is now being sold at Inventables.com. The ORD Bot Hadron is a 3D printer mechanical platform that uses MakerSlide extrusions for the linear bearings and for most of the frame. More

Fully Assembled RapCraft 3D printer

May.3, 2012 -   RapCraft 3D printer is developed for the low-end consumer market. What makes RapCraft different from other 3D printers? Almost the whole construction of RapCraft is made of aluminum, which is light-weight and solid. More

Another $300 desktop 3D printer kit

May.2, 2012 -   Billy Zelsnack / Adjunct Engineering LLC just launched a $300 desktop 3D printer kit on Kickstarter. Unlike Makible, Printxel 3D Printer have a beta kit, and also made some impressive sample prints. More

Maxit 3D printer joins Human vs machine re-match tonight

Apr.27, 2012 -   The 3D printer supplied by A1 Technologies is their newest developed model Maxit 3D printer. The Maxit is super light (only 2.7kg) and very easy to transport. It contains not more than 200 parts. More

New Affordable Bukobot 3D printer with expandable framework

Apr.22, 2012 -   Another new and affordable 3D Printer is on Kickstarter. Named as Bukobot, this 3D printer uses new Buko framework designed by Diego Porqueras of Pasadena, CA, USA. More

The new Solidoodle G2 3D printer is launched - starting at $499 

Apr.19, 2012 -  At NY Tech Day yesterday Solidoodle launched their new Solidoodle 2. The prices for this pre-assembled 3D printer serie with a larger 6x6x6" (152x152x152mm) build area start at $499. More 

iRapid - A new 3D printer built with "rack and pinion" concept 

Apr.19, 2012 -  iRapid, a new 3D printer made by iRapid.de in Germany is ready to hit the market. iRapid is a complete assembled 3D printer, one of the first fully assembled 3D printers in Europe. More 

Rapid Shape brings fastest 3D printer to the market

Apr.18, 2012 -   The 3D printers TNO developed in past four years, is now brought to the market by Rapid Shape, a German company specializing in creation of jewelry, via a process of lost wax casting. More

Voxeljet introduces first continuous 3D printing machine 

Apr.12, 2012 -  Continuous 3D printing technology represents a new dimension in the manufacturing of moulds and models without tools. The process steps of building and unpacking run in parallel, without having to interrupt system operation.  More 

New Maxit 3D printer will be launched soon 

Apr.10, 2012 -  London based A1 Technologies is a distributor of low-cost 3D Printers established in 2009. With the experience and expertise accumulated in the years A1 Technologies decided to design and make their own version of 3D printer More 

World's first 3D chocolate printer now up for pre-order 

Apr.6, 2012 -  Choc Creator, world first commercial 3D chocolate printer is launched. The company behind it is Choc Edge Ltd, a spin-off company from the University of Exeter, UK founded by Dr Liang Hao. More 

MiiCraft - A pico projector based home built DLP 3D printer 

Apr.5, 2012 -  Guys from MiiCraft are also developing an affordable Stereolithography 3D printer. MiiCraft has a similar design to that of Junior Veloso's DLP Printer but it uses a "pico" projector. More 

Leapfrog introduces fully assembled plug-and-play 3D printers to mass market 

Apr.4, 2012 -  Dutch startup Leapfrog wants to bring fully assembled high quality 3D printers to mass market.  More 

High resolution DIY 3D printer on Indiegogo

Apr.3, 2012 -   High resolution DIY 3D printer from Junior Veloso has got enorm positive feedback and ever since they are listed in Indiegogo, in just 1 day they have raised $45,279 of $300,000 Goal. More

Basic and complete Resin-based 3D Printer kit ready for pre-order

Mar.30, 2012 -   For months DIY hobbyist have been waiting for updates on Junior Veloso's resin-based 3D printer. Finally Junior Veloso has updated his blog. More

Pocket printer under development 

Mar.26, 2012 -  Thingiverse user dkennell brought us this tiny and compacted 3D printer, with a print volume is 120mm W x 100mm D x 65mm H.  More 

Introducing Cartesio CNC/3D printer kit 

Mar.23, 2012 -  Cartesio is an interesting project. It is a desktop CNC machine, but it comes standard with a 3D print extruder and the Heated Bed build platform.  More 

Customizable Maxifab 3d Printing Framework with user determined build volume

Mar.22, 2012 -   Ryan Robinson launched his Maxifab 3D Printing framework on Kickstarter on Mar.16, 2012 and he has 10 backers up to now. More

ORD Bot 3D printers and MakerSlide available for pre-order 

Mar.22, 2012 -  As we reported earlier, the ORD Bot 3D printer platform uses MakerSlide structure and linear bearing. The first build platform is 135 x 135mm, so bdring(Barton Dring) named it the Quantum ORD bot. More 

Affordable Blueprinter SHS 3D printer for desktop sintering 

Mar.21, 2012 -  The Danish start-up company Blueprinter ApS is about to hit the world 3D printing market with a patent SHS™ (selective heat sintering) technology. More 

Building an extra large Ultimaker 3D printer 

Mar.14, 2012 -  Inspired from the Ultimaker, Mattinv wants to build a large envelope 3D printer with same speed as Ultimaker but better accuracy at a reasonable cost.  More 

Breakthrough: High-speed 3D printer with nanoscale precision

Mar.12, 2012 -   Researchers all over the world are working on 3D printers today. The Vienna University of Technology has now made a major breakthrough in the 3D printing technology: it is now possible to print three dimensional objects with incredibly fine details using "two-photon lithography". More

New 3D-ONE 3D printer from Robot Factory 

Mar.12, 2012 -  Robot Factory in Italy has unveiled their new 3D-ONE 3D printer, which has been designed and created to provide an extremely large build volume for printing larger 3D models.  More 

RouterStrap 3D printer on the CNC Machine 

Mar.10, 2012 -  This good looking machine is a recent innovation from British inventor Sean (Clanzer). This is a RouterStrap 3D printer built on one of his CNC frame.  More 

How low can a Prusa Mendel 3D printer cost go 

Mar.8, 2012 -  theFrankes.com made a spreadsheet of the parts cost breakdown for his Prusa Mendel 3D printer. Building a Prusa Mendel has costed him about $300. More 

Could Makibox's $350 3D printer raise more money than they have reached now? YES!

Mar.1, 2012 -   Makible is a website similar as Kickstarter that designers and engineers can raise initial funding for their creative projects. Makibox is the first project launched by Makible. Designed by Jon Buford, one of the co-founders of Makible, Makibox is a spin-off of open source Reprap 3D printer designed... More

Launch party for KamerMaker - First large-scale movable pavilion 3D-print rooms 

Feb.24, 2012 -  This Saturday there will be a launch and fundraising party at the Open Coop in Amsterdam for the Kamermaker, a movable pavilion that can 3D print entire rooms of plastics. At the party a film about the Kamermaker will be played and a workshop with Ultimaker and €PERMINUTEDESIGN will take place. More 

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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

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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

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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

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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 

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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

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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

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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

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Fab@Home 3D Printer Makes anything 

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

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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 

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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

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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

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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

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MakerBot announces Replicator 3D printer and new Thingiverse 

Jan.7, 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 

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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

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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3D printer beauty - Prusa Air 

Dec.26, 2011 -  Inspired by the revolution of Josef Prusa for simplifying the construction of RepRap Mendel, Thingiverse user Mecano made this 3D printer beauty - Prusa air. More 

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What will 3D printers be like in the future? 

Dec.18, 2011 -  Is this our future 3D printer? New York based Designer Andre Dettler designed this DIY 3D printer for home use. More 

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A closer look at Buildatron Systems 

Dec.16, 2011 -  Do you want to discover who is behind Buildatron Systems, the Brooklyn based 3D printer manufacturer, and where do they produce the 3D printers and how their Buildatron 2 works? More 

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Behind the invention of world's smallest 3D printer 

Dec.11, 2011 -  Klaus Stadlmann, who invented the world’s smallest 3D printer made a speech at TEDx event shared with the audience how he got the idea of making the world’s smallest 3D printer and what his motivation behind. More 

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The Fablicator 3D printer set to launch at Q1 2012 

A brand new personal 3D printer has emerged on the scene, Pennsylvania-based Fablicator. The company web site currently lists their first product: fully assembled Fablicator 3D printer. More 

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 Bits from Bytes Rapman 3.2 3D printer kit videos   

Dec.2, 2011 - RapMan 3.2 with a single head printing a scale model of the Bloodhound SSC land speed car. 

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3D printer prices comparison  updated on Dec.1, 2011

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The Fabbster 3D printer - ready for mass market   

Dec.1, 2011 - The Fabbster is unveiled this week at the Euromold 2011 conference in Frankfurt. The Fabbster is a compact 3D printer which fits on a desk. Using a data processing software from netfabb... More 

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Asiga releases the world's first 3D Printer using UV LED System    

Nov.30, 2011 - This 3D printer, light and tiny, weighs in at only 10.5 kg. More 

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Printrbot Project - Simplest 3D Printer Recently Launched      Nov.17, 2011

Brook Drumm started an open hardware project with self-made Printrbot. He designed the Printrbot to be the simplest 3D printer that you can assemble and printing in a couple of hours. More 

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Zcorp issues eBook: 3D Printer Buyer's Guide    Nov.17, 2011

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How To Make Your Own Stereolithography 3D Printer     Nov.15, 2011

RobHopeless wanted a better printing resolution and quality than the currently 3D printer kits such as Makerbot, Ultimaker or Reprap can make. So he decided to make his own printer. More 

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Projet HD3000 3D printing in small thicknesses    

Oct.20, 2011 - The ProJet HD 3000 prints precision, durable plastic parts ideal for functional testing, design communication, rapid manufacturing..  More  

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The World’s Smallest 3D Printer

Oct.1, 2011 - This smallest 3D printer weighs 1.5 kilograms, it costs around 1200 Euros. If the size of the printer get smaller, the prices will also get lower when it is produced in big quantities. At that time everyone can just afford it. More 

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