3D printed payload-sensing GO-GO AirBoat wins Thingiverse's Make It Float Challenge
Jul.28, 2015 -
David Choi took home the first prize for designing and 3D printing a complex and fun GO-GO AirBoat that is not only a motorized, propeller-powered payload-sensing boat, but also comes with the most comprehensive guide you'll have ever seen on Thingiverse.
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Innofil3D prepares to launch new PET 3D printing filament next month
Jul.28, 2015 -
Next month, Innofil3D will be launching a campaign to help generate more awareness for PET plastic amongst 3D printing users of all types. The company is so confident about the material that they think that it will not only surge in popularity, but also become the new standard in 3D printing material.
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Designer converts an old vintage toolbox into a portable 3D printer
Jul.28, 2015 -
Boca Bearings, a Florida-based bearing company, has converted an old vintage toolbox into a very own portable and collapsible 3D printer. Starting with 'mockups' using existing 3D printed parts, designer Chad Bridgewater built a series of rough prototypes.
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Create your own 'Infill Percent' and 'Number of Shells' displays for your 3D printer
Jul.28, 2015 -
Thingiverse user 'duncan916' uploaded the 'Infill Percent Display' and 'Number of Shells Display' reference tools for anybody that is serious about their infills and/or shells.
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3D printing used to help convert Pontiac Firebird into a Knight Rider KITT car replica
Jul.28, 2015 -
The 3D Modular Systems team has recently built the KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) replica car from the popular 1980s Knight Rider TV series with the help of 3D printing.
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Engineer creates a 3D printed exoskeleton 'Spiderhand' for stroke victims
Jul.28, 2015 -
Daniel Levy, a design engineer, created a 3D printed open-source exoskeleton that is designed to help stroke victims or patients with lack of finger movement regain mobility in their hands.
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London's Grant Museum of Zoology uses 3D printing to recreate the rare extinct quagga
Jul.28, 2015 -
Jack Ashby, the manager at the Grant Museum of Zoology in London has recently turned to 3D printing to help recreate a leg for one of the rarest zoological museum specimens in the world, a quagga.
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Bence Agoston designs 3D printed MOOD sunglasses to add visual effects to music
Jul.27, 2015 -
Hungarian student Bence Agoston has come up with a much safer and more affordable alternative for seeing trippy effects while listing to music: the 3D printed MOOD sunglasses.
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New $10 3D printed foot prosthetics improve stability and gait as children grow
Jul.27, 2015 -
Researchers from the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia have developed an ingenious foot prosthetic design that can be optimized according to the wearer's individual gait and size, all for roughly $10 USD.
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Mutoh Industries unveils Value Arc MA5000-S1 metal arc welding 3D printer
Jul.27, 2015 -
Japanese printer manufacturer Mutoh is about to unveil the Value Arc MA5000-S1 3D printer, which is much more affordable than other metal 3D printers for its ability to use arc welding, rather than laser-based, technology.
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Fred the tortoise in Brazil receives a 3D printed replacement shell after original is destroyed in fire
Jul.27, 2015 -
A dedicated team of animal-lovers in Santos, São Paulo recently used 3D printing technology to save a tortoise's life. The team, consisting of a veterinary surgeon, a dentist, and a graphic designer, spent three months designing and printing an entirely 3D printed prosthetic as a complete replacement for the original.
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Maker creates smallest 3D printed plunger from Ninjaflex and wood filament
Jul.27, 2015 -
Instructables user wrote a simple and accessible tutorial for 3D printing multiple materials with a single extruder 3D printer, and has illustrated it by making the miniature plunger visible above using a combination of Ninjaflex and wood filament.
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Sunny Su develops 3D printed device for easily carrying multiple soft drink bottles
Jul.27, 2015 -
North Carolina-based student Sunny Su, who just unveiled 'O!' as a 3D printed solution to the age-old problem of how to conveniently carry multiple bottles at once.
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New IKEA hack lets you create a 3D printer enclosure for cheap
Jul.26, 2015 -
Instructables user 'phatima' recently made a 3D printer enclosure using cheap and widely-available IKEA furniture and generously shared his build instructions.
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Australian 3D printed surfboard startup Disrupt considers expanding to California
Jul.26, 2015 -
Among others who have been actively exploring the potential for 3D printing for surfboard designs include Australian entrepreneur and surfer Gary Elphick, whose company Disrupt Surfboards allows surfers to shape their own boards using online tools.
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KU e-Racing team uses 3D printing to produce race-ready car parts
Jul.25, 2015 -
Among others who have turned to additive manufacturing to develop ready-to-use car parts includes Kingston University's electric car racing team (KU e-Racing).
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Game design veterans launch NecroVirus, 3D printable zombie board game on Kickstarter
Jul.25, 2015 -
BoardCraft team, who have over 45 combined years of AAA title development, has just launched their first 3D printed board game Kickstarter campaign.
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Concept artist Jun Huang uses 3D printing to create impressive anatomical reference models
Jul.24, 2015 -
Aiming to help others learn to approach sketching images or sculpting models with anatomical features based on actual animals similar to his own techniques, Jun Huang has spent the past few years developing his own line of reference models - or figurines - based on his years of experience.
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Houston nonprofit OpHeart provides 3D printed heart models for local pediatric surgeons
Jul.24, 2015 -
Texas resident Anne Garcia founded OpHeart, a Houston-based nonprofit whose mission is to ensure that children receive the best cardiac care possible by helping provide a 3D printed model to the child's doctor for reference.
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Voxel8 raises $12M to launch their electronics 3D printer by end of 2015
Jul.24, 2015 -
Today, the Massachusetts company Voxel8 announced that they have raised an impressive $12 million through a round of Series A funding to further develop their additive manufacturing technology in an effort to bring their electronics 3D printer to market.
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Destiny fan Kirby Downey creates awesome 3D printed airsoft Thorn pistol that actually fires
Jul.24, 2015 -
South African designer Kirby Downey has 3D printed a functional airsoft version of the Thorn rifle from the Destiny video game. And the gun actually fires really well.
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Francesco Orrù pays tribute to DOOM 4 with amazing 3D printed sculpture of cover monster
Jul.24, 2015 -
The monstrous and awesome sculpture 3D printed by Myminifactory's Italian designer Francesco Orrù is a tribute to the upcoming DOOM 4 release. Amazingly detailed, the sculpture of this monster was based on the preview art for the upcoming game.
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Danit Peleg 3D prints entire ready-to-wear fashion collection at home
Jul.24, 2015 -
Israeli fashion student Danit Peleg has designed a completely 3D printed fashion collection for her graduate collection at the Shenkar College of Design. What's more, all pieces were simply designed at home on regular 3D printers.
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Francesco Orrù shares amazing design for an intricate 3D printed guitar inspired by lion, shark and eagle
Jul.24, 2015 -
Designer Francesco Orrù has just shared the designs for his 3D printed 4theswarm guitar, featuring a gorgeous intricate pattern that has been inspired by nature.
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NPUST first in Taiwan to 3D print animal prosthetics
Jul.24, 2015 -
The National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) in Taipei has become the first veterinary clinic in Taiwan to offer animal-specific rehabilitation centers and to produce animal prosthetics using computed tomography and 3D printed technology.
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1500-year-old ancient Hebrew scroll deciphered 45 years after discovery thanks to 3D scanning
Jul.24, 2015 -
A fragile scroll that had been burnt beyond recognition has finally been deciphered thanks to modern 3D scanning technology, and revealed to be not only a part of a Torah scroll, but the first Torah ever to be found inside a synagogue.
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FMW Fasteners rejects 3D printing as manufacturing technology after survey
Jul.24, 2015 -
Last week, FMW Fasteners rejected 3D printed manufacturing after customers responded negatively in a survey. FMW Fasteners is a Houston, Texas-based web shop for (contractor grade) metal nuts, bolts, anchor components and more, that began looking into the advantages of 3D printing.
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Brazilian soccer star Kaká and Limbitless Solutions give bionic hand to six-year-old boy
Jul.24, 2015 -
Limbitless Solutions, a 3D printing initiative that seeks to provide kids with free bionic limbs, teamed up with Brazilian soccer star Kaká to give a custom bionic hand to the six year old Paulo Costa Boa Nova.
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UCAR technologists develop low cost 3D printed weather stations for rural communities
Jul.24, 2015 -
Thanks to the work from technologists Kelly Sponberg and Martin Steinson however, small rural communities in developing countries may be able to have their own sustaining weather stations thanks to 3D printing.
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Swedish researchers create a nanoscale 3D printed bunny using folded DNA
Jul.23, 2015 -
Swedish scientists have developed a new automated method to fold DNA strands into custom complex 3D structures including a bunny profile. The new results will help pave the way for DNA nanotechnology in medicine over the next 10 years.
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