NASA grant $125K to fund 3D food printer
May.21, 2013 - Systems & Materials Research Corporation (SMRC), just received a six month, $125,000 grant from NASA to further develop a fully functional 3D food printer. More
May.20, 2013 -
taofledermaus 3D print his own plastic shotgun slugs, with a spin on it to keep it balance.
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Chilean Thinker Thing created first ever 3D object with the mind
May.20, 2013 - On 8th May 2013 George Lakowsky, CTO of Thinker Thing successfully created a real physical object with his mind. More
Charge Bikes: 3D titanium printing, the future of bike production (video)
May.20, 2013 - Nick Larsen, Charge Bikes General Manager, tours the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company who uses 3D printing to produce titanium dropouts for Charge Bikes. More
Type A Machines presents aluminum-framed Series 1 Pro 3D printer
May.20, 2013 -
At Maker Faire Bay Area 2013, San Francisco based Type A Machines presented their latest "engineering concept": the Series 1 Pro.
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Sugar Lab 3D printed sweet geometric sculptures entirely from sugar
May.20, 2013 - Los Angeles-based Kyle and Liz, a husband and wife architectural design team in Los Angeles have figured out a way to 3D print objects using sugar. More
Tinkercad reopens, Autodesk agrees to acquire Tinkercad
May.19, 2013 - Design software maker Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Saturday revealed that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tinkercad, an easy-to-use browser-based 3D design tool. More
An 11-year-old inventor and his 3D printer (video)
May.18, 2013 -
Andrew Man-Hudspith is 11 years old but he has used his 3D printer to make plastic objects and repair things that breaks.
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H3Dpro - 3D body scan and 3D figurine printing on Indiegogo
May.18, 2013 - Belgium natives Philippe Letellier and Fred Paulus, Founders of H3Dpro, LLC, have launched a campaign on Indiegogo to provide HD, full-body or face 3D scanning services. More
Make a longbow out of a pair of skis... with help of 3D printer
May.18, 2013 - James Hobson made a longbow out of an old pair of skis and some plastic parts printed solid out of ABS. The draw weight is around 25lbs. More
IC3D printers launches crowd funding campaign to make better 3D printing material
May.18, 2013 -
Dublin, Ohio-based IC3D Printers has launched a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo to manufacture high-quality, more affordable and locally made 3D printing material.
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Mataerial 3D printer allows you to create objects in the air
May.17, 2013 - Mataerial 3D printer prints Object on any given working surface independently of its inclination and smoothness, and without a need of additional support structures. More
3D printed robot bird can dive, spiral, flip - and fool a hawk
May.17, 2013 - The flying 3D printed robot bird: it can dive and roll and looks so realistic that other birds have attacked it in flight. More
A food bowl which gives a hand … to disabled hands!
May.17, 2013 -
Shelly and Gaïa will spend May and June 3-D printing bowls and using those to cast ceramic, food-safe versions.
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Formlabs announcing new print material: clear resin
May.17, 2013 - The Formlabs team, David Cranor, Maxim Lobovsky, and Natan Linder, has launched their first print material: clear resin. More
Pirate3D reveals tech specs for Buccaneer 3D printer
May.17, 2013 - Pirate3D reveals a comparison chart of the Buccaneer 3D printer to the MakerBot Replicator 2. More
Introducing Tumaker Voladora Desktop 3D printer
May.16, 2013 -
Tumaker Voladora is a new 3D printer designed and built by the Basque Country based Tumaker.
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3D-printed growing wearable accessories inspired by cordyceps, Insect-eating Fungus
May.16, 2013 - Fascinated by cordyceps and images of patterns in nature on a macro and micro level, architect and designer Xuedi Chen wants to turns them into fashion using 3D printing. More
3D scanning reveals caterpillars turning into butterflies
May.16, 2013 - How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly? Scientists from the University of Manchester have taken 3D images of a caterpillar and watched the whole process using micro-CT scanning technology. More
Prince Harry and David Cameron meet the 3D printed Makie dolls - of themselves
May.16, 2013 -
As part of the GREAT Britain / Innovation is GREAT campaign, London-based MakieLab was invited to present its Makies toys to attendees at yesterday's showcase.
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SkinPrint: 3D Bio-printed human skin can help burn victims
May.16, 2013 - Four students from Leiden University in the Netherlands have come up a striking concept: SkinPrint. "SkinPrint will solve this major issue by producing human skin with a 3D Bioprinter." Notes the team. More
3D-printed gun lasts only one shot in Finnish test
May.16, 2013 - The Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle has also successfully printed a replica of "Liberator". Journalist Ville Vaarne downloaded the blueprints and went to Aalto University in Espoo to get it printed out. More
PP3DP releases UP Plus 2 3D printer
May.15, 2013 - Beijing based Delta Micro Factory Corp. (PP3DP) announced today the release of its UP Plus 2 3D printer, an upgraded version based on its flagship product UP! Plus. More
3D printed Smart Watch band for your iPod Nano on Indiegogo
May.15, 2013 - Brooklyn based designer Dominic Prescod has launched VIR/The 6th Relic, a 3D printed Smart Watch band on Indiegogo. More
Shape-It-Up lets designers manipulate 3D shapes using hand gestures
May.15, 2013 - A new design tool that specialised computer algorithms and a depth-sensing camera could enable designers and artists to create and modify 3D shapes using hand gestures instead of keyboard and mouse. More
Amsterdam college banned teachers and students from 3D-printing a gun
May.15, 2013 -
The Executive Council of Amsterdam's hbo college has banned students and lecturers from making a gun with the college's 3D printer.
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Entrepreneur 3D-printed Google Glass and shared the design
May.15, 2013 - No need to worry about that you don't have US$1,500 to be a Google Glass early adopter. Someone in China has 3D-printed out his own Google glass and share the design for free. More
The Smithsonian is 3D-scanning the past for future generations
May.14, 2013 - What can you do to bring some of the Smithsonian's 137 million objects to life? The Smithsonian decided to use laser arm scanners to preserve its collection. More
World's first fully 3D-printed mobiles
May.14, 2013 -
Marco Mahler, a kinetic sculptor specializing in mobiles, and Henry Segerman, have released a collection of fully 3D-printed mobiles today.
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Quentin Harley released SCARA based "RepRap Morgan" 3D printer and its design
May.14, 2013 - Reprap Morgan is a concentric dual arm SCARA FDM 3D printer, designed and built by Quentin Harley. The SCARA stands for Selective Compliant Assembly Robot Arm or Selective Compliant Articulated Robot Arm. More