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Fuel3D: Affordable point-and-shoot handheld 3D scanner on Kickstarter 

Jul.31, 2013 -  Fuel3D Inc. today launched Fuel3D, an affordable handheld 3D scanner that captures extremely high resolution mesh and color information of objects on crowd funding platform Kickstarter. More 

Design a 3D printed product to win a Solidoodle 3

Jul.31, 2013 -   To celebrate the launch of the Home Factory at this year's 100% design, the UK's largest contemporary design event is offering 5 lucky creatives the chance to have their designs printed in 3D. More

World's first 3D printed pool cue stick

Jul.31, 2013 -   The owner of a hobby shop in Baytown said his company, a joint venture between Razor Hobbies and Bay Vending, is the first to make custom pool cues using 3D printers. More

First commercial 3D printed metallic gun part 

Jul.31, 2013 -  Michigan-based Sintercore LLC have developed a range of muzzle brakes that is billed as the first commercial 3D printed firearm parts. More 

NZ programmer building impressive 3D-printed Aston Martin

Jul.31, 2013 -   But Ivan Sentch of Auckland, New Zealand is making his own Aston Martin DB4 using a Solidoodle 2 3D printer. More

Microsoft shows making 3D objects will be as easy as printing a Word doc 

Jul.30, 2013 -  Today, in its new episode of "On the Whiteboard" series Microsoft talks about this Windows 8.1 update, and some of the reasons why Microsoft is supporting 3D printing in its latest OS. More 

Elegant & affordable Kossel Clear delta 3D printer on Kickstarter 

Jul.30, 2013 -  As huge fans of 3D printers, Blue Eagle Labs, a California startup has launched their own delta 3D printer, the Kossel Clear on Kickstarter.  More 

MTU Study: 3D printers may soon be in every home

Jul.30, 2013 -   Michigan Tech researcher Joshua Pearce is predicting that personal manufacturing, like personal computing before it, is about to enter the mainstream in a big way. More

3D printed eyewear Protos launched crowd-funding campaign 

Jul.30, 2013 -  San Francisco started up Protos Eyewear have launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise $25,000 to get the company off the ground. More 

3D Systems expands its China presence 

Jul.30, 2013 -  3D Systems announced that Tianjin Real Estate Development Management Co., Ltd. in Northern China has begun selling its personal and professional 3D printers. More 

Disney's new image algorithm turns 2D photos into a 3D model

Jul.29, 2013 -   Disney Research, Zürich has developed a new program that can build 3D models from 2D photographs. More

Richrap releases design of 3DR RepRap Delta Printer 

Jul.29, 2013 -  Starting from today, Richrap will do a series of Blog posts to show assembly, setup, calibration, and firmware config in stages of his 3DR RepRap Delta Printer.  More 

3D printed wired face 

Jul.29, 2013 -  Inspired by Gil Bruvel's metal sculptures, 3D artist Leon Nicholls replicated the wrought iron effect in Blender and designed a face that is made up of different colored layers. More 

NASA awards $100,000 to initial analysis of 3D printing of biomaterials

Jul.29, 2013 -   NASA has selected 3D printing of biomaterials, such as arrays of cells as one of the 12 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program. More

Warning! This Pirate3D campaign on Indiegogo is 'fake' 

Jul.28, 2013 -  Aside from a slightly different name, the Burclader 3D printer project itself is identical to the Pirate3D's Kickstarter campaign. More 

3D printed luxury homes for hermit crabs 

Jul.28, 2013 -  Japanese artist Aki Inomata has used 3D printers to produce shelters for the hermit crabs, hoping they liked her shelters and moved into them. More 

3D printing ranks at no.6 in the 7 Fastest Growing Industries of 2013

Jul.28, 2013 -   Infographic "2013 Biggest Businesses & Fastest Growing Industries" covers the seven fastest growing industries for entrepreneurs and small business owners, their reasons for growth. More

Ford's 3D-printed shift Knob teaches how to drive a manual 

Jul.27, 2013 -  Ford engineer wants to make a manual transmission a bit easier to adjust to, with a new 3D printed shift knob that tells you when to shift based on haptic feedback. More 

STOXX introduces second 3D printing index 

Jul.26, 2013 -  STOXX, the Europe-based index provider, introduced this week a new STOXX Global 3D Printing Pure Play Index, which tracks "pure play" companies that are highly involved in the 3D printing sector. More 

Disney develops richly expressive 3D printed eyes for robots

Jul.26, 2013 -   By employing 3D printing, Disney Research, Pittsburgh has developed a new printed optics technology that is uniquely expressive, robust and adaptable for creating interactive characters' eyes. More

Freeform 3D printing with an undo function 

Jul.25, 2013 -  By injecting light-curing resin through a needle-like print head on a robotic arm one is able to shape freeform objects without the need for molds or other subtractive manufacturing processes. More 

This $200 3D printed bot can crack your phone's PIN in 20 hours 

Jul.25, 2013 -  This cheap, 3D-printed robot will punch in a code per second, systematically tries all of the possible PINs for your phone. It will crack an Android four-digit PIN in 20 hours or less. More 

NASA: Hot-Fire Tests Show 3-D Printed Rocket Parts Rival Traditional Parts

Jul.25, 2013 -   Marshall engineers built two subscale injectors with a specialized 3D printing machine and completed 11 mainstage hot-fire tests, accumulating 46 seconds of total firing time. More

Make It Stand: balancing shapes for 3D printing 

Jul.25, 2013 -  With the advent of 3D printing technologies, it becomes very simple to produce 3D physical models. The authors of Make It Stand want to assist users in modifying existing 3D models to create novel, balanced designs. More 

World's First 3D Printed Ink Cartridges 

Jul.24, 2013 -  Inkfactory's 3D printed Prototype black and colour cartridges, believed to be the world's first, are capable of printing at a comparable speed and quality to the Kodak branded cartridges they are modelled on. More 

3D Printing Competition: Win a brand-new 3D printer!

Jul.24, 2013 -  The upcoming 2013 IDSA conference will be launching a design contest - Design a 3D-printed car to launch down a ski-slope track at the conference. More

MIT Develops New Ways to Streamline, Simplify 3D Printing 

Jul.24, 2013 -  A team of researchers from the MIT developed OpenFab, a programmable "pipeline" architecture that allows for the production of complex structures with varying material properties. More 

Shapeways introducing bling-bling Gold Plated Brass 

Jul.24, 2013 -  Shapeways has launched a new material - Gold Plated Brass. Gold Plated Brass is a rich, highly polished material that's perfect for jewelry and precious objects. More 

iMakr to Launch First Pop-up-Store At Selfridges, London

Jul.24, 2013 -   iMakr is planning to open its First Pop-up-Store, from October 24th to the very end of 2013, at Selfridges, London. More

6% of British people say they have interest in owning a 3D printer, survey finds 

Jul.23, 2013 -  6% of people in the UK, or one in 17 people say they have interest in owning a 3D printer. 71% of people say they know very little or nothing about 3D printers, according to a new survey. More 

Microsoft Research working on embedding ID tags in 3D printed objects 

Jul.23, 2013 -  Microsoft Research is working on embedding ID tags in 3D printed objects. These internal tags, called InfraStructs, can be read with an imaging system using terahertz (THz) radiation. More 

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