http://www.3ders.org3ders.orgen-usWed, 19 Oct 2011 14:41:04 +0200Fri, 24 May 2013 16:12:25 +0200RssPublisher 0.2.0 betaFri, 24 May 2013 16:12:21 +0200New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has warned the public against the use of 3-dimensional printed guns, pointing out that they are both dangerous and illegal.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130524-nsw-police-commissioner-warns-of-dangers-of-3d-guns.html3D Printing ApplicationsFri, 24 May 2013 15:40:52 +0200A research team led by Cornell University's Creative Machines Lab has created something remarkable: a computer algorithm that can be used to witness virtual creatures evolving their squishy, muscle-like features in order to teach themselves to walk.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130524-3d-printers-may-speed-soft-robots-evolution.html3D Printing ApplicationsThu, 23 May 2013 23:50:36 +0200Wohlers Associates, Inc. an independent consulting firm today announced the release of the Wohlers Report 2013, the company's annual in-depth analysis of additive manufacturing and 3D printing worldwide.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130523-wohlers-report-2013-reveals-growth-of-low-cost-3d-printers-cools-signficantly.html3D Printing TechnologyThu, 23 May 2013 22:37:42 +0200A new bulletin from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warns that it could be "impossible" to stop 3D-printed guns from being made.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130523-homeland-security-bulletin-it-could-be-impossible-to-stop-3d-printed-guns.html3D Printing ApplicationsThu, 23 May 2013 19:18:38 +0200After two years of development the Poland-based Zortrax team has finally launched its Zortrax M200 3D printer on Kickstarter. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130523-stylish-zortrax-m200-3d-printer-launched-on-kickstarter.html3D PrintersThu, 23 May 2013 18:01:51 +0200Jingdong Mall, the largest online B2C market in China, has become the first Chinese retailer to sell 3D printers, starting with the Cube from 3D Systems.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130523-largest-chinese-online-retailer-starts-selling-cube-3d-printers.html3D PrintersThu, 23 May 2013 14:12:17 +0200Today BotObjects has updated their website and released specifications of ProDesk3D 3D printer. They have also posted some images of the items which it claims were printed on their new full color 3D printer. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130523-botobjects-releases-3d-print-samples-opens-for-telephone-early-orders.html3D PrintersThu, 23 May 2013 12:06:04 +0200A baby's life has been saved by using a device to restore his breathing created by a 3D printer. Kaiba Gionfriddo, a six-week-old baby collapsed and turned blue when the family was at a restaurant. In the following months Kaiba continued to stop breathing on a regular basis and required resuscitation daily, his collapsed bronchus blocking the crucial flow of air to his lungs.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130523-baby-life-saved-with-groundbreaking-bioresorbable-splint-made-by-3d-printer.html3D Printing ApplicationsWed, 22 May 2013 23:58:21 +0200The cases were created by Mark Storm, a graphic/tattoo designer from Holland, to fit the iphones 4, 4s and 5. Storm is inspired by the Maori & Samoan style and other tribal tattoo styleshttp://www.3ders.org/articles/20130522-3d-printed-maori-design-for-iphone-case.html3D Printing ApplicationsWed, 22 May 2013 22:45:10 +0200The U.S. Navy could soon use 3D printing to shake up current supply chains, sea basing and even maritime strategy, said Lieutenant Commander Michael Llenza, author of article "Print when ready, Gridley" published on Armed Forces Journal.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130522-3d-printing-could-shake-up-us-navy-supply-chains.html3D Printing ApplicationsWed, 22 May 2013 18:10:19 +02003D Systems (NYSE:DDD) launched today Cubify Draw, a free mobile 3D printing app that allows anyone with an iPhone, iPad or iPad Mini device to create 3D printable content with their fingertips.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130522-3d-systems-launches-free-cubify-draw-for-iphone-and-ipad.html3D SoftwareWed, 22 May 2013 14:47:23 +0200Father's Day is approaching. For mums who are tired of asking their kids to put together their best drawing skills and add one more doodle to daddy's already consequent collection, here is the appealing alternative proposed by Columbia, South Carolina based Doodlesculpt: to turn those drawings into 3D sculptures by using 3D printing technology.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130522-make-your-kids-drawings-come-alive-with-3d-printing.html3D Printing ApplicationsWed, 22 May 2013 14:06:07 +0200Microsoft launched its next-generation video game console 'the Xbox One' on May 21st at a special event on their corporate campus in Redmond, Washington.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130522-microsoft-new-xbox-one-design-benefits-from-3d-printing.html3D Printing ApplicationsTue, 21 May 2013 23:36:54 +0200A small group of toy developers at 3DKitbash have come up with a 3D Printer test kit aiming to help makers forecast their 3D Printer's abilities. 3DKitbash's '3D Printer Test Kit' allows you to test print small 'Tolerance Chips' to see how your 3D printer will handle different modelling characteristics or materials.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130521-3d-printer-test-kit-on-kickstarter.html3D Printing MaterialsTue, 21 May 2013 19:10:55 +0200One of application of his project was the construction of 3D Printers. These components are designed to be as modular and reusable as possible. In collabration with Johann Rocholl, the creator of the Rostock and Kossel 3D printer, Tam's team launches the next generation deltabothttp://www.3ders.org/articles/20130521-open-source-openbeam-kossel-pro-3d-printer-on-kickstarter.html3D PrintersTue, 21 May 2013 15:49:31 +0200Have you got a lot of digital photos in your computer? Now, if you have an access to a 3D printer, you can print them out in 3D. Amanda Ghassaei, assistant tech editor at Instructables printed LP records on a professional 3D printer back in December 2012. This week she showed us at Instructables how to print photographs on a 3D printer.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130521-how-to-print-photographs-on-a-3d-printer.html3D Printing ApplicationsTue, 21 May 2013 14:56:08 +0200Guide4Blind is a trendsetting project used by Kreis Soest and Wirtschaft & Marketing Soest GmbH to develop new tourism experiences for the visually impaired and blind. Behind the scenes, it is 3D printing technology that plays a big part in the success of this project.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130521-sightseeing-by-touch-experience-the-world-with-3d-models.html3D Printing ApplicationsTue, 21 May 2013 13:48:18 +0200"I think, and many economists think, that current food systems can't supply 12 billion people sufficiently," says Anjan Contractor, a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Systems and Materials Research Corporation (SMRC) in Austin, TX.. "So we eventually have to change our perception of what we see as food." Contractor's company, Systems & Materials Research Corporation (SMRC), just received a six month, $125,000 grant from NASA - NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program - to further develop a fully functional 3D printer for printing customized nutritious food for astronauts during long distance space travel.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130521-nasa-grant-to-fund-3d-food-printer.html3D PrintersMon, 20 May 2013 23:41:03 +0200taofledermaus 3D print his own plastic shotgun slugs, with a spin on it to keep it balance.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130520-3d-printed-bullets.html3D Printing ApplicationsMon, 20 May 2013 22:02:41 +0200Last November Bryan Salt of Thinker Thing in Santiago Chile announced that he was working on a software that allows the user to evolve 3d models with the power of thought. On 8th May 2013 George Lakowsky, CTO of Thinker Thing successfully created a real physical object with his mind.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130520-chilean-thinker-thing-created-first-ever-3d-object-with-the-mind.html3D Printing ApplicationsMon, 20 May 2013 15:35:49 +0200Nick Larsen, Charge Bikes General Manager, tours the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company who uses 3D printing to produce titanium dropouts for Charge Bikes.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130520-charge-bikes-3d-titanium-printing-the-future-of-bike-production.html3D Printing ApplicationsMon, 20 May 2013 14:06:35 +0200At Maker Faire Bay Area 2013, San Francisco based Type A Machines presented their latest "engineering concept": the Series 1 Pro.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130520-type-a-machines-introduces-aluminum-framed-series-1-pro-3d-printer.html3D PrintersMon, 20 May 2013 13:04:54 +0200Los 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. It all started when they were graduate students and they wanted to make a birthday cake for their friend,http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130520-sugar-lab-3d-printed-sweet-geometric-sculptures-entirely-from-sugar.html3D Printing ApplicationsSun, 19 May 2013 13:42:52 +0200Design 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.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130519-tinkercad-reopens-autodesk-agrees-to-acquire-tinkercad.html3D SoftwareSat, 18 May 2013 23:25:11 +0200Andrew Man-Hudspith is 11 years old. But he has used his 3D printer to make plastic objects and repair things that breaks.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130518-an-11-year-old-inventor-and-his-3d-printer.html3D Printing ApplicationsSat, 18 May 2013 22:47:58 +0200Belgium natives Philippe Letellier and Fred Paulus, Founders of H3Dpro, have launched a campaign on Indiegogo to provide HD, full-body or face 3D scanning services to their project backers and produce 3D miniatures of them using 3D printing technology.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130518-h3dpro-on-site-3d-body-scan-and-3d-figurine-printing-on-indiegogo.html3D ScanningSat, 18 May 2013 18:55:03 +0200James 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. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130518-diy-home-made-longbow-with-3d-printed-components.html3D Printing ApplicationsSat, 18 May 2013 13:08:23 +0200Dublin, Ohio-based IC3D Printers has launched a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo to manufacture high-quality, more affordable and locally made 3D printing material.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130518-ic3d-printers-launches-crowd-funding-campaign-to-make-better-3d-printing-material.html3D Printing MaterialsFri, 17 May 2013 22:25:52 +0200Most of the 3D printed objects are created on regular or horizontal surfaces. But a new robotic 3D printer, Mataerial, could build solid objects in the air extending from any surface.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130517-mataerial-3d-printer-allows-you-to-create-objects-in-the-air.html3D PrintersFri, 17 May 2013 20:42:05 +0200For years we have been trying to mimics nature and build our own versions of mechanical wings. But it's been a breakthrough that's been out of reach for engineers — until now. Hugh Bruck and Satyandra K. Gupta, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland, have developed a robotic bird called Robo Raven that has a truly clever design.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130517-3d-printed-robot-bird-getting-attacked-by-a-hawk-during-test-flight.html3D Printing ApplicationsFri, 17 May 2013 15:36:26 +0200Have you ever encountered a broken arm or leg? If so, you understand how frustrating it is not to be able to grab what you want or spend more time than usual for basic and recurrent tasks, such as feeding yourself.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130517-a-food-bowl-which-gives-a-hand-to-disabled-hands.html3D Printing ApplicationsFri, 17 May 2013 15:33:47 +0200The Formlabs team, David Cranor, Maxim Lobovsky, and Natan Linder, has launched their first print material: clear resin. The Form One uses stereolithography technology that prints objects by directing a laser at a tray of liquid resin to harden each thin layer.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130517-formlabs-announcing-new-print-material-clear-resin.html3D Printing materialsFri, 17 May 2013 12:27:54 +0200Pirate3D reveals a comparison chart of the Buccaneer 3D printer to the MakerBot Replicator 2.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130517-pirate3d-reveals-tech-specs-for-buccaneer-3d-printer.html3D PrintersThu, 16 May 2013 22:17:59 +0200Tumaker Voladora is a new 3D printer designed and built by the Basque Country, Spain based Tumaker.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130516-tumaker-voladora-desktop-3d-printer.html3D PrintersThu, 16 May 2013 18:14:08 +0200Fascinated by cordyceps and images of patterns in nature on a macro and micro level, architect and designer Xuedi Chen wants to express organic forms and in particular the invasive characteristics of growth in certain organisms and turns them into fashion.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130516-3d-printed-growing-wearable-accessories-inspired-by-cordyceps-insect-eating-fungus.html3D Printing ApplicationsThu, 16 May 2013 16:31:55 +0200How 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. And they are amazing.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130516-3d-scanning-reveals-caterpillars-turning-into-butterflies.html3D ScanningThu, 16 May 2013 14:17:51 +0200As 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 in NYC, including HRH Prince Harry and PM David Cameron. It was the only UK tech company invited by the Prime Minister's office.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130516-prince-harry-and-david-cameron-meet-the-3d-printed-makie-dolls-of-themselves.html3D Printing ApplicationsThu, 16 May 2013 13:06:57 +0200Four 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.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130516-skinprint-3d-bioprint-personalized-human-skin.html3D Printing ApplicationsThu, 16 May 2013 01:34:27 +0200The 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.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130516-3d-printed-gun-lasts-only-one-shot-in-finnish-test.html3D Printing ApplicationsWed, 15 May 2013 22:41:35 +0200Beijing 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.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130515-pp3dp-releases-up-plus-2-3d-printer.html3D PrintersWed, 15 May 2013 21:52:32 +0200A 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.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130515-shape-it-up-lets-designers-manipulate-3d-shapes-using-hand-gestures.html3D SoftwareWed, 15 May 2013 16:34:13 +0200The Executive Council of Amsterdam's hbo college has banned students and lecturers from making a gun with the college's 3D printer.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130515-amsterdam-college-banned-teachers-and-students-from-3d-printing-a-gun.html3D Printing ApplicationsWed, 15 May 2013 13:44:03 +0200No 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.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130515-entrepreneur-3d-printed-google-glass-and-shared-the-design.html3D Printing ApplicationsWed, 15 May 2013 12:34:51 +0200Brooklyn based designer Dominic Prescod has launched VIR/The 6th Relic, a 3D printed Smart Watch band on Indiegogo. The band is called The 6th Relic, because it was built around the 6th Gen iPod Nano.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130515-3d-printed-smart-watch-band-for-your-ipod-nano-on-indiegogo.html3D Printing ApplicationsTue, 14 May 2013 23:13:52 +0200Marco Mahler, a kinetic sculptor specializing in mobiles, and Henry Segerman, a research fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne, have released a collection of fully 3D-printed mobiles today. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130514-worlds-first-fully-3d-printed-mobiles.html3D Printing ApplicationsTue, 14 May 2013 18:28:26 +0200Reprap 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. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130514-quentin-harley-released-scara-based-reprap-morgan-3d-printer-and-its-design.html3D PrintersTue, 14 May 2013 15:56:56 +0200Terry Wohlers, an industry consultant, analyst, and speaker, president of independent consulting firm Wohlers Associates, provided some impressive insights into the market of Additive Manufacturing during their preparation for the publication of Wohlers Report 2013.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130514-terry-wohlers-fears-us-loosing-its-edge-in-additive-manufacturing.html3D Printing TechnologyTue, 14 May 2013 14:20:57 +0200Aleph Objects, Inc. announces a bigger and better 3D printer today: Lulzbot TAZ. "It is LulzBot's top-of-the-line, highest quality printer to date." claims the company.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130514-aleph-objects-introducing-new-lulzbot-taz-3d-printer.html3D PrintersTue, 14 May 2013 13:34:33 +0200The Smithsonian has been using 3D printing and 3D scanning for some time now. 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.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130514-the-smithsonian-is-3d-scanning-the-past-for-future-generations.html3D ScanningMon, 13 May 2013 23:18:51 +0200Augmented reality and 3D printing are the hottest emerging technologies and two most impactful and radical innovations of our time.http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130513-ultimarker-when-augmented-reality-meets-3d-printing.html3D Printing Technology