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Top-down 3D Printing Gets a Huge Boost with the Octave Light R1 3D Printer
Top-down 3D Printing Gets a Huge Boost with the Octave Light R1 3D Printer

The battle between a top-down printer and an up-down version is regarded by most 3D printing enthusiasts as a toss-up. Part of the unpredictability of the identity of the winner is the resounding benefits of both kinds of 3D printers. Besides, one gets a feeling that a heated argument as to which 3D printer is Read more

3D-printed Cups allow ISS Astronauts to Drink and Smell Coffee
3D-printed Cups allow ISS Astronauts to Drink and Smell Coffee

When others say that coffee makes their day go round and that not being able to drink it once a day is something that will bother them for the rest of the week, one often takes it with a grain of salt. But, when ISS astronauts complain about not even being able to smell their Read more

Post 3D-printing Work Made Easier by Fixer3D
Post 3D-printing Work Made Easier by Fixer3D

As great and utterly amazing the results are of objects made by 3D-printing, they are not always produced out of sheer perfection every time out. The use of additive layering to produce things definitely requires some post 3D printing work to bring about the best results. It may include sticking several parts together, curing, or Read more

Boaz Dekel’s Aleph1 Solves Back Wave Problem
Boaz Dekel’s Aleph1 Solves Back Wave Problem

The most obvious areas where 3D printing technology can be applied are made so much better because of it. This is even more evident by the way the curriculum has been tailor-made for additive layering technology to truly prosper. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics are significantly better because of this technology’s prevalence. The technology has Read more

The Amazing and Terrifying 3D-Printed Scorpion Hexapod
The Amazing and Terrifying 3D-Printed Scorpion Hexapod

The scorpion is a foreboding figure that both scares and attracts people. Its image and characteristics are often used in cartoon characters, a powerful villain, or just a few years back, as a deadly robot that terrifies people venturing out to the desert. For this reason, and a lot more, it was not going to Read more

Providing 3D Printing Facilities in Tachira, Venezuela
Providing 3D Printing Facilities in Tachira, Venezuela

Carlos Vargas, a mechanical engineer, and Karla Nieto, a senior electromedicine student represent a biomedical equipment producing company Variento Equipos Medicos that deals with developing and producing equipment to replace or supply medical solutions, which cannot be produced in a proper way without 3D printing. Both Carlos and Karla are from Universidad Nacional Experimental. They Read more

Boeing Applies for Exclusive Rights to Never Before Seen 3D Printing Technology
Boeing Applies for Exclusive Rights to Never Before Seen 3D Printing Technology

3D printing has its fair share of utterly amazing, if not absurd, processes that really boggle the mind. Some of these processes border on the absurd that one may wonder if people are not just pulling strings out of thin air. Most of the innovative ways in 3D printing, where patents are applied, can often Read more

Troy Huang’s Amazing Handcrafted and 3D-Printed Rendition of Manhattan Island
Troy Huang’s Amazing Handcrafted and 3D-Printed Rendition of Manhattan Island

Manhattan is easily one of the most popular and iconic locations on Earth. Almost anyone can recognize many of the landmarks found in this historic city. In fact, its skyline is one of the most recognizable in the world. Some of the most indelible movie scenes feature a landmark or even just a street of Read more

Electron 3D Slimbot Printer Kit Only for $239
Electron 3D Slimbot Printer Kit Only for $239

Following the RepRap project, there have been a lot of companies just like Electron 3D which are able to take open source designs and innovate it for their own. With that being said, the company also sells these kits for very low prices and somehow that became one of the trademarks of the company when Read more

Tokyo Students Combine Artistry and Functionality with a Sophisticated 3D Printing Pen
Tokyo Students Combine Artistry and Functionality with a Sophisticated 3D Printing Pen

Large and complex structures have been largely the domain of heavy robotic hands or printer heads that are somewhat limited in movement and versatility. Most of the time, these types of 3D printing technologies are used for stable and functional structure that is not really the ideal artistic impression without using a few other techniques. Read more