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3D printing is undoubtedly a great technology for various purposes, including making personalized toys. We can watch exciting and spectacular 3D printed toys appear every day, which are perfect for children and also adults who still love having fun. Could you ever imagine a 3D printed toy with therapeutic applications? The new 3D printed teddy Read more

An engineer from Bristol develops robotic hands using a 3D printer and a scanner to make a replica of a man’s healthy hand. Daniel Melville was born without the right hand, which was later substituted with a bionic hand. Joel Gribbard managed to scan the man’s left hand and t0 make the right one with Read more

Thanks to MakerBot and Sanrio, quite soon 3D printed Hello Kitty accessories and collectables appeared at the MakerBot PrintShop app and MakerBot Digital Store. To celebrate Hello Kitty’s 40th anniversary Sanrio and MakerBot have decided to unite all their capabilities and create a line of 3D printed collectables of Hello Kitty, that you can 3D Read more

Despite the fact that additive manufacturing became more popular about two or three years ago, various branches of medicine are already making use of the advantages of 3D printing. Additive manufacturing is gaining pace in the field of treating injuries and other skin-related problems. Most of you are likely to be familiar with the concept Read more

Scientists together with federal services have been trying to find the best way to detect explosives and drugs at various checkpoints. Now with the new 3-D printer at $228,977 they can produce the best artificial dog noses ever. As dogs are most distinct sniffers that can recognize smells at a great distance, scientists from the National Institute Read more

The principle of 3D printing is developing objects layer-by-layer bottom-up, but there is some difficulty in printing extended details of a figure like stretched arms. To create them one needs supportive structures that will be removed afterwards, which requires extra material and time. These days scientists from Purdue University have introduced two techniques that allow Read more

Are you fed up with playing PlayStation at home all the time? Do you feel uncomfortable sitting in front of the TV set? Have you ever imagined that there is a 3D printed solution to all the troubles? An engineer from Florida Ed Zarick presented his Playbook 4 – a PS4 in the form of Read more

It’s evident that 3D printers make out lives easier and more comfortable. But how can 3D printing help out pets? It’s clear that pets will not appreciate all the advantages of the new technology, but Kickstarter 3D printer for the din toy-dog could probably fascinate them. Dogs are known to be colorblind, and they can Read more