It does not matter whether you are a professional guitar player or you’re about to start learning how to play it, it’s obvious that the color, hardware and the shape of the musical instrument you are buying are determined by the producing company. If you want to have something peculiar, be ready to pay a Read more
Surgeons from China have successfully performed the first ever vertebra replacement surgery. To perform this surgery they used customized vertebra that was 3D printed. When 12-year-old Minghao was playing football, he fell and as a result cracked one of the vertebrae in his neck. After a while the doctors found out there was a tumor Read more
When you enter any of the modern supermarkets of the western world, you don’t think that in the not so distant future it might become too difficult to get enough food for the growing world population. In this respect the farming industry will have to increase production levels and productivity. An engineer from California Rory Read more
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and MakerBot are planning to introduce 3D printing to the Red Planet. JPL and MakerBot have teamed up to make 3D printing and design circles think of new designs for a Thingiverse Mars Base with which it could be possible to sustain human life on Mars. All in all 228 designs Read more
The World Elephant Day was celebrated on August, 12. “Get-off-the-elephant” campaign was established by World Animal Protection (WAP) in Holland. Its aim is to make people familiar with the numerous sufferings of elephants. In this respect WAP is asking the Dutch not to ride elephants. A life-sized elephant will be 3D printed near Amsterdam Schiphol Read more
A 20 years old student from Nairobi University in Kenya who specializes in electrical engineering used a Makerbot 3D printer to develop a minuscule vein finder to use with kids. Alois Mbutura developed such a prototype being in his first university year. He hopes that this invention will become very useful and helpful to deliver vaccinations to children in the Read more
In their productions Helico aims primarily at consumer market. In this respect they’ve recently introduced AirDog – totally innovative and simple to use so called “quad-copter” that is operated with tracking appliance that is worn on the wrist. It’s also known to accommodate GoPro sports camera standard. It allows users to catch the exciting life Read more
3D Ventures announces the launch of the crowdfunding campaign for its new three-dimensional food printer, Candy, aiming to re-imagine the way foodies create in the kitchen. Starting at as low as $499, Candy is an affordable consumer 3D printing device made specifically for food. Now, make cookies, fill cakes, or personalize any confectionary treat with Read more
GE Engineer & Technologist Lyman Connor understands the need for easily available bionics and so he decided to use the tools he had and he knowledge and experience to create a bionic hand. Last year in October he suffered in a severe cycling accident after which he regained consciousness only in hospital. Some time passed Read more
If one asks you to name a company that is the leader in themetal additive manufacturing world, you will probably mention General Electric. GE has been using laser sintering for years to 3D print constituents for their jet engines. Technical Director of Manufacturing and Materials at GE Global Research Christine Furstoss said that they are on Read more