Category: News

Category: News
Join in to get a 198-piece 3D Ben Franklin puzzle
Join in to get a 198-piece 3D Ben Franklin puzzle

This year in January Todd Blatt, a mechanical engineer and maker, grouped with 5 other engineers – David Fine, Matthew Griffin, Amy Hurst, Ryan Kittleson, and Marty McGuire – and established We The Builders. It’s a new a crowdsourced 3D printing project. The team started recreating life-size (1:1) models of the famous work of Baltimore public Read more

First 3D printed earphones shop opens in New York
First 3D printed earphones shop opens in New York

Customized earbuds don’t sound new and have already become popular, but to get them, complex ear mold should be made and it’s likely that the earbuds will cost you about a thousand dollars. In July, 2014, Hardware startup Normal started producing its custom 3D-printed earphones for the US market. Their goal is to provide reasonably priced individually customized 3D Read more

FoodForm – 3D Printer that prints ice cream
FoodForm – 3D Printer that prints ice cream

We know lots of ways to make ice-cream at home, but have you ever thought of making your own 3D printed ice cream? About one month ago three students at MIT, Kyle Hounsell, Kristine Bunker, and David Donghyun Kim were reported to have created an ice cream 3D printer using the concept of a fused deposition model Read more

Man in England creates 3D printed models of Railways
Man in England creates 3D printed models of Railways

Model railroading was a popular pastime in the 1840s. Since those times it has become even more popular. Those who have model railroading as their hobby can create their own samples of the unknown, well-known and imaginary railways, trains, locomotives and streetcars. One of the most popular pastimes among model railroad admirers is recreating the Read more

WASP team creates 3D printed houses using clay and soil
WASP team creates 3D printed houses using clay and soil

An Italian team ‘World’s Advanced Saving Project’ (WASP for short) has been developing 3D printers and carrying out research concerning clay materials and printers. In addition to its original PowerWasp EVO 3D printers, the team has invented a number of delta printers that can satisfy all the needs of 3D printing industry, among which we Read more

Sciaky announced first sale of giant metal 3D printer
Sciaky announced first sale of giant metal 3D printer

Sciaky Inc., a worldwide leader in additive manufacturing technology and electron beam welding solutions, has recently announced that they have a purchase order from one of the major aerospace parts maker. The aim of this project is to develop an electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) system that will help the manufacturer make process of large-scale Read more

New 3D printing project started to bring birds back to city
New 3D printing project started to bring birds back to city

A new idea has come to mind to architects and designers who develop possibilities of 3D printing technology. They want to use 3D printing to help birds and make for them convenient way to return to the cities. Printednest, which is 3D printing community, has launched a design project aiming to bring birds back to Read more

‘mOment’ – 3D printed accessories from Kabuku
‘mOment’ – 3D printed accessories from Kabuku

A Tokyo based Japanese corporation Kabuku has introduced a new brand of fashion accessories “mOment”, which combines traditional Japanese dyeing techniques and 3D printing technology. The first collections were sold on July, 29, 2014 on 3D printing marketplace “rinkak”. The collection represents a combination of traditional art and contemporary 3D printing technologies. Their first line Read more

NASA creates first hi-def 3D printed model of Eta Carinae nebula
NASA creates first hi-def 3D printed model of Eta Carinae nebula

NASA researchers have managed to map the whole Eta Carinae Homunculus Nebula and also 3D printed 3D expanding nebula it produced as a result of a 19th century outburst. Eta Carinae is one of the largest binary systems for astronomers to explore in detail. It lies at a distance of 7.500 light-years from the Earth Read more

US Army invests in 3D bioprinting technologies for skin repair and organ reconstruction
US Army invests in 3D bioprinting technologies for skin repair and organ reconstruction

According to officials, US armed forces are investing in regenerative medicine and 3D bioprinting. The scientists are planning to print skin cells on their patients with a 3D bioprinter in order to help the injured recover from the wounds they got during battles. Among the battlefield casualties burns comprise from 10 to 30 percent. Dr. Read more