3D PrintShow NYC Preview: Catwalk Highlights
The 2014 NYC 3D PrintShow kicked off a live catwalk show featuring 3D printed wearables. XYZ Workshop + Ultimaker stole the show with their flowing desktop printed dress.
3D Printing & Imaging
If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
First Look: Printrbot Unveils Its All-Metal 3D Printer
Printrbot’s new all-metal 3D printer is a beauty.
faBrickation: 3D Printing + Lego for Fast Prototyping
faBrickation is a new approach to speed up 3D printed rapid prototyping. The key idea is to save time by only printing the parts that require the high resolution and to substitute the remaining volume with standard Lego bricks.
Afinia Responds to Stratasys II: You Failed To Disclose Old Patents, Printers
Today, Afinia took another big shot at Stratasys’ 3D printing patents. In its amended response, Afinia attempted to bolster its claim in three ways: with further evidence that Stratasys was using its patents to monopolize the market, with evidence that Stratasys failed to show the Patent Office one of its own patents that undermined the novelty of a new patent it was applying for, and with evidence that Stratasys failed to show Patent Office one of its own printers that undermined the novelty of another new patent it was applying for.
How to Improve a RC Quadcopter Design
My job at 3D Systems gives me the 3D tools to tinker at a high level. The highest level, really, considering we’ve got scanning, design, and 3D printing right here. I’m a lucky guy. So when my quadcopter started to show some of its design flaws, I took to a Batcave’s worth of equipment around here that’s just waiting to be used.
The State of 3D Printing and Scanning After CES 2014: The Push For Mainstreaming Begins
The movement to mainstream 3D printing is aggressively pursuing a sea change that replaces “experimental” with “easy”.
Building a Braille Smartphone
I got an idea of building a smartphone for the blind that is completely Braille-based. With absolutely no hint of how to make it, I started working on it.