Ultimaker is one of the world’s leading desktop 3D printing brands with one of the top performing printers from our 3D Printing Shootoutย this year. Today, they have announced two new models in the Ultimaker 2 line: the Ultimaker 2 Extended and the Ultimaker 2 Go. The Extended will have the same X and Y dimensions […]
One of the biggest problems with getting a good 3D scan is keeping your target still through the entire process. Fuel3D is trying to eliminate this with their new SCANIFY 3D scanner. Fuel3D is promising full color, high resolution 3D scans in 1/10th of a second. The SCANIFY will run $1490 and is availableย for pre-order […]
Today at CES, 3D Systems made a few big announcements. The most exciting of which is the release of the 3D Systems Touchโข. The Touch uses haptic feedback toย allow designers and gamers to interact with items in a 3D space. To help make this a multipurpose device, they have also released a SDK for developers […]
Several groups have begun exploring 3D printed electronics, and Autodesk has just joined them
I saw that my friend Thomas Edwards, tech artist and Dorkbot Overlord, was going to be at CES, so I asked him to share some thoughts on maker-friendly offerings at the event. Here’s what he sent. – Gareth Sphereo is a radio-controlled robotic sphere, about the size of a tennis ball. While driving around a […]
Zigurd Mednieks checks in from CES In trying to find interesting products for makers, I came across some machine screws that are smaller than fleas, 0.2mm across the shaft. The Matsumoto Industries product was exhibited using a microscope. If you are making something very small, that’s your screw. They were too small for me to […]
Who’s behind the curtain at CES? Apple Computer does not have a presence at CES, but theirย influence is everywhere. Because Apple is in the eye of everyย exhibitor at CES, thereโs a kind of mesmerizing illusion that Apple actually isย here. Or you might say that Steve Jobs is here in spirit, the man behind the curtain […]
