Alan Gardner

RadioShack’s 3rd ‘Guess The Print’ Contest Runs Until 9:30pm EST

If you are like me, you love sitting in front of your 3D printer being mesmerized by its motions, as it fabricates your next little trinket. I have found myself staring at…

Thingy Bot 3D Printer Seeks Funding on Kickstarter

What I love about Kickstarter, is the fact that nearly anyone can come up with a creative idea for a product, and if enough people think it’s an idea worth…

Japanese Woman Arrested for Selling 3D Printable Files of Her Genitals

With the advent of 3D printing, artists have been given the gift to print literally whatever they want. For the most part, as long as it is created with plastic,…

GE is Giving Away Twelve 3D Printed Jet Engines…. or you can Print Your own Today!

General Electric has been known as one of the larger corporations in the world that currently uses 3D printing in the creation of not just prototypes, but of final products…

Sharebot Releases New Kiwi-3D Printer and 3D Printer Kit

Sharebot, an Italian based 3D printer manufacturer who has previously been known for their ‘Sharebot Next Generation’ 3D printer, announced today the release of a brand new Kiwi-3D Printer, which…

A Kick in the Axis – Crowdfunding a 3D Printing Revolution with $15,748,791.70+

Crowdfunding and 3D printing, they have grown up and matured together over the past few years. Kickstarter, the older brother, and 3D printing his little sister. They have provided great…

World’s First Life Sized 3D Printed Humanoid Skeleton, Created with 3Doodler

The 3Doodler is probably one of the more successful gadgets to emerge from Kickstarter in the last 18 months. The hand held 3D printing pen, which to those who have…

MakerBot Releases New Photochromatic PLA Filament – Changes Colors in Light

Do you remember those days when you could only 3D print objects in one color at a time, using only two different types of plastics? It seems as though we…

Revolutionary New 3D Printing Filaments? Liquid Plastics, Graphene, and Graphite Conductive Filament, Coming Soon

If you were to ask most 3D printer users what their largest qualms are with current FDM 3D printing technology, one answer would likely be the large layer widths and heights, while the…

BuildersBot: Files & Instructions Released for DIY 3D Printer / CNC Combo Machine

The 3D printing community is filled with DIY’ers (Do It Yourself’ers), who are fascinated with building 3D printers basically from scratch. The RepRap movement is one that has really caught…

Utilizing 3D Printing to Solve Hygiene Problems in Lebanon – Oxfam, MyMiniFactory, And Volunteer 3D Designers

Back in May, we reported on an incredible initiative that MyMiniFactory and Oxfan had teamed up for. They had decided to utilize the benefits of 3D printing to bring humanitarian…

New Matter’s $249 MOD-t 3D Printer Reaches $500,000 on Indiegogo – Offers Chance to Get a FREE Printer

New Matter, launched their Indiegogo campaign last week, looking to raise $375,000. They were offering the cheapest 3D printer ever – priced at only $149 for the first 500 backers,…

Akemake Creates the World’s First 3D Printed Speaker From Wood – Design is free to download

When most people think about FDM 3D printers, they picture these machines printing in PLA or ABS plastic. Recently, more and more people have begun using other materials like nylon. However,…

Cloudio2go Iceman 3D Printer Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on Indiegogo

What a week it’s turning out to be for new 3D printing devices. This latest machine, the Cloudio2go Iceman 3D printer is the second printer to launch a crowdfunding campaign…

MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer Begins Shipping Today

Back in January the MakerBot Replicator Mini 3D Printer was unveiled to the world at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It immediately won several technology awards, including Popular…

Australian Man Hopes to Open 30 3D Printing Stores in Next 2 Years

3D Printing is becoming a world-wide phenomenon. Just a couple years ago, the average Joe probably hadn’t even heard the term. Now, 3D printing is becoming popular, not only for…

Need a Chair? Now You Can 3D Print One at Home Thanks to Joris Laarman

Who says that 3D printers are only for making small objects such as toys, spare parts, and chess pieces? Artist Joris Laarman and several others are changing this philosophy. Laarman,…

Oxfam Teams with MyMiniFactory to Provide Humanitarian Aid in Syria, Using 3D Printing

Over the past year or so, there have been a lot of people suggesting that one day we may use 3D printing in order to bring humanitarian aid to countries…

Partially 3D Printed Rezvani Beast Is the Ultimate American Made, Affordable, Sports Car

Light weight, aerodynamic vehicles are an engineer’s dream, when it comes to designing the ultimate sports car. Power and price are what usually drives sales though. What happens when you combine…

Ultimaker Releases the ‘Office Golf Set’ 3D Printable Files

MakerBot has been doing it for a while now. They commonly release interesting, entertaining, and intriguing designs on Thingiverse for people to download and 3D print. It now seems as…

Authentise and Guardtime Establish Partnership to Secure 3D Printing Intellectual Property

There is no doubt that 3D printing is going to change the world as we know it, in a major way over the next decade. Most of these changes will…

German 3D Printing Company SLM Solutions Provides IPO Details.

Germany is quickly becoming a power within the 3D printing space. In October, Augsburg-based Voxeljet launched an initial public offering in the United States, and quickly saw its shares skyrocket…

ZeGo: Multifunctional 3D Printing Delta Robot Will Launch Monday on Indiegogo

One of the more intriguing, but less popular FDM/FFF based 3D printing methods is the use of a delta robot setup. A delta robot is a parallel robot which utilizes…

Solidoodle Announces Their “Big Spring Sale,” Up to $199 Off Their 3D Printers

Solidoodle is apparently clearing room for their latest 4th Generation 3D printers, as they have just announced a major sale on some of their older 3D printer models. The company has…