Michael A. Parker
Hyvision Introduces Cubicon Single Plus and Cubicon Lux 3D Printers at Inside 3D Printing New York
Hyvision is a company I’ve been following for a while. Even before the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo in Seoul in June, I was using the Cubicon Single for…
Rokit Shows Off New Stealth 300 and Invivo Bio Printer, Food Safe and Wearable Flexible Filaments at Inside 3D Printing New York
There were a lot of 3D printer manufacturers on hand at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo New York, some familiar and some not so familiar. As I reported…
gCreate Releases Updates for gMax 1.5+ and 1.5 XT+
gCreate makes large format printers. Really large. Their gMax 1.5+ has a build area of 16″ x 16″ x 12″ and their taller 1.5XT+ model has a build area of 16″…
M3D Sees Record Growth in 2016 – Cites Benchmark Sales, Staff Expansion and Key Patent Awards
The Micro 3D Printer is the little 3D printer that could. M3D’s Micro 3D Printer was the #1 Kickstarter campaign of all time for the 3D printing space, earning $3.4M….
3D Printed ‘Ivy’ and ‘Armure’ Clutches Draw Inspiration from Nature and Geometry
Odo Fioravanti is intrigued by nature and its unexpected relationship with a classic geometric form, an Archimedean solid. His new ‘Ivy’ clutch, designed for maison 203, takes the truncated icosahedral structure…
Finalists Announced for Stratasys’ 12th Annual Extreme Redesign Challenge
Education is one of the quickest growing markets in the 3D printing industry. It makes sense that industry giants would want to foster the next generation of engineers and designers…
e-NABLE Ghana Provides Free 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands
Sometimes a small act of kindness can lead to unexpected benefits for both the recipient and the good Samaritan, and can change their lives forever. When I was barely a…
‘Spherical Creations’: Artist Dario Santacroce Creates Amazing 3D Printed Sandstone Sculptures
Traditional artists are turning to using 3D printing in their work, and making some very interesting hybrid art — that is, art made using both 3D modeling and traditional hand…
Deltaprintr Mini Hotend Available for Pre-Order
A few months back, we reported that Deltaprintr was developing a new, compact hotend that would heat faster, be very lightweight and affordable. After a lot of tweaking to get things…
BUNKER Gallery Embraces 3D Printed Art
Despite the desire of desktop 3D printer manufacturers to put a 3D printer in every home, 3D printing is often seen as a technology that is reserved for engineers, scientist…
Nervous System Unveils New 3D Printed Kinematics Petal Dress
3D printed fashion seems to be everywhere these days. There certainly were a number of 3D printed dresses shown recently during New York Fashion Week. Now Nervous System, the design…
Designer Creates Incredible 3D Printed Crossbow
When people ask me about 3D printing, invariably the subject of 3D printed guns comes up. Obviously, they have heard of the Liberator and I think it’s only the second…
Stratasys and threeASFOUR Show Math-Inspired 3D Printed Dresses at New York Fashion Week
Nature in its infinite forms seems at first blush to be random and chaotic. There doesn’t seem to be an overriding logic to it all. And yet, looking closer we see…
Ohne Titel Wows at New York Fashion Week with Shapeways 3D Printed Dress
3D printing in fashion… Is it a new trend or is it a novelty? Often I am asked if I think 3D printed garments will replace traditional textiles and manufacturing….
Alexis Walsh Shows 3D Printed Spire Dress and Lysis Collection at New York Fashion Week
The James A. Farley Post Office Building in New York, just across the street from Penn Station, bears an oft-quoted inscription over its entrance: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom…
Incredibly Detailed 3D Printed AT-AT Strikes MyMiniFactory!
It’s February. There’s snow on the ground. And if you haven’t been living in a cave, totally cutoff from all human contact like a wampa, you probably know what the number…
3Dom Releases Entwined: Hemp Filament!
It seems like every day a presidential candidate is declaring that they will make America great again. But what does that really mean? What really made America great? Well, one…
3D Printed Screw-Propelled Toy Vehicle Makes a Splash on Instructables
There are many ingenious vehicles designed for civilian or military use over the past century that had a brief moment in the sun before fading into obscurity. From the US…
Designer Uses 3Doodler to Draw Fashion into the 21st Century
Patrick Tai Is nothing if not patient. The recent Art Institute of Charlotte, fashion design graduate spent nearly one hundred hours creating a dress in 3D. It was also his first project…
Less Than Two Weeks Left to Enter Stratasys’ Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
As of late, many of the “big boys” of 3D printing have seen their stocks take a precipitous plunge. The prevailing wisdom is that even the desktop 3D printing market…
Anomalisa: 3D Printed People With Real Human Issues
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has a penchant for producing bizarre, thought provoking films. He is an anomaly. Usually films are known by their starring actor or the auteur, the seminal director….
MatterHackers Introduces MatterControl T10 at CES, Adds New Products to Store
MatterHackers has officially announced the release of their latest version of their 3D printer controller, MatterControl T10, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. MatterControl T10 is an Android-powered touchscreen controller,…
Shapeways Introduces Their Newest 3D Printing Material – Aluminum!
While FDM printing has been very advantageous to designers prototyping products it isn’t always up to the task of creating really refined products for sale. Though it is exciting to…
BLTouch Auto Level Sensor Ships to Backers
If there’s one thing that’s a real pain when it comes to 3D printing it’s bed leveling. Often users find it difficult to get their printer bed perfectly level and…
