Scott J Grunewald
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Articulated Animals
3D printing a good looking model is always satisfying, but for me nothing beats a good project print. I just like the process of printing out all of the parts…
Instructables’ and Shapeways’ New Drone Contest is Giving Away iPads, GoPros and Bionic Birds. Oh My.
Online educational maker project repository Instructables is teaming up with 3D printing service provider Shapeways for yet another design contest. This time around Instructables users are being asked to create…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Raspberry Pi Cases & Projects
It used to be extremely difficult to build your own electronics projects. Most components would need to be heavily modified, the software would need to be programmed from scratch and…
IDC: 3D Printing Industry Revenues to Double to $35 Billion by 2020, Desktop 3D Printing Market Expected to Slow
Recent updates to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual 3D Printing Spending Guide is predicting that the rapid expansion of the 3D printing industry is expected to continue without…
Maker Uses 3D Printing and Raspberry Pi to Build a Mini NES with Working Mini Game Cartridges
While it wasn’t the first home video game system, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is unarguably the most iconic and important in the history of the video game industry. When…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Model Car Kits
When I was younger I used to love buying model car and airplane kits and assembling them. That kid would have loved having a 3D printer and being able to…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Suicide Squad Things
This week Suicide Squad, the third film from DC Comics extended universe, hits the big screen and it looks like it’s going to be a massive hit. While the critical…
New Industry Report: Metal 3D Printing is Now the Fastest Growing Segment of the 3D Printing Industry
Metal 3D printing has been one of the most in-demand additive manufacturing technologies for years. However, because of the technology’s expense, speed and part size limitations it has primarily been…
ASUS Announces New Motherboard with Customizable 3D Printable Features
Award-winning Taiwanese computer hardware and electronics manufacturer ASUS is releasing their Z170 Pro Gaming/Aura motherboard designed to offer customers top of the line looks and features on a budget. The…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Spaceships
This week I’m on vacation, but I didn’t want to leave you all hanging for 3D printing projects so I threw together a quick list for you. This week I…
University of Washington Students Take on One Mammoth of a 3D Scanning and 3D Printing Project
Located on the campus of the University of Washington, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is the oldest museum on the West Coast and boasts a collection of…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable LEGO Things
This week I wanted to do something a little different with the Ten 3D Printable Things column. Instead of finding amazing objects for you to 3D print I wanted to…
Jaguar Land Rover Autonomous All-Terrain Driving Research Takes Self-Driving Cars Off-Road
Last week British automobile manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover announced that they were going to start testing their driverless car technology on roads in real world conditions. Over the next four…
3D Printed Sleep Apnea Device Manufacturer Oventus Medical Debuts on Australian Securities Exchange with the Help of CSIRO
Sleep apnea is perhaps one of the most common sleep disorders and many of those suffering from the condition probably have no idea that they have it. It is estimated…
Researchers Design LEGO-Like 3D Printable Modular Blocks That Can Be Used to Build Customized Lab Instruments
If you want to build a basic electronics project it is actually relatively simple to do. Most parts are designed to be modular and work with other parts, and in…
Sculpteo Now Offering Two More CLIP Resin Materials to the General Public
Earlier in the year online 3D printing services company Sculpteo launched their CLIP Technology Beta Pilot Program. As one of the few corporate partners given the chance to work with the…
Configurable Commercial Quality Versa3D Desktop Fabrication Machine Launches on Kickstarter
The current trend of low-cost starter 3D printers has seemed to dominate the 3D printing industry for the past year, and while it has produced several great options of bringing…
Shila the Dog Gets a Set of High-Tech Prosthetic Legs After Surviving a Terrible Lawnmower Accident
While the FDA and other countries equivalent agencies are still studying the possibility of surgically attached prosthetic devices, they have unexpectedly found themselves being used by a dog that is…
The 3D Printed Medical Devices Market is Expected to Show Steady Gains Through 2026
3D printing technology has transformed dozens of industries and markets, but probably not any as much as the medical and dental industries. 3D printing has been used to manufacture dentures…
Jaguar Land Rover to Begin Testing Self-Driving Cars with 3D Sensing Technology on UK Roads
You may be getting behind the wheel of a self-driving car even sooner than you expected. While media hype has suggested that we would all be in self-driving cars within…
Emergent Tech Including 3D Printing and Virtual Reality Will Account for More Than 50% of New Tech Revenue in 2017
The high-tech trade group Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has released their mid-year industry forecast and predicted that traditional tech is beginning to be overshadowed by emerging technology. According to the…
How Using 3D LIDAR Technology Can Help Keep Our Beaches Litter-Free
Humans continue to produce garbage and waste at unprecedented rates, and sadly much of it ends up in our oceans which promptly deposit great amounts of it on our beaches….
Pokemon Go Players Are Finding Real 3D Printed Pokemon at Pokestops and Gyms
If your social media feeds look anything like mine, then they are full of adults running around their cities looking for virtual animals to catch and other adults complaining about…
Photographer Henry Reichhold Uses 3D Photogrammetry and 3D Printing to Capture London in Bronze
As with most advanced technology, photography used to be something that only the wealthy could afford; however the 20th century is when that would change. Eventually the prices of cameras…
