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First Official 3D Hubs ‘Talk Design’ Contest Focuses on 3D Printed GoPro HERO4 Session Accessories
Nick Woodman founded GoPro in 2002 after a surfing trip to Australia. A couple of years down the road, Woodman’s company sold its first camera system, but it was the…
3D Print This Case For Your Raspberry Pi 2
It was originally conceived back in 2006 as a tiny – and very affordable – computer for kids. When Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft took on…
Finalists Named in 3D Printing Business Mentorship Contest
Husband and wife design experts Tom and Tracy Hazzard of Hazz Design Consulting say they’ve spent more than 20 years living and designing together, and with their What the FFF…
LUXeXceL Secures €7.5 million In Series B Financing Round for 3D Printed Optics
LUXeXceL, the Dutch firm known for their process of 3D printing functional lenses, says an $8.1 million series B funding round is now complete and a second closure will be finalized within 3…
In:Sand – 3D Printing with a Plentiful Building Material
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) takes on cutting edge education and research to prepare students to meet the challenges regarding the construction of habitable structures. Based in Barcelona,…
Shapeways’ New CustomMaker Feature a Possible Game Changer for Shop Owners
Customization is central to unlocking the promise of 3D printing technology, and now Shapeways says they’re rolling out an “incredibly powerful tool to make products more personal and meaningful to…
Tim Trzepacz Rolls Out 3D Printable Modular Synthesizer Controller in Entry for Hackaday Prize
Tim Trzepacz is the owner of SoftEgg and a computer games consultant in the Los Angeles area. Though he got his primary education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in…
Architect Julian Hakes Builds His 3D Printed Mojito Shoe
Architect and Designer Julian Hakes recently had an example of his groundbreaking, 3D printed, Mojito shoe included in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s “Shoes: Pleasure and Pain” Exhibition. The exhibition,…
UAU Project Rolls Out 3D Printable Lamp SMF.01
“We’ve a new – and very neat design – on our platform and we’d like to share it with you,” says Pierre of Cults3d.com. It’s a furniture item created by…
FIT AG Set to Invest €20 Million in German AM Facility
FIT Production GmbH, an autonomous division of FIT Additive Manufacturing Group, focuses on creating high-performance, contract manufacturing components via additive manufacturing. With nearly 20 years of expertise in the field, the…
REIFY Launches on Kickstarter: Artists Turn Songs into 3D Printed Animated Sculptures
They call them totems, and they’re 3D prints encoded with music and visuals which create some very wild playback effects on a mobile device. REIFY, a group of designers and…
America Makes Announces Third Round AM Project Call Winners
The third project call from America Makes, this one released in February, focused on projects which surround additive manufacturing topics – design, materials, processes, value chains and genomic – and…
Materialise and Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies Collaborate on AM Build Processor
Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies Ltd. (BLT) builds high-end, Selective Laser Melting (SLM) printers for various metals, and now working in conjunction with Belgian AM pioneer Materialise, has created Version 1.0 of the BLT Build…
Turning Crumpled Paper Into 3D Printed Gold – Skraep
LuxMea Studio has created a product and a process they call Skræp – Delightful 3D Printed Gold. They say the idea – which has taken down a couple of awards…
3D Printed Jobs: New Jobs Site Focuses on 3D Printing Industry
3DPrintedJobs.com, an international 3D printing careers and jobs website, is here to answer the growing drive to bring together talent and professional need. “Whether you are calling it 3D printing, rapid…
Hawk 3D Proto Now Offering FiberForce Line of 3D Printing Filaments
Ben Hawksworth, the CEO and founder of Hawk 3D Proto, says he was so impressed following a visit to the Italian 3D printing materials manufacturer FiberForce that he set to work…
A 3D Printable Universal Language Takes Shape
Eden Tartour designed seven 3D printed blocks which she hoped would result in a “universal language” of sorts where those shapes represent words, and each could be shifted around to change…
Revolutionary Dar3D Printing Technology Used by Startup ‘Relief Art’ Shows the Texture of Art
Mauro Panettieri is one of the co-founders of Relief Art, and the company says they’ve just rolled out a new technology which promises great strides in high-speed, low-cost 3D printing….
Autodesk Within: Generative Design Software Optimized for 3D Printing
Generative design achieves an output by using a set of composed rules or an algorithm to create often parametric results. It’s steamrollered in acceptance as new programming environments such as…
Snugs 3D Scans the Inner Ear for Bespoke Earbuds
There’s no doubt 3D printing technology is making inroads into the audiophile sphere, as witnessed by a host of products now reaching the market. And now a company called Snugs is…
Incredible 3D Printed Slot Version of the Koenigsegg CCX Super Car
At the young age of 22, Christian Koenigsegg launched a car company and set about creating his version of the ultimate car. Back then, to create the first working prototype,…
MyMiniFactory & Extreme Fliers Announce 3D Printed Micro Drone Competition
MyMiniFactory and Extreme Fliers are sponsoring a new 3D design competition as part of the Extreme Fliers Indiegogo campaign for the Micro Drone 3.0. The companies say the contest is all about…
OctoPrint 1.2.3 Offers New List of Upgrades & Bug Fixes
OctoPrint is open source, cutting edge “host software” for 3D printers. While there are other solutions to control your 3D printer and send commands such as Printrun, Repetier Host and Cura,…
i.materialise Rolls Out Red Gold Plated Brass and Black Color Plated Brass Materials
Materials, finishes, and color options are the bleeding edge of 3D printing design, and now i.materialise says they’ve added to their comprehensive list of 99 materials with the latest entries…
