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3D Printing News Briefs, October 29, 2022: Software Release, Smooth Parts, & More

We’re starting with product launches and updates in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Artec 3D launched its Metrology Kit, and VoxelDance released the latest version of its All-in-One build prep…

How 3D Printing is Helping Wildlife Conservation

In recent years, a number of animals have gone extinct. Making matters worse, an increasing number are on the verge of extinction or their survival is threatened. There are a…

10 Eco-Friendly 3D Printing Stories From 2018

3D printing comes with its own environmental concerns, like potentially harmful emissions as well as the use of vast quantities of plastic. But people have also done a great deal…

Creature Comforts: 10 Ways 3D Printing Helped Animals This Year

Everyone loves a good animal story, and the 3D printing world has plenty of them. From animal prosthetics to implants to even robotic assistance for bees, 3D printing has helped…

Honeycomb structures: from infill to bicycle tires

Although famously known for producing honey, bees are also master wax producers and beekeepers like me will (given the chance) wax lyrical about how ingenious these tiny engineers are in…

3D Printed Robotic Flowers Draw Bees for Safe Pollination

As we carry on with our busy lives each day, it is all too easy to step on an ant or a bee, or to swat one out of our…

Artist Jennifer Berry Creates Collaborative Art With Bees, Nature’s 3D Printers

“Bees are the world’s first 3D printers,” says Jennifer Berry. An ecologist, landscape designer, artist, teacher, Berry is the founder of Berry Design Ecology, her personal consulting practice. Her work…

3D Printing is Still a Goal for Creators of Recycled Plastic Bee Boxes

For some reason, bees come up a lot in 3D printing. If you think about it, bees are kind of like tiny living 3D printers – in fact, some strange…

3D Printed Honeycomb Saves Bees Time and Energy

Most people have pretty strong opinions about bees. If you’re allergic, it’s perfectly understandable to want to avoid them at all costs. But in terms of the non-allergic population, most…

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — June 20, 2015

This week’s stories include two relating 3D printing and dancing. In one case, a Taiwanese company uses 3D printing to create objects for its haunting production, and in the other…

3D Printed Honeycombs Allow Beekeepers to Get Honey “On Tap” — Over $12 Million Raised on Indiegogo

A friend of mine knows a nearby beekeeper from whom we can get some great, fresh, local honey, which I use to liven up my tea…and smoothies, desserts, and a variety of…

Modified Bees Could Be the 3D Concrete Printers of the Future

In the past we have seen where bees have been put to use in an art project where they 3D print shapes via honeycombs.  Now a man named Geoff Manaugh,…