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Maker Pro: How the Pros Use 3D Printing in their Daily Lives for Art and Home Goods

As we learned in a previous article in this series, additive manufacturing (AM) professionals are among the most adept at incorporating 3D printing into their everyday lives. This makes it…

3D Printing for COVID-19, Part Four: Corporate Partners

As small 3D printing businesses and individual users jump at a chance to support efforts to manufacture critically needed medical supplies, larger corporations also see opportunities to lend aid. Among…

In-Q-Tel and 3D Printing, Part 1: What’s In-Q-Tel?

So far, a venture capital company called In-Q-Tel has invested in three startups within the 3D printing and scanning space: Voxel8, Arevo, and Fuel3D. If you don’t recognize the name…

Forbes Fools Four Android Smartphones with 3D Printed Head Model, but Not Apple’s iPhone X

From social media to cosmetics, it seems like facial recognition is everywhere these days. In terms of smartphones, the technology is meant to protect your data and digital life, but that…

Google of the Future Can Learn All About You…and 3D Print Personalized Objects For Your Own Good

“If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.” I have several friends and family members who have introduced smart technology into their homes by way of Google…

Google India Brings 3D Printing and Traditional Art Together with Future Relics

“What object would you like archaeologists 1,000 years from now to remember our present day culture by?” That was the question asked by Google India of visitors to their first…

Will Google’s Downloadable 3D Objects Help or Hinder 3D Printing?

Google just released an experimental version of Article, a 3D viewer for AR. The viewer lets you on your desktop or in the browser: look at, manipulate or view 3D…

Google’s New Poly Platform is Home to Free 3D Objects to Build AR and VR Apps

Google is a veritable technology titan, coming out with 3D creations like the Smart Bathroom, Jump for VR, and Google Tilt Brush, and providing high-profile funding to big-name 3D printing…

Digital IP Management Company Source3 Acquired by Facebook

Our global overlords at Facebook recently acquired the New York-based IP rights management startup Source3 in an effort to expand their efforts to monetize the massive social media platform. As…

It’s a Smartphone! It’s a Speaker! It’s…3D Printed! Facebook Files Patent Application for Intriguing Modular Device

Anywhere you go, you’re likely to see people staring at their phones, and there’s a good chance that what they’re staring at is Facebook. It’s an all-too-easy habit to slip…

e-NABLE Introduces Web Central App to Match Volunteers with People Who Need 3D Printed Prosthetics

From 3D printed animal prosthetics and 3D printed prosthetics for children and adults to bringing 3D printed prosthetics to under-served areas…every time I hear a new story about the e-NABLE volunteer community, it warms my…

Robo 3D Partners With Major Electronics Reseller Promevo to Further 3D Printing in Education

California-based 3D printer manufacturing company Robo 3D has partnered with leading education technology (EdTech) provider and major Chromebook reseller Promevo to further the incorporation of 3D printing into the $8…

MRRF 2017: 3D Printing Community Comes Together to Celebrate 3D Printers, Making and Innovation

My little maker heart is full after spending 48 hours at the 5th Annual Midwest RepRap Festival (aka MRRF) In Goshen, Indiana. Yes, over 1,000 people from 18 countries around…

Desktop Metal’s Funding Rises to $97 Million After Investments from Google, BMW and Lowe’s

In October 2015, a 3D printing startup called Desktop Metal emerged out of Burlington, Massachusetts and immediately caught the attention of major investors. Despite the fact that they had no…

Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Impacts Advanced Manufacturing

When Trump’s Muslim Ban hit on Friday, protests and expressions of outrage erupted across the nation. One particularly loud voice in this push back has come from the highest levels…

3D Slash Goes to the Cloud, Integrating with Google Drive

I’ve become a big fan of the cloud, and Google Drive has made my life easier in a lot of ways. I still have way too many downloads on both…

3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — September 10, 2016

The weekend may have finally arrived, but that doesn’t that 3D printing news is taking the day off. We’ve got a whole assortment of fresh stories for you from throughout…

From the Toilet to the Tub—Google’s Smart Bathroom Will Evaluate Your Poop & Your Health with 3D Tech

So much for ignorance is bliss—when it comes to your health, that is. While many of us may wake up in the middle of the night with a strange ache,…

Recent Report Offers Projections for VR & AR Through 2025; Expect AR Technology to Lead

A report on both augmented and virtual reality has just been released, outlining what you should expect to see in regards to its success and usage in the future. In…

Sovereign Armor in 3D Print: Melissa Ng’s Power Grows as She Unleashes the Artist’s Warrior Within

“It’s easy to critique, judge, and assume. It’s not easy to keep creating the things that can only come from you.”  Fearless (in 3D printing). Vulnerable (as a human, and an…

3D Printing and Diversity: It’s Time to Start Taking It Seriously

Because most of the quickly growing companies and startups that tend to dominate it emerged from the maker community, the 3D printing industry often seems to find itself a little…

Maker Faires Are a Big Draw for Kids, Maker Movement Encourages Future Scientists & Engineers

Children may often become desensitized to the classroom experience, grumbling over math and science in general and latching on to the idea that they may want to avoid those lessons…

Now You Can Run Android on your iPhone Using this 3D Printed Case and Hacked Battery Pack

Which is the better phone, Apple’s iPhone or devices that run Android? It is a philosophical battle that is as old as time itself, well at least as old as…

MyMiniFactory’s Newest 3D Printing Design Challenge: Make the Google OnHub Look Fabulous

I still remember the days of dial-up Internet – the endless waiting, the horrible screeching noises as the modem struggled to connect. It goes without saying that connecting to the…