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3D Printed Bust of Cheddar Man Shows Early Britons Had Dark Skin and Light Eyes
3D printing and scanning technology has been used many times to provide a face for modern human remains that can’t otherwise be identified. But researchers also use 3D printing to…
3D Print Your Favorite French Presidential Candidate Courtesy of Cults
In France, a contentious presidential election is currently in swing, and in the US, we know a lot about what that’s like. We also know that an election gives you…
Let Everyone Know You’re Important With Your Own 3D Printed Bust
Is there anything that signals importance more than a bust? In schools and universities, in government buildings and museums, you’ll find rooms or hallways lined with the head-and-shoulders sculptural portraits…
Defiance with a Purpose: Two Determined Artists Scan a 3,300 Year-Old Nefertiti Bust & Share 3D Files with the World
Truly understanding ancient Egypt is a never-ending source of challenge and fascination, not only for archaeologists, but for people around the world. And while names such as Tut and Cleopatra…
Lund University’s 3D Printed Busts Display Alludes to China’s Terracotta Army
There are all kinds of different ways that people choose to display the basic concept of 3D design and printing technologies. In fact, there are as many ways as there…
3D Printing the President for Posterity: Mcor Shows the Smithsonian How it’s Really Done
As President Obama himself has lauded 3D printing as a positive technology that will indeed be a catalyst for change in manufacturing, certainly portraying him in that medium for posterity–amongst…
One Brother Commemorates the Other via 3D Printing After an Unfortunate Death
Additive manufacturing or 3D printing enables many extraordinary things, but one area which the technology really excels at is preserving, commemorating, and simply adding a special touch to those people…
3DCanada Project Will Lead to Enormous Sculture Made up of Hundreds of 3D Printed Busts
Douglas Coupland, the renowned Canadian novelist and artist, also works in design and visual art. His novels, among them the 1991 bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, take…
Blind & Deaf Mom Surprised with 3D Printed Bust of her Daughter Before She Leaves for College
There are so many areas influenced by 3D printing from education, industry, the environment, and medicine, and these application of the technology generate many moving and inspirational stories that we…
This Week’s Top 3D Printable 3D Share Models: No Naked Ladies!
This week’s top 3D Share models reveal a slightly refreshing change from the world of nude jello wrestling (see last week’s article for details.) In the category of tasteful mild nudity…
Star Trek Fan 3D Prints Astonishingly Accurate Bronze Spock Tribute Bust
This past February, the world had to say their goodbyes to an American icon, Leonard Simon Nimoy. Nimoy was most widely known for his role as Spock in the Star…
Sculpting for a New Millennium: The VormVrij Clay 3D Printer
Material innovations in 3D printing are the next frontier, and Dutch company VormVrij 3D is harking back to an age-old material to find the future. Designers Marlieke Wijnakker and Yao van…
Austria’s Most Famous Theater Has Incredible 3D Printed Glowing Bust Created of Actor Peter Simonischek
3D printing is making its way into a variety of different fields. Whether it is the medical field, the automobile industry, or movie prop makers who benefit from the technology,…
Project Bigbronze Presented at CES: Life-Sized Bust of Fuel3D’s CEO Created Using bronzeFill
Different varieties of filament lead, obviously, to different capabilities for 3D printed creations. While some people still associate 3D printing with choppy, layered looking plastic creations that proclaim “prototype” more…
‘Doctor Who’ Fan 3D Prints & Finishes Unbelievable Peter Capaldi Bust on Form 1+ 3D Printer
Doctor Who is a British television series that originated back in the early 1960s. Running for 26 seasons, from 1963 to 1989, the show started up again in 2005 and…
3D Printed Bust of Obama Adds Truly Modern Touch to Presidential Portraiture
Among the most familiar faces in the world are those that belong to the leaders of world powers. More so than ever before, it is difficult to imagine a time…
Cremation Solutions Creates Urns That Replicate Your Deceased Loved Ones…. Or President Obama?
Customization is what will ultimately lead 3D printing out of the category of being just a “cool technology” and into the realm of mainstream manufacturing. It is the technology’s ability…
We The Builders Turns to the Crowd to 3D Print an Enormous Ben Franklin Bust in 198 Pieces
Ben Franklin was an extraordinary man. He is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, but he also is credited with discovering that lightening bolts are made…
Barack Obama Has Become the First President to be 3D Scanned and Printed
The United States’ Presidents – few groupings of individuals, if any, have the historical air about them that these 44 special men do. From presidential history buffs, to first graders…