3D printed replicas

Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Famous Sculptures and Antiquities

In my Ten 3DP Things column from a few weeks back I collected some of the coolest and most unique 3D printable buildings and monuments, and it was probably the…

Physicist Wants to 3D Print the Cockpit of a World War II Warbird

Munich, Germany is home to the Deutsches Museum, the world’s largest museum of science and technology. It was a visit to this museum that instilled in young Christoph Vernaleken a…

Japan: Roice Entertainment Offers 3D Printed Replicas of the Dearly Departed, Doubling as Urns

There’s simply nothing more difficult in life than losing a loved one. Still years after they’ve passed away, we often yearn to see them again whether in a dream, or…

Australia’s AAOD Museum & 3D Systems Produce 3D Printed Toy Replicas of Banjo the Dinosaur

Finding a cache of ancient dinosaur bones: I think it’s one of those secret dreams we all harbor, especially as children, diligently digging in the dirt while fantasizing about the…

Thanks to Denver’s 3D Printing Store, DU is 3D Printing Heart Valves, Ears & More

Colorado is just a divine place to be, in nearly any season. With warm days in summer and cool nights putting you under the down comforter, beautiful changing leaves to…

Threeding & Artec 3D Team Up to Scan Hundreds of Greek Artifacts from Private Collection

We tend to perk up whenever we hear that Threeding and Artec 3D have teamed up for a new project. This generally means we are about to be taken to…

Iranian Artist Highlighted in Virtual Reality Gallery Exhibiting 3D Additivist Manifesto & 3D Models of Works Destroyed by ISIS

Dear oppressors and terrorists of the world: meet some radical artists on the other side who want to give you a run for your money, notifying you that they have…

3D Printed Replicas of ISIS-Destroyed Temple to be Constructed in New York City and London

In the year AD 32, the people of Palmyra, Syria began constructing a temple that would be consecrated to the Semitic god Bel and become the epicenter of the city’s religious…

Visualizing & Exhibiting Anthropology: VCU Students 3D Scan, Print & Hand Paint Hundreds of Artifacts for Virginia Museum of Natural History Exhibit

3D scanning and printing allow us to come face to face with the future. After decades of talk about space age technologies, the wave of the future, and the technology…

Check Out This Awesome Light-Up 3D Printed 1989 Batmobile

Batman is probably one of the most iconic and universally known superheroes in the world, but that wasn’t always the case. Before Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman movie, unless you read…

WASP Uses 3D Printed Models to Recreate Casts of the Fallen at Pompeii in 79 A.D.

The ancient city of Pompeii sat on 160 idyllic acres before it was covered in a flood of volcanic ash as Mt. Vesuvius delivered the final blow in 79 A.D. with one…

Kickstarter: 3D Printable Boneheads are Back—Bearing Articulated Chompers

Who needs another bonehead in their life? If the first Kickstarter campaign was any indication, apparently a lot of us did and do—and now, 3DKitbash is back with Series Two,…

The Small Museum Project Reframes Cultural Experience with a 3D Printed ‘Museum in a Box’

Good, Form & Spectacle, a London design firm, spent some time recently redefining the meaning of what a museum is–and can be–during their major research project called ‘The Small Museum.’…

3D Printed Models of Long-Lost Canadian Ship, HMS Erebus, Will Aid in Further Investigation

Last December we reported on the 3D printing connection to a major find by an archaeological team funded and directed by the Canadian government: Two ships forming a small but…

Royal Navy’s New Boats for Detecting & Detonating Underseas Bombs Depicted in 3D Printed Replicas

Once the most powerful and feared navy internationally, and of great historical significance, the UK’s Royal Navy is also the oldest element of naval military and force worldwide. As part…

3D Printed “Black Chair” Replica Honoring Welsh Poet Hedd Wyn Unveiled Yesterday in Wales

As the eldest of eleven children, Ellis Humphrey Evans was meant for a life as a Welsh sheep farmer, but his days played out in an entirely different manner with…

3D Printed Replica Bell From Ship, The HMS Erebus, Symbolizes Canadian History & Exploration

Among its many applications, 3D printing plays the exciting role of filling in mysterious gaps in history, giving actual form to things previously only imagined. That’s the case with the…

Drumlord’s 3D Printed “Black Chair” Blends Modern and Traditional Building to Replicate Historical Bardic Chair

3D printing’s intricate design potential has been realized in many artistic designs and projects already too numerous to count. I personally love any detail, craftsmanship, and design that announces that…

New Jersey Man 3D Prints a Bomb! A 3/4 Scale World War II Replica

3D printed guns, 3D printed knives, what is this world coming to? Now a man in New Jersey has 3D printed a bomb! Before you get your panties in a…

Criminals Beware: 3DE is Bringing New Evidence Before the Jury with 3D Printed Replicas

It would appear that the technology of 3D printing is going to be summoned to court on a regular basis, if Jacksonville, Florida-based 3D Printed Evidence has their way. The north…