3d printed toys

3D printing and the world of toys are closely tied these days. While the next manufacturing revolution is affecting many sectors, this particular area of transformation is one that demonstrates…

PieceMaker has been having quite the year since they launched their new, high-tech 3D printable toy kiosks at last year’s Toy Fair in New York. Not only were their in-store…

One sign that I’m getting old is that I’ve started to do the “back in my day!” thing more often than I’m entirely comfortable with. One example of this is…

While attending the Consumer Electronics Show 2016, Utah-based 3D printing services company WhiteClouds announced that they will be purchasing 3DplusMe, the branded 3D capture-to-print company responsible for the 3D printed…

The holidays have been upon us since, well, Halloween, as the Christmas stockings roll out ever earlier into chain store aisles, lights begin to appear next to jack-o-lanterns, and everywhere…

There are few childhood toys that are more universal than the top. Who doesn’t remember playing with one as a child? You could get them for a quarter from those…

Toy designer Hauke Scheer had been creating his own line of custom designed action figures and toys the traditional way for years until he discovered 3D printing in 2013. Since…

The Cannybots team went to an extensive amount of challenge, difficulty and effort to make things easy for kids to have fun and learn. Indeed, it was no small feat to…

As crisp October looms around the corner and Christmas trees are already on display in department stores, this year it’s our duty not only to come up with yet another…

3D printing is finding its way gradually into school curricula, in part because, more than ever before, 3D printers are becoming affordable even for schools with limited budgets. It probably…

Disney Research, not surprisingly, is bringing their latest project home with some new 3D printed materials that are unlike anything we’ve ever seen, even perhaps bordering on–dare we say it?–the…

In 1981, Dr. John Jameson created a unique walking toy which made use of a metal flywheel and pivoting legs. That combination created forward motion, and the design won him…

Building sandcastles has developed into quite an art form compared to when most of us were young children using plastic pails and digging out foamy saltwater moats to make rudimentary…

The very newest technology can often also be the key to preserving much of our older history and technology–in many ways–from archiving and curating in museums to rebuilding and re-creating…

Rick Winscot of Pennsylvania, a maker to the last molecule, describes himself as having “code in brain, soldering iron in hand…” His interests are pretty vast, encompassing family, tinkering, electronics, remote…

What do you get when you take a talented 3D modeler, and combine it with someone who has a knack for mountain biking and video production? It is very possible…

When I was a kid, well after my grandfather had retired, his workshop was like a veritable candyland for me. It was full of machines and gizmos and tools of…

Perhaps you had one as a kid, or perhaps you’ve seen them on TV commercials. Regardless of which it is, most of us who were born in the ’70s and…

This week’s top 3D printable 3DShare models include a few surprises. For one, we have an anatomically correct vagina that can be used in anatomy lessons (what else would you use it…

I was one of those kids who, when Marchon came out with the Yo-Yo Ball in 1992, was pretty excited for the “auto-return technology” for these round toys that could…

The team at QalamSila–creator Guillaume Crédoz, Nicolas Reeves, Roy Massaad, Chady Karlitch, and Ragheed Abi Hassan–say QalamSila 2.0 will be a mobile-device-enabled 3D construction app aimed at letting creative users…

The toy and gaming market, traditionally known as a difficult multi-billion dollar industry to break into, is seeing some transformation as new companies are creating different ways to create revenue–and…

Did you ever step back and think about who invented your favorite childhood toys? You know, things like the Rubik’s Cube, hula hoop, Etch-A-Sketch and NERF balls. These individuals or…

Whether your child is a year old or pushing adulthood, 3D printing is able to offer them tools for learning and development that we could have only dreamt of when…