3D Printing Challenge

Enabling the Future 3D Printing Challenge: Win an Ultimaker 2+ 3D Printer

 “There is no end to how many ways you can practice Random Acts of Kindness by using your 3D printer to help someone else.” “Think local. Think global.” – Jen…

Mimaki’s Minecraft Challenge Winner Receives 3D Printed Model of City Design

Minecraft is a game open to—and enjoyed by—individuals of all ages around the globe. Offering infinite worlds, adventures, weather, and landscapes to explore, Minecraft was created by Swedish designer Markus…

Solvay Announces Winners of 2019 Solvay AM Cup, First Place Winners Take $10K Home

It’s that time of year again, as Italy’s Solvay announces winners for what seems to have become a yearly tradition with their AM Cup. For 2019, students were at the…

Students 3D Print a Tool for Exploring Beneath Ice in Outer Space

NASA not only uses 3D printing frequently itself, it encourages others to do so, particularly students, with programs such as the CubeSat Launch Initiative, for example. In return for its…

3D Design Entries Now Being Accepted for 2018 purmundus challenge

For the sixth year, the purmundus challenge will be taking place, asking participants to design solutions that address the challenges of the modern world using 3D printing. The theme for the…

Launch Forth and Allianz Team Up to Challenge Innovators to Push Boundaries of Assistive Design Through 3D Printing

The utilization of 3D printing has been a game changer for many people with disabilities; this year alone we’ve seen advances made in hearing aid technology, surgical interventions, and social…

3D Printing News Briefs: October 10, 2017

We’re starting with the kick-off of a popular 3D printing challenge in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving on to a new 3D printer, a 3D printing handbook, a…

Take a PEEK at the Competition: Solvay Group Launching International Additive Manufacturing Challenge for University Students

Everyone enjoys a good 3D printing contest. A lot of them come from the likes of Pinshape, Stratasys, and NASA, and recently a new challenge was launched from a rather unexpected source…

3D Printing and Robotics Changing the World: Winners of the Third Round of 2017 Hackaday Prize Announced

The 2017 Hackaday Prize challenge launched just a few months ago, charging participants to create something that makes a positive difference in the world. It’s always interesting to follow the multi-tiered…

Building in the Stars: Phase Two, Level Two Winners Announced for NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge

My husband and I are science fiction fans, and as such own some of Ray Bradbury’s works, including short story collection The Martian Chronicles. I especially like “The Million-Year Picnic,”…

3D Pioneers Challenge Winners from Rapid.Tech + FabCon 3.D. Announced

The Rapid.Tech trade show and conference, recently held at Messe Erfurt in Germany, was pretty busy – CRP Technology discussed the construction of the prototype for a 3D printed Parrot Bebop…

Sharpen Your 3D Printing, Robotics, and Other Hacking Skills: The 2017 Hackaday Prize Challenge is Underway

We love Hackaday – the site has provided us with tons of cool projects that we’ve had a great time highlighting, from a coffee-maker-turned-3D-printer to a 3D printed pressure regulator for…

MyMiniFactory Launches 3D Design and Printing Contest with WildBrain for New Early Learning Character Designs

MyMiniFactory, the world’s largest curated download platform for free 3D printable models, and the sister site of 3D printer reseller iMakr, launched a 3D design and printing contest this week,…

Mouser Electronics and Grant Imahara Announce Winners of ISS Design Challenge

Just a few months ago, we told you about the 2016 International Space Station Design Challenge, brought to you by electronics distribution company Mouser Electronics and renowned American engineer Grant…

NASA, ASME and Future Engineers Announce Winners of the Think Outside the Box 3D Printing Challenge

The ingenuity of kids never ceases to amaze me – and young students have had plenty of opportunities to showcase their brilliance lately through 3D printing and design competitions offered…

Star Trek Replicator Challenge Winners Tour MakerBot Headquarters, Sit Down with CEO

Even the most moderate of Trekkies love an excuse to bring up the fascinating world of Star Trek, a place where you can lose yourself in the fantasy of the…

Youngstown Business Incubator & America Makes Accepting Applicants for $100K 3D Printing Startup Competition with AMPED 2016

You probably know a lot of people who have great business ideas and even possess a few yourself. From something unique like an automotive gadget to a transforming new medical device, there are…

Ultimaker and MakerOS Collaborate to Launch the GAMESMASH Challenge in NYC

Some may say that the hype behind desktop 3D printing is all but dead, and us enthusiasts are now left to wallow in the failure of 3D Systems’ Cube and…

Calling All SuperStar Designers! Create Your Own 3D Printed World for Poetry Contest 360 & Win

Ira3D, while known for producing high-quality hardware, software, and materials, is one of those rare companies who are on a mission to see that everyone is able to enjoy the…

Build Something That Matters: The 2016 Hackaday Prize is Here

Now in its third year, the 2016 Hackaday Prize is back and bigger than ever before. The goal, as always, is to use your skills with hardware, programming, design, fabrication…

You Still Have About Two Weeks to Enter the Autodesk123D Video Challenge!

Autodesk 123D is free 3D modeling software that includes many applications allowing you to create 3D printable models. 123D includes applications such as 123D Catch that lets you generate 3D models from…

Slow Down for a Spell & Watch the Winning Entries for colorFabb TimeLapse Contest 2015

Time lapse design is definitely a craft for the true artist, often requiring great attention to concept and detail. Elegant, impressive and always fun to watch, this type of art…

Middle Schoolers Impress, Showing off Complex Winning Designs in 3D Printing Contest at Illinois Public Library

Learning and competing are two elements you will find go together in nearly every culture, and especially the educational arena. It’s also a natural part of the artistic process as…

CGTrader’s 2016 Fashion Challenge: Make It Stylish, Make It Trendy, Make It 3D Printable!

CGTrader is ready to rock 2016 right away with a challenge that offers 3D designers a venue for showing off their work as well as offering an awesome opportunity to…