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3D Printing News Unpeeled: Battling Ginigivitis & Compostable Shoes
ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies, Vår Energi, Woodside Energy, ICP and now ExxonMobil and BP have joined the Fieldnode, a kind of Thingiverse for companies spun out of Fieldmade. This is…
First In-Flight AM: US Marines Demonstrate 3D Printing Aboard an MV-22 Osprey
Breaking new ground in additive manufacturing (AM), researchers from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)’s Consortium for Additive Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) successfully executed in-flight 3D printing aboard a U.S….
Med Students 3D Print CPAP Mask Prototypes to Help Babies Breathe
After witnessing a need for noninvasive breathing support in preterm neonatal care, first-year medical students at the Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) in Pomona, California, decided to use 3D…
Facial Recognition and 3D Printing Collide
Olaf Diegel, Professor of Additive Manufacturing at the University of Auckland, is well known for his 3D printed guitars. He and his students conduct many more experiments and projects, however….
Dual-Light Handheld 3D Scanners Introduced by Shining3D
Shining 3D has released two new dual-light source, handheld scanners, the EinScan H and EinScan HX, that broaden the capabilities and applications enabled by the company’s 3D color scanning solutions….
Maker and Veteran Tim O’Sullivan Completes Third Life-Size 3D Printed Movie Character Suit
A project that began as an ambitious therapeutic task for military veteran Tim O’Sullivan after he returned home wounded from combat has evolved into something so much greater. In 2016,…
Industry Experts Interviews: Aaron Trocola on 3D Printing Fashion & Wearable Tech
This is an interview done with Aaron Trocola. He is an industrial designer with expertise in 3D printed fashion. This article goes through some of the practicality laid within fashion and 3D printing as a whole.
3D Pod Episode 7 3D Scanning & Interview With Direct Dimensions CEO Michael Raphael
MIchael Raphael is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable 3D scanning people worldwide. For years he and his company Direct Dimensions have been asked to 3D scan important buildings,…
Enjoy 3D VirtualFurniture Shopping with the EinScan Pro 2X
Online shopping is quite common everywhere, E-commerce sites have now become an important platform for sellers to display their products. Currently, pictures, videos, and texts are the visual tools widely used…
Thor3D Introduces Calibration Kit for Drake 3D Scanner to Ensure Accurate Scans Every Time
Moscow-based 3D imaging company Thor3D has been taking the 3D scanning industry by storm since it first introduced its handheld Thor 3D Scanner and marking system in 2016. About a…
i.materialise Offers Tutorial: Produce Color Scans with Microsoft Kinect & 3D Builder, Prepare for 3D Printing
Like many, if you haven’t used Microsoft Kinect or 3D Builder, you’re probably curious. While we hear about both and have probably glimpsed them in broad strokes, now we can…
Database of 3D Scanned Fish Now Contains Over 500 Specimens
The last time I received a fish in the mail, it was the result of a horrible practical joke. But not all posted fish are so poorly received. In fact,…
XYZprinting Adds Multi-Scan Functionality to Their XYZscan Software
As both 3D printing and 3D scanning become more affordable, the technologies are also becoming much more widespread. In fact, one company called XYZprinting is so bullish on the technologies…
itSeez3D Ports Their Mobile 3D Scanning App to New Intel RealSense Equipped Devices
Russian app development company itSeez3D announced that they have successfully ported their mobile scanner application to the Intel RealSense platform and will release a new app specifically for devices equipped…
Body Labs Launches Beta Version of BodyKit — Are 3D Printed Clothes Headed Our Way Next?
Eventually I envision a time where the majority of our clothes can be 3D printed within hours either at home on through a service like Shapeways or Sculpteo. When technology…
Kinpo Group’s XYZPrinting Looks Towards 3D Scanning with Intel’s RealSense Technology
It’s been about a year and a half since Taiwan-based Kinpo Group announced that they would be manufacturing their own line of 3D printers. Here we are 18 months later and their…
21st Century Self-Portrait by Joshua Harker: Now you too can have your own face 3D printed
It wasn’t until the mid-15th century that artists really began to include themselves in their own artwork. An artist named Jan van Eyck is famous for creating the earliest known panel self-portrait….
itSeez3D Turns iPad Into “Unbelievable” 3D Scanner with Help of a Structure Sensor
When it comes to 3D scanning, more and more solutions are becoming available as the months go by. 3D scanning is allowing us to take photographs of people and things,…
3D Systems’ iSense 3D Scanner Now Available for Pre-order
As 3D printing begins to take off on a consumer level, the desire to have an easy, cheap, reliable way to 3D scan objects on the go, will also gain…
Ecapture Unveils EyesMap, Tablet Built for 3D Scanning
In the last year we have seen some tremendous progress within the field of 3D scanning. Perhaps initially stimulated by the increasing popularity of 3D printing, 3D scanning technology is progressing…
Microsoft Researchers Create Skynet UI: Turns Smartphones into 3D Scanners
With 3d printers creeping their ways into thousands of new homes every month, such technology is bringing forth a variety of possible new applications for all sorts of technology. In…
Disney’s D-Tech Me: 3D Print Yourself As a Star Wars Stormtrooper and More
Growing up I was obsessed with Star Wars. I had Star Wars action figures, Star Wars models, and even Star Wars undies, but nothing can compare to what Disney is…
