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Russian Researchers Develop New Recyclable 3D Printing Polymer Out of Biomass Material

When it comes to 3D printing materials, you won’t come across a more popular choice than plastic – there are all sorts of plastics to choose from, and it’s also…

Japanese Doctor’s Hobby & Dreams Take Flight with 3D Printed Ornithopters, Collection Grows

The human fascination with flight has been going on forever. Such envy we experience in watching a simple bird or more complex predator fly almost as high as the heavens;…

Tech Wizard and Maker Builds and 3D Prints a Laptop-Style Commodore C64

One persistent tech wizard’s yearning for the bygone days of Commodores and Sinclairs and early Apples — so, the ‘70s and ‘80s when we had less memory and more patience…

Kideville Aimed at Bringing 3D Printing and Urban Planning Skills to Students

It’s all about the children at Kidesign, an ed-tech startup aimed at building educational kits and bringing 3D printing into school curricula. Alberto Rizzoli and Dejan Mitrovic say they decided…

Autodesk 123D Sculpt+ Launches: Free App Offers More Design Options, In-App 3D Printing

Many of those in the 3D printing community are the creative type — “maker” and “designer” are often synonymous with “dreamer.” Before an idea can be brought to life, it has…

3D Print and Customize This Great, Retro-Looking, Foldable Nightlight

There’s something extra clever about making something appear low-tech when using high-tech tools. Here’s a 3D printed nightlight that hints at origami origins and maker inclinations from a first-time Instructables…

3D Printed Muscles Bring a Robotic Flower to Bloom

Before you get too excited, let me tell you that this is not an article about how to create yourself as a young Arnold Schwarzenegger through 3D printing… for now,…

Cambodia’s First 3D Printing Startup: teaching students, creating biogas systems and more

Brothers Ki Chong and Ki How Tran have launched Cambodia’s first 3D printing startup, ARC Hub PNH. Their vision is to make Phnom Penh the next startup hub in Asia…

3D Hubs is First 3D Printing Service Partner for Autodesk’s Spark Platform

3D Hubs and Autodesk are shaking hands again, cementing the ongoing happy marriage between their complementary products and platforms. 3D Hubs has just announced that they will be working as partners…

AutoDesk 123D Design V1.4 Now Available

Just as important to the 3D printing community as the printers themselves, is the software people use to create their models with. Within just a couple of years we have…