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Digital Fabrication in Architecture and 3D Printing Materials in Focus at AAAS Annual Meeting
The use of 3D printing in the construction field is not a new thing – there are 3D printed office buildings and laboratories, a 9-foot-tall 3D printed pavilion, 3D printed…
Affordable & Accessible–3D Printing Proves to Be a Realistic Technology for Helping the Disabled
If you’ve experienced the magic of making an intricate jewelry design, or creating a product like a toy with multiple working parts and gears, and then have seen it come…
Kwambio’s 3D File Platform Officially Launches Today, Offering Hundreds of Beautiful 3D Designs
Kwambio has been on our radar for quite some time as they’ve worked diligently toward today’s launch of their dynamic 3D file platform. Along the way, they’ve sprinkled their path…
New 3D Printing Curricula for NVLibrary Includes Intro to Design, Engineering, Prosthetics
Many educators are more than anxious to get 3D printers into their schools on all grade levels. As teachers tend to be of curious and often innovative spirit themselves, many…
Ben Raynes’ 3D Printed ‘Landscapes In Motion’ Are Incredible Moving Paintings
I once had an art professor tell me that the best kind of art is the kind that has never been done before. He was a major proponent of originality…
Massachusetts Librarian Lends Guatemalan Burn Victim a 3D Printed Helping Hand
Welmer Cordova was horribly burned in a gas explosion in Guatemala. The explosion killed two of Cordova’s sisters, and now at 20 years old, he was preparing to deal with…
Kwambio Receives $650,000 in Angel Funding for Expansion of Their 3D Printing Platform
Kwambio is a soon-to-be 3D printing service bureau, equipment manufacturer–and one of those rare startups that is a success story before they’ve even left the starting gate. We’ve reported on…
NuVu Studio Students Create 3D Printed Exoskeleton Shoe for Cycling & Triathlons
Students these days are much more up to speed on health issues as better nutrition and exercise programs are heavily encouraged. School lunches are healthier, more parents are going vegan…
3D Printing Changing the Face of Full Facial Transplant Surgeries
Use your head. It’s a phrase we’ve heard all our lives — and often good advice. Now, scientists are taking this advice quite literally, in 3D printing models of patients’…
3D Printed Replicas of Armenian Heritage Park’s Dodecahedron Created for Benefactors
The positive energy and power of Mcor 3D printing with paper is making headlines again — this time in Boston, where the Mcor 3D printing technology using paper is now…
Formlabs Standing Strong Despite Patent Lawsuit
There are a lot of players trying to move strategically around the 3D printing board. And when you mess with the big dogs, it can be as scary as… well,…