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New Software Turns Any 3D Printable Model into a Rubik’s Cube Style Twisty Puzzle

The Rubik’s Cube was the first in a very long line of complicated 3D puzzles of varying geometries and complexities popularized in the 1980s. But the development of the specialized…

Shapeways Globalizes Their 3D Printing Marketplace With New Currency Conversion Feature

As I’ve been travelling Europe over the last week or so I have come to realize just how confusing currency conversion can be. Of course I had to choose three…

‘Tactum’ By MadLabs — Create 3D Printable Designs Using The Human Body As The Interface

Madeline Gannon is a researcher, designer, and educator at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture where she’s completing work as a PhD candidate in Computational Design. She’s also the principal…

Ottermatics’ 3D Printed Prototype Seeks to Breathe Life into Wine With the Perfect Aerator

3D printed products have made some amazing headway in critical applications. We’ve seen fantastic, futuristic uses in the medical and aerospace fields, to name just a couple. And of course…

BMW M3 Spoilers Recreated Using 3D Scanners for US Market, Thanks to EMS

BMW isn’t just for luxury: the BMW M series of sport cars have been around since the ’60s. The M, which stands for Motorsport, signifies a BMW-made vehicle with… well,…

Government Agency 3D Prints Dog Nose to Study How Bomb Sniffing Works

3D printing has ventured into surprising and arguably amusing new territory thanks to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency that collaborates with industry in the development…

Arburg is Now Taking Orders for its Much Anticipated Freeformer 3D Printing Machines

Arburg has, with the release of its Freeformer additive manufacturing machine, become the only manufacturer to cover the entire spectrum from additive manufacturing to injection molding.  It was the first…

‘PipeDream’ – Autodesk Working on Way to Integrate Tubes for Electronic Components Within 3D Prints

If you 3D print sculptures or 3D print equipment that will need wires, sensors and lights, then you’ve probably been waiting for something like PipeDream to hit the market. PipeDream…

3D Printing Keeps New Zealand Competitive in the Boat Manufacturing Industry

Seafaring nation, New Zealand, has relied on its thriving marine industry to keep the country’s economy afloat. These days, however, competition is fierce. Countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and China,…

Pango, the Augmented Reality Enabled 3D Design & Printing Service Launches on Kickstarter

Despite some tremendous progress, one of the biggest obstacles in the way of widespread, mainstream adoption of 3D printing is the skill it takes to develop comprehensive 3D printable models…

First Full 3D Production Center in Canada to Launch Through Burloak

In the next five years, we will see the establishment of Canada’s first full advanced manufacturing and production additive manufacturing center. This facility is being developed as part of a…

GoEngineer to Hold 3D Printing Kids’ Camps This Summer

We have heard it said so many times. “3D printing is the future.” This means that it is our children who will be growing up in a world surrounded by…

3D in Spanish? It’s 3D.

More and more resources are becoming available for 3D printers around the world. A new magazine, 3D CAD & CAM en Español is now being produced in Spanish and is…

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…

The Plan Collection Allows Home Builders to 3D Print Their Blueprints

Building a home is one of the most exciting things anyone can ever take part in. Once a perfect design is chosen and tweaked, you can slowly watch with excitement…

Objectifiers Looks to Remove the Toughest Parts of 3D Printing & Design

3D Printing has caught on at a staggering rate just in this past year.  There are websites like ShapeWays that allow designers to sell their printed designs, without having to…