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Thunder Chrome 3D Printable 28mm Post-Apocalyptic Tabletop Gaming Terrain Hits Kickstarter
If you’ve ever played a tabletop war game like Warhammer or Warmachine, then you’ll know the pain of having to place your nicely painted army on a table with spray…
The Gizmo 3D Printer Suffers Delay Due to PayPal Freezing Their Account
This week, Australia-based startup Gizmo 3D Printers has run into a production delay thanks to online payment service PayPal. On an update posted to their successfully funded Indiegogo campaign page,…
Get 3D Printed Parts That Look Like Injection Molded Parts with Polymaker’s PolySmooth and the Polysher
While 3D printing has come a long way in the last decade, the one thing that the technology just hasn’t been able to beat is the striation marks left behind…
High-Tech Zweikampf 3D Printed Soccer Shin Guards Get Kickstarted
Sports equipment has always had a pretty close relationship with advanced technology, and not only because their marketing companies practically salivate at the prospect of a new angle for their…
OctoPrint Startup Soon to Lose Funding from Sponsor BQ, Launches Patreon Campaign—Users Rally Behind Founder
One thing is for sure in the world of business: nothing is ever for sure. No matter how hard you work, there are no guarantees for success—and especially not in…
Lumi Industries is at it Again with the New Professional Quality LumiForge DLP 3D Printer
At only a little over two years old, Italian startup Lumi Industries doesn’t seem to be interested in taking a breather, even when they manage to find some pretty amazing…
The Nerf Arms Race is Heating Up with this 3D Printed, Robotic Foam Dart Launcher
I’m sure all of us remember playing with the foam dart gun shooters from when we were kids. They often had to be reloaded after every shot, and our targets…
Open Source CowTech Ciclop 3D Scanner Kit Available on Kickstarter for $99
Montana-based startup CowTech launched an affordable 3D scanner kit on Kickstarter and they easily breezed past their funding goal in the first 24 hours. The CowTech Ciclop is a $99 3D…
The World’s First Mass Market 3D Knitted Shoe Heads to Kickstarter
Footwear company J&S Enterprises is introducing a new line of affordable and customizable 3D knitted shoes. The JS Shoes Q Series of footwear are lightweight, environmentally friendly, form fitting and…
3D Printed Linked to the Wall Video Game Cartridge Mounts on Kickstarter
Over forty years ago the very first home video game system, the Magnavox Odyssey, was released to the public. While the original video game console wasn’t really what could be…
Top Down Light Cured Resin 3D Printer Gizmo’s GiziMate Series is Set to Hit Indiegogo in March
One of the more common, and in my opinion valid, criticisms of stereolithography and other light-cured resin 3D printers is the expense of printer maintenance and required peripherals. Liquid resin…
BotFactory COO Explains How Shapeways Helped Them Suck Better
Last year a small start up from Brooklyn, New York named BotFactory had their first taste of success on Kickstarter as they crowdfunded their first product, a desktop PCB factory…
BLTouch Auto Level Sensor Ships to Backers
If there’s one thing that’s a real pain when it comes to 3D printing it’s bed leveling. Often users find it difficult to get their printer bed perfectly level and…
Nano-Scale 3D Printing Technology Helps Researchers Print the Smallest Color Picture Ever Printed
Measuring itself at an astoundingly tiny 0.0092 mm, or 80 µm x 115 µm, in size Guinness World Records Limited has just named ETH Zurich and their spin off company…
3D LifePrints Needs Help Bringing 3D Printed Prosthetics to the World’s Poorest Regions
If you’ve ever doubted that the world is unbalanced, just take a look at the disparity in medical resources between developed and developing countries. In the United States, for example,…
The AON is a Massive Industrial 3D Printing Beast with Two Independent Printing Heads
The AON Industrial 3D printer currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter is a big, beefy and robust machine that was built to be highly adaptable and durable enough for extremely high-volume use….
Pawsthetics Needs Your Help to Design and 3D Print Prostheses for Pets with Special Needs
Traditionally made prosthetic devices can cost the disabled community thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars, to have custom designed. But in the last few years 3D printing has…
3D Printing is Helping Kickstart This Beautiful Leonardo da Vinci-Themed Board Game
While every crowdfunding campaign is a gamble, there is what I like to call a trifecta of success that most fully or over funded campaigns all seem to have. There…
Help This Teacher 3D Print Assistive Fitness Equipment for Disabled Children
As a former personal trainer and current physical fitness teacher at Schlegel Road Elementary School in Webster, New York, Joe Kabes understands the important role of play activity for the…
On The Heels of Jobs Act Title III Approval: Seedrs Crowdfunding Platform to Come to the US with Beta Testing, Formal Launch in 2016
As the world of technology grows with digital design and 3D printing, innovations abound–and the seeds are planted for many new businesses. But with that comes a need for capital….
How to Kickstarter: The Runaway Success of the M3D Micro 3D Printer and Why It All Worked
Ever since the two-year Pirate3D debacle finally came to an end a few weeks ago I’ve been ruminating on Kickstarter campaigns and their place in the 3D printing industry. Crowdfunding…
Crowdfunding Campaign to Support Ambitious Plans to 3D Print the Universe
It sounds like exactly the kind of evil plan that would be dreamed up by a comically inept super villain with only a limited understanding of exactly what it is that…
Orbbec Releases Open Source SDK to GitHub for Their Astra 3D Camera Technology
When Orbbec was founded back in 2013 their goal was to develop intelligent computer-driven 3D cameras capable of reacting to their environment, and their users specific needs using gesture controls….
The Super-Fast Readybox 3D Printer hits Kickstarter, Blows Past Funding Goal in 24 Hours
It hasn’t really been a great year for 3D printers on Kickstarter. Considering how many of the 3D printing industry’s biggest success stories can be traced back to a successful…
