customization

You Can Integrate 3D Printing into Every Company Department

As 3D printing grows, more businesses have expressed an interest in integrating the technology into their operations. But, if you don’t directly work in a business environment that needs to…

3D Design Platform Kwambio Re-Launches with New Designers and a New Creative Director

Lots of 3D printing platform/marketplaces pop up on a regular basis, but few cause the kind of buzz that Kwambio did when it officially launched last year. Like other marketplaces, customers…

Trove Offers 3D Printed Jewelry That’s Perfect Just for You

The way that human beings decorate their bodies has long been a significant component of both individual expression and social identity. People have found a myriad of ways to express ideas, stature,…

3D Systems to Host Webinar on Customized Prosthetics November 17th

On November 2nd, 2013, 23-year-old Nova Scotia resident Natasha Hope-Simpson was leaving a pub when she was struck by a car. The driver fled the scene, leaving Hope-Simpson with a badly…

Shapeways’ New CustomMaker Feature a Possible Game Changer for Shop Owners

Customization is central to unlocking the promise of 3D printing technology, and now Shapeways says they’re rolling out an “incredibly powerful tool to make products more personal and meaningful to…

The Daihatsu Copen Roadster is a Modular Car Featuring 3D Printed Custom Parts

3D printing has lead to the customization of products within all sorts of markets. We’ve seen custom clothing, custom prosthetic hands and arms, and even custom jewelry come about due…

Use Your 3D Printer for Easy Customized Iron-On Artwork Projects

It’s right that there’s no end to what you can do with a high-quality 3D printer, and we cover many of these stories here. But have you ever considered using…

Tenvas Introduces Online Customization Tool for 3D Printed Watches Via Indiegogo Campaign

My, how time flies. The first article I wrote for 3DPrint.com was about Tenvas’ 3D printed watches, and at the time, I was just beginning to learn everything that can…

‘Scope for Design’ Offers Individualized 3D Printed Smartphone Cases–more than 10,000 configurations possible

One of the most fun and easy items available for 3D printing today is the smartphone case. While it seems a simple enough item, these days your phone case can say…

Custom Flexy-Form Insoles Are 3D Printable & Utilize Thermoforming for a Perfect Fit

One of the areas in which we have begun to really see 3D printing start to infiltrate is that of custom footwear. Whether it be custom shoes, sneakers, shoe accessories, insoles,…

Fonon DMLS AM Systems Are Designed to Precisely Fit Each Customer’s Requirements

A fiber laser is a system that uses an optical fiber doped with rare earth elements such as dysprosium, praseodymium, erbium, ytterbium, neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium, and thulium. Fonon Corporation says their…

#ToyLikeMe Campaign Drives the Creation of Dolls with Disabilities Line of Makies Dolls

Almost a year ago, I wrote a story for 3Dprint.com about The Makies a line of 3D printed, personalizable dolls. The dolls, which were first introduced in 2012, captured the…

‘Custom Control Concepts’ Will Jazz Up Your Custom VIP Aircraft With 3D Printing

In Seattle, WA, Custom Control Concepts practices their specialty of designing and building in-flight entertainment and cabin management systems. They’ve been at the trade for more than a decade, and…

Light Soles, Made with 3D Printing & Light Curing Technology, Offer Runners & Cyclists Relief

3D printing is truly a boon to the discerning consumer in an industry like that of footwear, where there are only so many styles and manufacturers of shoes—but every foot is…

Kiwatch & Sculpteo are Creating Custom Costumes for Security Cameras via 3D Printing

Leaving aside for a moment arguments regarding the ethical implications of being part of a surveillance society, Kiwatch is helping cameras to blend into their backgrounds by making a wide variety…

This Pebble Watch is a Clear Example of Why 3D Printing Will Revolutionize Our Economy

When we decided to launch 3DPrint.com just over 13 months ago, we looked at it as a hobby, but the pace at which things have progressed, both for us and…

Designer Kostas Metaxas is Offering an Upscale 3D Printed Pen on Kickstarter

Kostas Metaxas is a designer, magazine editor and publisher, and a filmmaker and producer who covers fashion, design, gastronomy, and the arts. Metaxas has also designed Zylia Code, a line…

Made to Take a Hit — 3D Printed Glucose Monitor Case from Stratasys and R&D Technologies

Ten-year-olds have a tendency to treat expensive objects just like they treat cheap toys; with a complete lack of respect for their ability to take a hit and keep working….

High Fashion + High Tech = Bawsome 3D Printed Sunglasses

You know how in the movies when the librarian girl gets a makeover and becomes the popular girl, she always loses her glasses in the transition? Well, that’s probably because…

Dutch Company EXO-L 3D Prints Custom Ankle Supports for Athletes

Ankle injuries such as sprains and stress fractures are common, particularly with athletes. Around 25,000 people per day — both athletes and non-athletes, adults and children — in the US…

PYOD Launches Kickstarter: Customize your own 3D printed sex toy

“Nobody knows you like you do,” they say. “They,” in this case, are PYOD, a new company that is so dedicated to personalizing an already quite personal experience that they’ve named…

3D Printed Ergonomic Keyboard Customizes the Keys for Every Individual’s Hands

One of the great benefits of 3D printing is the ability to ignore previous restrictions seen within more traditional means of manufacturing, which include expensive injection molding techniques that are…

Australian Company Flying Machine 3D Prints Titanium Bike Lugs for Custom, Luxury Bicycles

“I want to ride my bicycle,” Freddie Mercury once sang; it’s a chorus repeated through the years, as the cycling community across the world is massive. 3D printing in the…

3D Printed Lock-Nesters Bring Puzzles Into Three Dimensions

Brooklyn designer Fleet Hower has combined a longtime fascination with puzzles with his professional interest in bringing together digital design, physical production, and the latest in technology. The natural brainchild of this…