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Istanbul: Thesis Student Explores Continuous Fiber Composites in FDM 3D Printing

Although polymers are still the most popular materials used in 3D printing today, many users find themselves limited due to issues with inferior strength and rigidity. Creating composites is a…

Colorful 3D Printed Prosthetics for Kids: Taking A Closer Look at e-NABLE’s Robotel Türkiye Chapter in Istanbul

This winter, we learned the heartwarming origin story of the e-NABLE Turkey chapter, also known as Robotel Türkiye, from volunteer Zeynep Karagöz, originally with Istanbul-based design team 5 dakika. Karagöz first contacted the e-NABLE volunteer…

e-NABLE Turkey: 5 dakika Set Up Robotel Türkiye Project, Now With Over 200 Volunteers

We’ve written a lot about e-NABLE, a vast and inspiring network of volunteers who provide free 3D printed hands to people with missing fingers, hands, or partial lower limb loss….

Rising Media Announces First Inside 3D Printing Istanbul Event with Deutsche Messe

Rising Media is announcing a new Inside 3D Printing show! Along with international trade fair planning and staging company Deutsche Messe, they are launching the first-ever Inside 3D Printing Istanbul, a new event…

Greek Robotics Club 3D Prints Incredibly Fast Line Following Robots

The technologies of robotics and 3D printing continue to converge. While in essence, a 3D printer is a robot itself, it’s the robots that are able to be fabricated via 3D printing which…

3D Printed Cell Phone Battery Charger Lets You DIY for a Higher Quality Product

These days, it really does seem that, for every problem, there’s a DIY approach–and thanks to the growing global community of makers, tinkerers, and problem solvers, there’s a 3D printed…

Istanbul Engineer Develops Modular 3D Printed Robot for Full-Service Platform or Push Toy

The combination of 3D printing and electronics often leads to technological marvels on all levels, and certainly allows today’s makers a wide range of latitude — along with functionality and…

Turkish Company, KEMiQ, is Set to Release Q1 3D Printer, Working to Develop a DLP Model

3D printing isn’t just a technology that is catching on in a few select countries. Sure the United States, China, and several other larger West European nations have been leading…

5 dakika Designs Mini 3D Printed Milk Truck Complete with Beverage ‘Tap’ for Local Event

Turkey’s got milk — and it’s also got a developing 3D printing community boasting some serious technical skills, artistic creativity, and craftsmanship. Both industries — old and new — are…

3D Printing-Modeled Serra Gate is an Eye-Catching Centerpiece of Istanbul’s Taksim Square

If the words “Taksim Square” sound familiar to you, that’s because they were in the news in association with “Gezi Park” frequently for several months in 2013. Gezi Park is…