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Japanese Court Delivers Vagina Verdict: Vagina-Inspired Models Are Pop Art; 3D Printable Files Are Still Obscene
One of the stranger stories we’ve been following is that of artist Megumi Igarashi, aka “the vagina kayak lady.” Her story began back in 2014, when she was arrested for…
Canon Lifecare Solutions Signs Japanese Distribution Agreement with Materialise
3D printing is quickly becoming an irreplaceable part of the medical workflow in many hospitals and surgical centers. The rapidly dropping price of 3D printers and 3D printing materials are…
Microsoft Japan Uses 3D Printing and Minecraft to Teach Students Basic Coding
There has recently been a movement to bring more STEM education into the classroom from educators and technology advocates all over the world. The reality is that the future of…
Japan: Roice Entertainment Offers 3D Printed Replicas of the Dearly Departed, Doubling as Urns
There’s simply nothing more difficult in life than losing a loved one. Still years after they’ve passed away, we often yearn to see them again whether in a dream, or…
Tokyo University Students Use Custom 3D Printing Pen to “Draw” Large 3D Structures
While there are several large-scale construction 3D printers being developed, none of them could really be called elegant or graceful. Mostly these huge machines print utilitarian shapes out in concrete…
exiii Offers Lineup of Affordable 3D Printed Robotic Prosthetics, Including Open-Source HACKberry
As the world of 3D printing technology evolves faster than most can keep up with, the impacts it offers to humans in need are powerful, life-changing, and deeply inspiring. The days…
Cyfuse Biomedical Partners with Cell Applications Inc. for the First Use of Regenova 3D Bioprinter Outside Japan
When it comes to 3D bioprinting, there are a few companies who tend to dominate the news, while others labor more quietly in the background. Back in August, we wrote…
The Saga of the Japanese 3D Printed Vagina Kayak Lady Continues
Japan is the only place in the world that could have a $20 billion a year pornography industry, twice the size of the United States’, and yet the actual depiction of…
The SS600: South Korea’s Sentrol Unveils Industrial Sand 3D Printer at Japan’s 3D Printing 2016
3D Printing 2016, held in Tokyo from January 27-29th, is a show that brings over 50,000 exhibitors and visitors from around the world to enjoy learning about 3D printing technology in…
Carima Shows Off Fastest 3D Printer in the World, Soon to Release the ‘Imp’
When 3D printing originally exploded onto the technology scene worldwide, it was recognized as an incredible new tool for innovation and was and has continued to be embraced wildly, despite…
Shining 3D First Chinese 3D Manufacturer to Enter Japanese Market, Partners with KS Design Lab
In an industry swimming with promising startups and a wide range of products bearing new bells and whistles that seem to appear on the market daily from relative unknowns, China’s…
Lunavast Craftehbot 3D Printer Kit: Enjoy Color Layer Printing and $500 off Until Jan. 20
We live in a high-tech world where many of today’s brightest minds are charging forward to use 3D printing to invent everything from interactive apparel to the bioprinting of cellular structures…
Bonsai Lab Launches the World’s First Voice Controlled 3D Printer: The Sub-$500 FabPod
Even as industrial 3D printing is exploding, the desktop 3D printer market is starting to soften a bit, so many 3D printer manufacturers are looking to find new ways to…
This Submersible 3D Printed Haptic Sonar Glove Lets You Feel Things Underwater Without Actually Touching Them
The concept behind haptic communication is quite simple, however the science that makes it possible is much more complicated. The basic process involves the simulation of a sense of touch…
Hack Much? Lunavest Offers CrafteHbot Full Color 3D Printer DIY Kit, You Attach 2D Inkjet Printer
If you’re like me, when doing some fun secondhand shopping, you probably notice the piles and piles of old inkjet printers in the electronics section, discarded as sometimes it’s just…
3D Printing Helps Restore 1,000-Year-Old Doors on a Historic Japanese Buddhist Temple
As a registered Japanese National Treasure and World Heritage Site, the Buddhist temple near Kyoto called Byōdō-in is one of Japan’s most important historical sites, and even appears on the…
United Nations Encourages More Countries to Invest in 3D Printing
With such an influx of news on 3D printing every day, it can seem as if the entire world is embracing the technology. However, according to the United Nations, most…
Sensible & Lovely! Japanese Designer Uses 3D Scanning, Printing & Auxetics to Create Truly Wearable Apparel
We’ve been telling you about 3D scanning via Artec 3D’s hardware and software for quite some time now, along with tools like Microsoft’s Kinect, popular in areas such as full…
Epson to Target Mass Volume Manufacturing Opportunities in 3D Printing Market–Within the Next 4-5 Years
Seiko Epson’s Global President, Minoru Usui, was in India recently, as the Japanese company celebrates 25 years of good business there. This is a man who is passionate about printers….
3D Petshop Offers Pet Owners Around the World Highly Customized 3D Printed Miniature Versions of Their Cats and Dogs
There are few niche markets more successful or lucrative than the one directed at pet owners. According to the ASPCA, an estimated 70-80 million dogs and 74-96 million cats are owned…
This 3D Printed Hairclip Helps the Deaf “Hear” Using Vibrations and Light
While recent advances in high-tech hearing aids and cochlear implants are helping a wide range of people who have lost their hearing regain it, not every loss of hearing is…
Hold a 3D Printed Historical Japanese Battle in the Palm of your Hand
With historical records of major military battles dating back to Japan’s early Jomon Period (10,000–300 BC), the Japanese Archipelago has been home to a rich and complex history of warfare….
3D Bio-Prints from Patient Cells to Create Vascular Prosthetics
When a blood vessel is diseased, damaged, or blocked, a vascular graft is often used to replace it in order to allow blood to flow normally again, in turn permitting…
Rinkak MMS Ready to Officially Launch 3D Printing Manufacturing Service
When Kabuku Inc. of Tokyo launched a closed beta test of their Rinkak 3D Printing Manufacturing Management Service, the cloud-based business management service, designed to meet the needs of modern…
