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LAIKA’s Brian McLean Talks About 3D Printed Faces for Studio’s New Stop Motion Animation Film
While attending SOLIDWORKS World 2019 in Dallas recently, I learned during my interview with Stratasys that the company’s multi-material J750 3D printer, which offers over 500,000 different color combinations, was the only 3D printer…
Researchers in Guatemala Use LIDAR 3D Scanning in Mirador Basin, Discover Ancient Network of Superhighways
It’s one thing to use a 3D scanner to scan a person, animal, or object, and use the scan to 3D print an object you can pick up and hold,…
Isart Digital Students Create Award-Winning Game and 3D Printed Figurine
Ten students at Isart Digital, a Parisian video game and 3D animation school, came together to create a beautiful video game called Lily, Colors of Santa Luz. The idea was…
For the 3D Printing Novice: Shapeways Offers Insights into CAD & 3D Modeling
For those just beginning to try their hand at 3D printing, often it’s easy to jump in with only the end goal in sight as you imagine that sophisticated looking…
Learning to Walk with History’s Largest Dinosaur Thanks to Maya and 3D Printing
In 2005 in a remote area of southern Patagonia in Argentina, a team of researchers from Drexel University found the mostly complete skeletal remains of a 65-ton supermassive dinosaur named…
Wacom Renews and Expands Commitment to 3D at Las Vegas CES 2016
You might be interested to know that Craig Barr is in Las Vegas. No, this isn’t a story of an extremely handsome Scottish footballer living it up playing the slot machines. I’m talking…
Sketchfab Now Supports In-Browser Animations in Interactive 3D
Sketchfab has been the go-to viewing platform for sharing and viewing 3D models since the 3D content distribution website launched back in 2013. Originally their in-browser functionality was limited to…
Drop Dead Gorgeous 3D Printed Halloween Costume
I have some bad news. If you were planning on winning the Halloween contest competition by cutting a couple holes in a sheet or wearing a store bought mask, you don’t…
i.materialise Lists Top 25 Most Popular 3D Modeling Software Programs in Use Today, Blender at #1
Why do we choose a particular software for anything? Normally, because we want to be wowed with features that will make our lives easier and impress the world with how…
Unique Characters 3D Printed for Stop Motion Animation by Studio Zazac called ‘Deer Flower’
There’s a new stop motion short film to be released in 2016, enigmatically titled ‘Deer Flower.’ Its creators, Kangmin Kim and Seulhwa Eum, are the founders of Studio Zazac, the…
The Body Beautiful: Amazing 3D Printed Variations of Venus de Milo are Fabricated
The statue of Venus de Milo, on display in the Louvre, embodies the ancient Greek ideals of beauty. That connotation has remained so strong that for a time its image…
The iPhone 6+ Case That Turns Your Phone into a ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Walkman
The main reason I am personally so enamored with 3D printing is the endless possibilities it presents for creating totally custom products. If you want a toy with your kid’s…
3D Printed Species Encourage Students to Evolve Form in Design of Dwelling
This semester, students in Professor James Kerestes graduate design studio course at Ball State University are using advanced digital fabrication technology to explore iterative form finding, from the initial conceptual…
130,000 lbs Dinosaur, Dreadnoughtus, 3D Scanned, and Miniature Versions Being 3D Printed
Q: How do you study a 130,000-pound dinosaur? A: Any way it wants you to. We have seen numerous ways in which 3D technology has assisted in the research, documentation,…
GeeWhiz Uses 3D Printing to Create Life-like Figure of The Dark Knight
GeeWhiz might seem like the kind of thing a blushing six year old from a 1950s TV show might utter, but the people behind the humorously named company can be…