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3D printing has affected manufacturing and designing to the point that nearly everything that can be made is either now rolling off of a 3D printer or will be soon–and…

Ever since I started writing about 3D printing over a year ago, I find that one of the developments I get most excited about in the 3D printing space is…

In this week’s 3D printing news, we have stories about 3D printable icons, like Batman and Elvis, and a chance to win a MakerBot Replicator 2 just for buying tickets to…

Everyone has made a paper airplane at some point in their life, be it in school or just for fun with your friends. Most of us probably only know one…

If there was one superhero who has been fully embraced by the 3D printing community, it would have to be Iron Man. I’m not sure what it is, but it…

HoneyPoint3D, co-founded by husband and wife team Nick and Liza Kloski, began with the opening of a retail 3D printing store in Oakland, California. The pair taught classes, sold 3D…

The Ukrainian mathematician Georgy Voronoy, among his many accomplishments, defined what is now known as the Voronoi diagram. A Voronoi diagram, at least in a very simple form, describes the…

Tyson James is a civil engineering student who is dedicated to teaching people the intricacies of 3D printing at Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library and encourages students to utilize the…

Having a dog is a huge responsibility that far too many people don’t take as seriously as they should. A dog needs more than a bowl of water and some…

Adam Proctor is a founding member of the North Shore 3D Printing Club and a member of New England Creative who runs his own 3D printing hub outside of Boston, and…

As tributes go, this 3D-printed homage to the world’s most beloved half-human, half-Vulcan, Mr. Spock, is pretty easy to undertake: Follow the step-by-step instructions for 3D modeling and printing your…

When it comes to 3D printing, you have to love the customization aspects that this technology provides to artists, designers, and hobbyists. For those of us who know how to…

With the advent of digital photography, just about anyone with the capacity to point and shoot could make even a smartphone camera generate photos of impressive quality. Amateur photographers could…

Instructables Community Manager Mike (user name: mikeasaurus) has designed and released an edgier way to get your beer to your mouth all while keeping your hands from getting cold (or even…

In the mid-’90s I attended Philosophy graduate school when something called “deconstruction” was all the rage. In a nutshell, deconstruction criticizes a Western philosophical assumption that the natural and social worlds are objective…

Different varieties of filament lead, obviously, to different capabilities for 3D printed creations. While some people still associate 3D printing with choppy, layered looking plastic creations that proclaim “prototype” more…

If you are at all interested in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), then you have likely wasted hours on end tethered to your PC playing World of Warcraft. In…

I had an opportunity to speak with digital artist Dennis Martin, a member of the Reality Solutions Group at Autodesk that worked with the team creating the 3D printed bust…

They’ve hatched!  The Mix-a-Monster creatures, hybrids of animals, crossbreeds that existed only in the imagination… They’ve hatched, thanks to 3D printing technology and people’s unlimited imaginations. Three winners from i.materialise‘s…

Baltimore entrepreneurs and makers, Todd Blatt and Ben Howarth, have successfully combined nostalgia, fashion, microchip technology and 3D printing to create a thoroughly contemporary take on classic jewelry. The locket,…

Although Autodesk has yet to begin selling their own SLA based 3D printers, which they unveiled earlier this year, that doesn’t mean that they are not already seriously competing for…