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3D Printing Designer Creates Flexible Meso-Material Out of Rigid Filament
When it comes to 3D printing, there are many large scale 3D printers capable of printing in a multitude of different materials. These materials range from extremely flexible, to very…
London Artist Brings ‘The Little Prince’ to Life in 3D Print for the Visually Impaired
While as adults we graduate to books ‘without pictures,’ relying on our imaginations to illustrate what the fictional places and people might look like, humans as a rule are very…
Avooq’s 3D Printable CDBits Turn Your Old CD’s Into Building Blocks
A small product design team based in Australia are using their ingenuity and a line of core 3D printable objects to combine older “useless” technologies and products with 3D printing…
This 3D Printed Birdhouse Changes Colors When It Is Occupied
One of my favorite types of stories to cover surrounding the 3D printing space is those that show how animals are benefiting from this up-and-coming technology. We’ve covered many stories…
Incredible 3D Printable, 500 Piece Sentinel From ‘The Matrix’ is Now Available to Print at Home
The first thing that I did when I got my 3D printer a couple years ago was search around the internet for design files I could print out. I had…
Ingenious 3D Printed Egg Separator Utilizes NinjaFlex Filament in Extraordinary Fashion
Eggs, they’re what’s for breakfast…… and lunch and sometimes even dinner. Heck, I even eat them as a post-workout protein supplement. Eggs are my coffee in the morning, and my…
Download and 3D Print Your Own Oversized Diver’s Watch Clock
Franc Falco, a graphic designer and 3D modeler at My Mini Factory, has gone full boat with the Massive 3D Printed Diver’s Watch Clock. If you’ve got a nautical bent and a hankering…
Behold: The 1.3 Meter Tall, 3D Printed, World of Warcraft Frostmourne Sword
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…
Repurpose the Bottle From Your Favorite Wine: 3D Print Your Own SplashLIGHT
If you have a 3D printer and a home decor sensibility that tends toward shabby chic meets wine-or-spirits-imbibing maker, then Australian DIY designer Avooq (a.k.a. Matthew William Keene) has a…
NACUE Announces 3D Printing Product/Logo Competition for Students; iMakr to Print Winning Design
While the 3D printing community is all about the enthusiasm of science and sharing, and improving on open source designs, there’s nothing like a little competition to heat things up…
3D Scanning the World – Travel Competition Announced by My Mini Factory
If you are looking for a big project, look no further than the My Mini Factory ‘Scan the World’ travel competition. The creators of My Mini Factory have issued a…
Tired of Waiting For an Apple Watch? 3D Print a Version of One Now
There has not been a bigger product launch anticipated from Apple than that of the supposed Apple iWatch, which many analysts following the company believe is an inevitable product. It is…
