open hardware
Open Source Everything: Assist in Everything with 3D Printing
In a previous post in this series, we looked at the opportunities related to open source assistive devices, often small and novel objects that can be 3D printed cheaply. Unique…
COVID-19 and 3D Printing: Go Open Source to Save Lives
As the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S., fears of ventilator shortages spread across states, who requested far higher numbers of the breathing machines than the national stockpile maintained. According to…
Wikifactory and Thought For Food Challenge: Solutions to Sustainably Feed the World
There are many ongoing efforts to use 3D printing for the purposes of increasing sustainability in the world, from marine applications and reducing plastic waste to clean water initiatives and…
BCN3D Technologies Releases Open Source Files for Sigmax 3D Printer
This past fall, BCN3D Technologies, based out of Barcelona and best-known for its Sigma 3D printer, released the multi-material Sigmax 3D printer at the TCT Show. The professional desktop Sigmax, which features a…
Sound Designer Develops 3D Printed Modular Synthesizer: All Open Source, Open Hardware
Musician and sound designer José Luis González Castro has a lot of experience with video game sound effects and creation, which paved the way for his current project. Castro is working to…
New Low Cost, Steel Framed 3D Printers are Coming to South Africa For Under $500
3D Printing has been flourishing more and more in the United States and much of Europe, as people realize all of the incredible things that can be created on these…
