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Université de Lorraine: Direct Waste Printing with PLA Pellets Versus FDM 3D Printing
French researchers from Université de Lorraine assess 3D printing techniques and recycling feedstocks, detailing their study in the recently published ‘Mechanical Properties of Direct Waste Printing of Polylactic Acid with…
The Nydus One Syringe Extruder (NOSE): Turns Your Prusa i3 Into a Bioprinter
Researchers from Germany are exploring democratizing bioprinting with their findings outlined in ‘Nydus One Syringe Extruder (NOSE): A Prusa i3 3D printer conversion for bioprinting applications.’ Recognizing the promise of…
Recycled PLA Shows Highly Variable Strength
3D printing, as well as 4D printing, have opened up an ever-expanding realm of hardware, software, and unique methods for constructing complex geometries. Along with that though also comes a…
Researchers Develop a Low-Cost Metal 3D Printer Using MIG Welding
Metal 3D printing, although it has gone down in cost, is still quite expensive. This limits access to the technology for small and medium-sized businesses, meaning that many applications go…
3D Printer Buying Guide 2018
Since our buying guide last year, a lot has changed in 3D Print-Land. More functional desktop 3D printers have emerged, and a slew of competitors entered the low-cost 3D printing…
3D Printer Buying Guide 2017
There are a lot of 3D printers available nowadays. Which one do you buy? It really depends a lot on who you are and what you wish to use it…
Duke University Researchers 3D Print Electromagnetic Metamaterials on a Prusa i3 Desktop 3D Printer
Duke University has been responsible for several interesting developments related to 3D printing lately, and a lot of those developments have been related to new 3D printing materials and methods….
German Researchers 3D Print Thin-Layer Chromatography Plates
Gertrud Morlock, researcher at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, successfully utilized a Prusa i3 to create patterned plates with 3D printed thin silica gel layers. The Prusa i3 open-source…
Nano Brick Artist Brings the 1980s Back With a 3D Printed Classic Tabletop Arcade
Those of you who don’t have 3D printers already, what do you think you’d make first if you did have one? In all likelihood, probably a Benchy, but then what?…
Researchers Endeavor to Develop a 3D Printer That Can Print Onto Anything
As 3D printing continues to develop and evolve, we’ve begun to see it branch off quite a bit from the typical image of a machine depositing layers onto a flat…
3D Printing and CNC Machining Complement Each Other in the Ooznest OX
While CNC machining and 3D printing may seem to be the opposite of each other – one removes material, the other adds material – the two technologies complement each other…
New Windows 10 IoT Core App Allows Users to Easily Network Their 3D Printer Using a Raspberry Pi
Microsoft Windows has always been an early supporter of 3D printing, not only developing their own 3D printing app, but offering native 3D printer support for a bunch of 3D…
The All New Original Prusa i3 MK2 Kit Has a Ton of New Features
In an industry packed with more 3D printer options than anyone could even try to keep track of there has always been one constant industry leader: RepRap. Back in 2005…
Top 10 Affordable RepRap Prusa i3 kits for Sale Under $400 at 3D Printers Online Store
The RepRap Project started as a British initiative to develop a 3D printer that can print most of its own components and be a low-cost 3D printer, but it is…
Serious About 3D Modeling Software? Take a Look at ImplicitCAD—Powerful, Open Source, & Centered Around 3D Printing
3D printing has certainly emerged as one of the most exciting tools for hobbyists, designers, engineers, and more—and over the past few years, has become such a mainstream technology that…
E3D-Online’s New Titan Extruder: It Grips Like an Absolute Beast
Often the extruder is the silent hero of 3D printing. While manufacturers today spend an inordinate amount of time churning out glossy new machines and releases into the marketplace with…
Raspberry Pi Zero + Nintendo Controller + 3D Printing = Nostalgic Gaming Experience
If you are into gaming and 3D printing, you may be part of the craze for nostalgic gaming experiences. The kids who came of age when video games really took…
Large 3D Printed Rubik’s Cube Breaks Previous World Record!
In 1974, the world of puzzles changed forever with the introduction of the Rubik’s Cube. This puzzle, for anyone who has managed not to have seen one yet, is a cube…
Upgrade Your Inexpensive 3D Printer with this Instructables Hack
Instructables contributor “Deividmaxx”–real name, David–wanted a high-precision 3D printer but he didn’t want to pay an equally high price, so he decided to buy an inexpensive, build-it-yourself 3D printer kit…
Introducing the All (Mostly) New 3D Printed Robot in a Can!
It doesn’t promise to taste great or to be less filling, but Attiny Canbot sure is cute. This project springs from the mind of Thingiverse contributor Maxmillian Kern, who goes…
3D Printed Baroque Recorder is Music to the Maker’s Ears
A number of makers have turned their attentions to the art of crafting instruments through 3D printing. At first, these instruments were mostly interesting for their novelty. However, as more and more…
$265 Flash Sale — Feature-packed Electron 3D Prusa i3 3D Printer Kits
When it comes to open source desktop 3D printing, one of the most popular models out there is the Prusa i3, which first dates back to May of 2012. The…
Team Continues Study of 3D Printed Microstructures, Tests 3D Printers, Autodesk Ember Shines
Qingnan Zhou quite simply has a fascinating fascination with materials in terms of microstructures in 3D printing as well as how they hold up under different fabricating scenarios. We’ve reported…
Thingiverse Catch The Wind Challenge Inspires 3D Printed DaVinci Flying Machine
There’s a first time for everything and for Croatian Thingiverse contributor Matija Sedak, that first time was the contribution of a DaVinci-inspired 3D printed flying machine. There’s nothing like standing…