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Love can make people do crazy things – or beautifully creative things. We’ve seen several cases of 3D printed jewelry businesses born from someone’s desire to create something unique and…

Gravity Sketch is taking 3D design as you know it and launching it directly into the future, allowing you to use features you’ve probably only previously imagined; in fact, you’ll…

You never know what you’re going to see at Maker Faire. I’ve attended Maker Faire New York every year since Make Faire came to New York, and it’s been wildly different…

Games – of both the video and tabletop nature – are becoming more and more customizable thanks to 3D printing and virtual reality. The lines between video and tabletop gaming…

While the vast majority of us have no idea what it’s like to go through life missing an entire limb or a portion of one whether due to congenital issues,…

Wacom users generally share one important thing: creativity. And in the company’s dedication to the artists and innovators of the world, Wacom offers a host of tools to motivate and…

Last week, I wrote about participating in GAMESMASH – The Game Design and Fabrication Challenge, announced in July. Following the 48-hour game jam, the participating teams put the finishing touches on…

It’s been another wild week in the realm of 3D printing, and as per usual, we were gleefully overwhelmed with the amount of breaking news there was around the industry….

Shapeways has just announced that they are the first online 3D printing platform to offer interlocking metal parts in cast brass, bronze, and silver. They introduced interlocking parts in 3D printed aluminum at the…

This year marks the 20th anniversary of South Park, which makes me feel horribly, horribly old. That’s a long time, and a lot of political figures, religions, and celebrities mercilessly satirized,…

Online educational maker project repository Instructables is teaming up with 3D printing service provider Shapeways for yet another design contest. This time around Instructables users are being asked to create…

Let’s face it, 3D modeling can be hard. While there are a plethora of 3D printable models online there may be something you would like to print that just isn’t…

It’s been quite the week in 3D printing news, and as per usual, there was just too much happening around the world to cover it all. For starters, a group of…

This week included a lot of 3D printing news from all around the world, and as per usual, it was nearly impossible to keep up with all of the latest…

Full disclosure: intellectual property and copyright issues are not my favorite subjects. The whole area is messy, murky, confusing, and often seemingly arbitrary, and that’s before you even open up…

“It’s easy to critique, judge, and assume. It’s not easy to keep creating the things that can only come from you.”  Fearless (in 3D printing). Vulnerable (as a human, and an…

Most people think of Shapeways as a site geared towards individual designers and buyers – and, for the most part, it is. It’s a great resource for up-and-coming designers to…

Jeremy Burnich of Joy Complex is an incredibly talented and creative designer who has used 3D printing to commemorate several major events in recent history, from an Afghan woman’s brave protest to…

There’s been a lot happening in the 3D printing industry all around the world, and we’re here to catch you up on everything we were unable to squeeze into this…

I went through a brief phase during which my guilty pleasure and stress relief was wedding-themed reality TV. Mostly, I blame my former roommate, but there’s something addictive about wedding…

Although 3D printing has an undeniably large number of benefits for a wide range of applications, the technology is difficult to actualize for those without much knowledge in the field. Whether you’re…

When it comes to copyright law involving 3D design work, no one seems to grasp the perplexing and unhinged infringement rules quite like the 3D printing and law expert Michael…

One of the most glaring obstacles standing in the way of 3D printing technology’s expansion throughout the world is the lack of capable 3D designers. With most 3D modeling being…

There is no question that as 3D scanning and 3D printing technology improves in both quality and speed, the future of copyright and IP law is going to get really…