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The New Easy-to-Use Gravity Sketch 3D Modelling App for the iPad is Now Available
One of the barriers to a wider adoption of 3D technology is the difficulty of creating 3D printable models. For many people who may be interested in creating 3D models,…
Generate Code and 3D Printable Products Using Shapeways’ New Software Upgrade: ShapeJS 2.0
Does the above graphic scare you off? Well, it’s designed to do the opposite! Based on JavaScript, Shapeways’ ShapeJS is a software program targeting makers and designers who want to create 3D printable…
The Free Library of 3D Printable Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Grows Even Bigger
A few months ago I spoke with avid D&D player and Shapeways user Miguel Zavala who had just uploaded a huge library of two hundred 3D printable Dungeons & Dragons…
Kickstarter: 3D Printed Dodecahedron Elephant Timer is Easy to Set, Makes Multitasking Fun
Tick tock. It’s the soundtrack to our lives, whether we like it or not. And while many may rebel against the structure of the dreaded morning alarm or wearing a…
Have a 3D Printed St. Patrick’s Day with These Downloadable Designs!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, all! It’s one of my favorite holidays – my giant Irish family always has a giant Irish dinner and to me, it signifies the real start…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — March 12
In this week’s 3D printing news, we see that change is in the air — as always. Shapeways has just added a new coating that will make your 3D scanned and printed selfies…
Nervous System Unveils New 3D Printed Kinematics Petal Dress
3D printed fashion seems to be everywhere these days. There certainly were a number of 3D printed dresses shown recently during New York Fashion Week. Now Nervous System, the design…
Shapeways on US Dept. of Commerce Report: Beware Remixes & Copyright Infringements—They Can Cost You Six Figures
There’s no better part of a beginning than that of a fledgling industry populated by passionate individuals all enjoying themselves and getting along, working for the common good—for about a…
Mike Le Page Experiments with Patreon Crowdfunding to Support Full-Time 3D Design Dream, Offers Videos & Helpful Resources
Many of us have a passion or hobby that becomes so all-consuming we dream of making it our life’s work. For the artist, while long has prevailed the idea that…
Shapeways & Montague Bikes Team Up to Make Aluminum 3D Printed Folding Bicycles
We’ve written about numerous 3D printed bikes over time, from racing models to those made with very unusual materials and even some made in miniature. If you know any serious cyclists,…
3D Printed Bronze Pendant Creates Topographical Link Between Lovers
One 3D designer and printer took the idiom “home is where the heart is” literally when he created a unique Valentine’s Day gift for his girlfriend earlier this month. With…
Ohne Titel Wows at New York Fashion Week with Shapeways 3D Printed Dress
3D printing in fashion… Is it a new trend or is it a novelty? Often I am asked if I think 3D printed garments will replace traditional textiles and manufacturing….
3D Printing Services Search Engine 3Dprintler Adds New File Formats and Dropbox Integration
3Dprintler is a 3D printing services and resources search engine that was designed to connect companies that offer 3D printing services to customers looking for the best prices and printing…
LIGO Discovers Gravitational Waves; Joy Complex 3D Prints Them
A century ago, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of something called gravitational waves, which are no more than ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by a cataclysmic event happening somewhere…
Alexis Walsh Shows 3D Printed Spire Dress and Lysis Collection at New York Fashion Week
The James A. Farley Post Office Building in New York, just across the street from Penn Station, bears an oft-quoted inscription over its entrance: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom…
Atlantic Scale Modelers Delivers Amazing 3D Printed and Scaled New England Models
There is a timeless hobby that younger and older people never seem to grow tired of: model train sets. Just because you may be obsessed with assembling and then playing…
Watch Artist Melissa Ng Create Stunning Fantasy-Inspired Dreamer Regalia 3D Printed Cosplay Armor for Felicia Day
As an artist myself I struggle with the inner turmoil of having a career as a creative while many of the people in my life have more conventional jobs. Many…
Buy or Sell 3D Models and Even Offer Local 3D Printing Services with Treatstock
There is a new 3D model marketplace on the block, and while there are no shortages of those these days, the Newark, Delaware startup called Treatstock is bringing something new…
A Symbol of Peace & Freedom: 3D Printed ‘Dove’ Has 29 Parts, Moving Wings
Mike Le Page of Perth, Australia, is a designer who understands how much delight some of the smallest things in life can bring to those in the midst of challenges….
Crowdsourcing 3D Printing Prototype Testing and Development with Bhold Labs
The prototyping process for developing new products, while necessary, is still a long, expensive and often laborious process. When you think about how often a product needs to be redesigned…
Check Out This Library of Over 200 3D Printed Dungeons & Dragons Monsters
When Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created the legendary Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) tabletop role playing game it is unlikely that they had any idea that it would become unquestionably…
Beautiful 3D Printed Sculpture Appears to Move, Thanks to Lighting and Mathematics
You may, at first glance, mistake it for some strange, exotic sea creature – a newly discovered species of jellyfish, perhaps, or sea urchin. Whatever it is, it’s beautiful. Luminous,…
Showcasing the Beauty of a Trilobite through 3D Printing
Alas, the humble trilobite will probably never star in its own Saturday morning cartoon or make it into next year’s lineup of Beanie Babies, mostly because it is distinctly unhuggable….
Shapeways Introduces Their Newest 3D Printing Material – Aluminum!
While FDM printing has been very advantageous to designers prototyping products it isn’t always up to the task of creating really refined products for sale. Though it is exciting to…
