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3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup, June 16, 2020
We’ve got the details on two webinars and one virtual event in today’s roundup. 3Ding is hosting a series of webinars about 3D printing, while Rize published one focused on…
3D Printed Plastic Geoboards Teach Visually Impaired Students about Geometry
Geometry is the branch of mathematics that relates to angles, geometric shapes, lines and line segments, and rays, and you use geometry concepts to measure lengths and areas of 2D…
3D Printing in Ophthalmology: Smartphone Slit-Lamp Adapter for Diagnostics
A trio of researchers from hospitals in Egypt and India recently published a paper, titled “Custom-made three-dimensional-printed adapter for smartphone slit-lamp photography,” about their work designing a custom 3D printed…
3D Printed WHO Bioassay Kit Parts Could Help Combat Malaria
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), malaria is a mosquito-born disease caused by a parasite. While roughly less than 2,000 cases are diagnosed annually in the…
An Overview of Inexpensive CAD Options for 3D Printing
We live in a great time, where we have not only affordable 3D printers but also many great CAD programs available for free, so you can easily design anything you…
Researchers Use 3D Virtual Reality Houses to Explore Memory
Have you ever thought about a really good memory – the day you graduated school, or maybe when you won a prize – or a very sad memory, like the…
What About 3D CAD?
The first rule for printing in 3D is the presence of a 3D file. The next article will lead you through basic computer-aided design (CAD) terms, will review the market…
3D Printing Educator Spotlight On: Megan Finesilver, 2nd Grade Teacher, Speaker and Curriculum Developer, Colorado
Every educator knows that teaching is more than a full-time job. The hours dedicated to their work go far beyond the traditional 9-5, 40 hours a week framework, to say…
HPI Researchers Develop TrussFab 3D Software to Design Strong Structures Using Plastic Bottles and 3D Printed Truss Connectors
When I was in high school, I spent most Saturday nights in the gymnasium with my fellow band friends, playing in the pep band for the basketball games. Since we…
Online Educators SolidProfessor Partners with SOLIDWORKS to Offer New Certification Courses
As technology continues to exponentially improve, the future of industry and manufacturing is rapidly requiring new employees have at least a passing familiarity with 3D technology. Automation, additive manufacturing and…
3D Printable Pangolin Set to Raise Awareness of This Endangered Creature
We’ve shared several of the unique designs that can be found on the 3D printable file sharing platform Cults 3D, a French marketplace founded in 2013 and dedicated to sharing…
New Trimble Technology Lab at UMass Amherst Will Enhance 3D Capabilities on Campus
California-based technology company Trimble, best known for its GPS systems and popular 3D modeling software SketchUp Pro, announced today that it has made a large in-kind gift to the University…
Best CAD Software for Kid Creators
It’s always a struggle around birthdays and holidays to figure out what the kids should give friends and family. Generally, we resort to handmade items; I have a couple of…
Rent a 3D Printer on Newly Launched Threedigo Platform
One of the more successful economic trends to emerge in recent years is the very simple and appealing idea of sharing: sharing a ride with Uber, sharing a house with…
For the 3D Printing Novice: Shapeways Offers Insights into CAD & 3D Modeling
For those just beginning to try their hand at 3D printing, often it’s easy to jump in with only the end goal in sight as you imagine that sophisticated looking…
Microsoft Confirms 3D Design Capabilities for Paint and Other Applications With Upcoming Release of Windows 10 Creators Update
A few weeks ago, a stealthy Twitter user leaked the news that Microsoft was planning to update their decades-old Paint application with several brand new features including 3D design capabilities….
3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — September 3, 2016
From major business acquisitions to exploding rockets, it’s been quite a wild and bumpy ride into the weekend. Here’s a look back at some of the news that we didn’t manage…
Learn to Use SketchUp 3D Modeling Software in 17 Easy Steps
If you’ve been learning about 3D printing and admiring so many of the fascinating new innovations that designers of all expertise and age ranges are creating today, 3D modeling may…
Now You Can Run Android on your iPhone Using this 3D Printed Case and Hacked Battery Pack
Which is the better phone, Apple’s iPhone or devices that run Android? It is a philosophical battle that is as old as time itself, well at least as old as…
Summit Mowers’ Monster Lawnmowers Rely on 3D Printed Parts From i.materialise
Summer is almost here, so it is likely that mowing the lawn is on many homeowners’ minds. For most of us, lawnmowers are just functional machines that help us keep…
An Invaluable Resource for All: 3D Hubs Releases Definitive Guide to 3D Printing
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of 3D Hubs and all of their reports. Always well thought out and entertaining, I mainly look forward to seeing their data…
Designer Kurt Plagge Creates Unbelievably Complex 3D Printed Cubes With i.materialise
The cube: it’s one of the more simplistic geometric shapes we know of, equal in width, length, and height on each of its sides. Yet despite its basic nature, this shape…
SketchUp & i.materialise 3D Printed Jewelry Challenge Winners Inspired by the Cosmos and Diamonds
Advertised as “the easiest way to draw in 3D,” SketchUp is user-friendly 3D modeling software. Perhaps it is so user-friendly because you start by drawing lines and shapes — the…
Enhanced Reading for Blind in Latvia: Mass Portal Teams with Tactile Eyesight & Students for 3D Printed Books
Many of us have been avid readers since we learned to string letters together and manipulate them into formal language. From sandy paperbacks at the beach to beautifully bound classics…