Schlagwort: 3D Printing News
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YouTuber Creates a Giant Classic LEGO Bulldozer Kit from 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring work hours, Matt Denton is director of visual effects company Micromagic Systems – known for stunning Harry Potter and Star Wars effects. In his spare time, he publishes videos on his YouTube channel Mantis Hacks. But, as a maker, he’s not content with leaving it at that – instead, he 3D prints…
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This Folded Sculpture Captures the Pollution from the Air
Reading Time: 2 minutesHeld together with 3D printed joints and utilizing high-tech The Breath fabric, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma’s “breath/ng” sculpture looks good and does good. Standing at an impressive 6 meters tall, renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma‘s breath/ng origami-like sculpture captures the imagination as much as it does pollution in the air. Designed for…
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3Doodler Debuts Educational Kits for Schools
Reading Time: 3 minutesDeveloped with and for teachers, 3Doodler has unveiled learning packs for the classroom. Included in the packs are 12 3Doodler 3D pens, 1,200 strands of filament and lesson plans, which the company claims can improve concentration among students. 3Doodler, the company behind what is though to be the world’s first 3D printing pen,…
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Make a Better Cooling Fan Blower using a 3D Printer and Hard Disk Drive Motor
Reading Time: 3 minutesMark Rehorst is a blogger detailing his technical projects. For his latest post, he worked on creating an easy to produce blower for a remote cooling fan. For this, he turned to a hard disk drive motor and a few 3D printed parts. Blogger Mark Rehorst has spent a long time finding…
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3D Print With Improved Hemp Filament
Reading Time: 3 minutesSave the planet and print using hemp: 3Dfuel is now offering a new, improved Entwined hemp filament with some “pretty big” changes from their v1 first release of the material. Although we believe 3D printing could save our environment by reducing waste and speeding up manufacturing processes, there is yet some way to…
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Million Waves Project 3D Prints Prosthetic Limbs From Ocean Plastics
Reading Time: 3 minutesCharitable non-profit Million Waves Project combines a passion for cleaning up the ocean with helping young people in need: this young organization aims to provide prosthetic limbs 3D printed from reclaimed ocean plastics for children in need, worldwide, free of charge. Ocean plastic pollution is a core issue right now, with increasingly…
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Blogger Reverse Engineers Nintendo Labo Waveform Cards with 3D Printing
Reading Time: 3 minutesCreate your own Nintendo Labo Waveform Cards for the piano by using a 3D printer and following blogger Hunter Irving’s reverse engineered post so you can add extra sounds to your cardboard keyboard. If you’re unfamiliar with Nintendo Labo, it’s essentially a number of cardboard DIY kits which work with the Nintendo Switch…
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3D Printed AlterEgo Wearable Responds to Silent Speech
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents from MIT have created a prototype 3D printed device, AlterEgo, that can recognize the words you mouth when silently talking to yourself and interpret them as commands. Step aside Alexa, you’ve got some company. A computer interface devised by researchers at MIT can transcribe words that the user verbalizes internally but…
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3D Printed Camera Combines 35mm Film with Sony Lenses
Reading Time: 3 minutesComing soon to a crowdfunding platform near you, Lex is a protoype 3D printed camera that shoots 35mm film using modern Sony lenses. Alexander Gee, a programmer and engineer based in Austin, Texas, has been developing a 3D printed camera body that shoots with modern Sony lenses using 35mm film. It’s called…
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EnvisionTEC Prints Huge Chain, Announces New Durable E-RigidForm Material
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo announce its newest material, E-RigidForm, EnvisionTEC 3D printed a ridiculously long chain. Measuring out at 328 feet, the links demo the material’s tough properties and the possibility of such parts for end use. Michigan-headquartered 3D printer manufacturer EnvisionTEC broadened its already pretty vast pool of materials this month with the announcement…
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Futuristic Metal 3D Printed Motorcycle Frame Teased by BMW
Reading Time: 3 minutesCarmaker BMW showed a 3D printed motorcycle frame at their Digital Day 2018 in Munich, an S1000RR superbike with a frame and swing arm fabricated using metal powder laser melting. Don’t Miss: BMW to Establish Additive Manufacturing Campus in Munich Every year, the BMW Group hosts a Digital Day at their illustrious…
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Airbus to Retrofit Cabins with 3D Printed Parts
Reading Time: 3 minutesA partnership between aircraft manufacturer Airbus and additive manufacturing service Materialise is now producing in-cabin parts. A divider with an organic form, it is Airbus’ first use of 3D printed parts in plain sight within its commercial aircraft. In 2015 Airbus and Materialise entered into a partnership to create 3D printed parts…
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3D Print a Custom Smartphone with Kite on Kickstarter
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a new crowdfunding project on Kickstarter, Hyderabad-based iSquare Mobility has developed a module called Kiteboard for building a modular Android smartphone. Now the concept of a modular smartphone is nothing new; efforts by companies as diverse as Jolla, LG, Fairphone and Motorola were bought to market with varying degrees of success. But the…
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Formlabs Launches ROI Calculator to Assess Costs Of Purchasing a 3D Printer
Reading Time: 3 minutesBusinesses planning to purchase a 3D printer to boost parts production may want to give the new Formlabs ROI calculator a go-to determine long-term costs. When it comes to acquiring a 3D printer for your business, it pays to consider the cost and return on investment (ROI). However, calculating whether the purchase…
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3D Printed Dentures Filled with Drugs to Fight Infection
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers at the University of Buffalo have invented 3D printed dentures which can be used to deliver drugs among those highly susceptible to infection, such as the elderly, hospitalized or disabled patients. For folks wearing dentures, an unfortunate side-effect can be fungal infections which cause inflammation, redness and swelling in the mouth.…
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Robo 3D Picks Up Official Support Duties for New Matter Printers
Reading Time: 2 minutesSan Diego-based Robo 3D has just announced a lifeline for customers of recently-shuttered New Matter. Owners of New Matter’s Mod-T 3D printer can now turn to Robo for technical support, parts and troubleshooting. Back in February, Pasadena-based 3D printer manufacturer New Matter announced its imminent closure. In a statement, the company claimed…
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New Technique Can 3D Print Electronics Directly on Skin
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn an exciting new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota demonstrate how a customized, low-cost 3D printer can print electronics onto a moving hand. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have used a customized low-cost 3D printer to apply electronic circuitry to a human hand. A potential use for the technology…
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Researchers Develop Thermorph Technique to Print Self-Folding Objects
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers from Carnegie Mellon University are using a desktop FDM 3D printer, off-the-shelf filament and a design editor to create flat prints which self-fold into different shapes when heat is applied. This technique is called Thermorph. In an effort to imbue objects with the ability to self-assemble, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a…
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Tiertime Unveils Three New 3D Printers at Rapid + TCT 2018
Reading Time: 4 minutesAt the Rapid + TCT show in Texas, Tiertime shone a light on not one but three new 3D printers. One sees an upgrade to a familiar face — the company’s popular Up Mini 2 — while the other two are all-new, including a 12-print-bed toting beast. The Rapid + TCT show is…
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3D Printed Surgical Needle Inspired by Honey Bee Stingers
Reading Time: 3 minutesEngineers at Temple University in Philadelphia take inspiration from the insect kingdom for their 3D printed surgical needle design; the stinger of the humble honeybee. While exploring a new concept for a 3D printed surgical needle at Temple University in Philadelphia, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Parsaoran Hutapea and PhD candidate Mohammad…
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Nano-3D Printing Technology Helps Develop Improved Biochips
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe nanoprinting method enables printing of multiple molecules without damaging existing molecule layers – a perfect match if you want to fabricate delicate biochips. Researchers at the City University of New York’s Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) and Hunter College have come up with a novel solution to print biochips. They are using…
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Printable Body Tissue with Personalized Bio-Inks Boost Healing Potential
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy embedding platelets into a 3D printed mixture of cells and gel, a team of researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hope to improve the healing properties of tissue implants and skin grafts with printable body tissue. Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital have incorporated platelet-rich plasma…
