Schlagwort: 3d printing
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MagPi 69: affordable 3D printing with a Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 3 minutesHi folks, Rob from The MagPi here with the good news that The MagPi 69 is out now! Nice. Our latest issue is all about 3D printing and how you can get yourself a very affordable 3D printer that you can control with a Raspberry Pi. Get 3D printing from just £99!…
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A 3D-printed personal weather station
Reading Time: 2 minutesA 3D-printed personal weather station Arduino Team — April 9th, 2018 If you need to know the forecast, generally you can look outside, listen to a weather report, or take advantage of the wide range of online services available. For something local to your dwelling place, however, this 3D-printed weather measurement device…
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Russian Physicists Develop Special Nanoparticles for Biomedical 3D Printing Process
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Crystallography & Phonetics Scientific Research Center have developed a nanoparticle-based 3D printing method that is considerably faster and more accurate than traditional 3D printing technologies. Physicists from the Russian Academy of Sciences Crystallography & Phonetics Scientific Research Center have recently developed special nanoparticles that are able bond…
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With New 3D Print Smart Ink Objects Can Change Shape And Color
Reading Time: 3 minutes3D printed materials that change shape and color may be coming to market sooner than previously thought. A team of researchers at Dartmouth College recently presented a new smart ink which induces shape and color changes in 3D printed objects. The innovation may be the beginning of 4D or intelligent printing. Applications…
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Metal 3D Printing Experienced 80% Growth in 2017
Reading Time: 3 minutesAdditive manufacturing of metals grew rapidly between 2016 to 2017, driven by improved technologies and processing. The sale of metal additive manufacturing systems increased by 80% in 2017 compared to 2016. Specifically, around 1,768 metal 3D print systems were sold in 2017 compared to 983 systems in 2016. These are the findings…
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Control your computer sheet music with the PartitionsDuino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteControl your computer sheet music with the PartitionsDuino Arduino Team — March 19th, 2018 Performing an instrument well is hard enough, but flipping through sheet music while playing can slightly delay things in the best case, or can cause you to lose your concentration altogether. Music displayed on a computer is a similar…
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3D Ecoprinters and Scavenged Plastic Help Disaster Recovery Teams in the Solomon Islands
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Mazher Mohammed is working on a project with Deakin University and Plan International to use waste plastic and “ecoprinters” to help disaster recovery teams. The Solomon Islands out in the South Pacific receive tumultuous weather, to say the least. As a result, this developing nation sees many aid and disaster recovery teams…
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OpenCat: 3D Print Your Own Robotic Cat
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’ve always wanted a cat, but happen to be allergic to feline friends, fear not as you can soon make your very own robotic cat. Thanks to a design by Rongzhong Li, a programmer, the robotic cat combines artificial intelligence with some pretty exciting features. As part of his “OpenCat” project,…
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Ford Installs Stratasys Fortus to Boost SUV Production
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing good sales performance of its Expedition and Navigator SUV lines, Ford has stepped up production by adding a Stratasys 3D printer and 400 new robots to its production plant. Ford Motor Company has announced plans to up spending on the production of its big truck SUVs by $25 million and install…
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Grafter Software Remixes and Improves 3D Printing Models into New Forms
Reading Time: 2 minutesGrafter can remix 3D printing models into new, functional machines, without the need for extensive tweaking or testing. Remixing 3D models to create newly printed objects is a common technique in additive manufacturing. A team of experts at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany have gone a step further, by developing…
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Stratasys & Dassault Systèmes Partner to Develop Low-Cost 3D Printed Prosthetics
Reading Time: 3 minutesStratasys is partnering with Dassault Systèmes to supply Unlimited Tomorrow with 3D printing and CAD software dedicated to producing affordable, patient-specific prosthetic devices. From surgical models to personalized prosthetics, 3D printing has proven extremely advantageous for a wide variety of medical applications. Among the few pioneers of healthcare-related additive manufacturing is the 3D…
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E3D Releases Titan Aqua Water-Cooling System for FDM Printing
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn order to improve high-temperature 3D printing, E3D releases the Titan Aqua hotend and extruder alongside a water-cooling kit. As any desktop 3D printer owner knows, the more you use your machine, the better your prints and overall experience will be. However, when it comes to printing with high-performance materials like PEEK or…
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HackSpace magazine 2: 3D printing and cheese making
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter an incredible response to our first issue of HackSpace magazine last month, we’re excited to announce today’s release of issue 2, complete with cheese making, digital braille, and…a crochet Cthulhu? Your spaces This issue, we visit Swansea Hackspace to learn how to crochet, we hear about the superb things that Birmingham’s…
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3D-printed miniature roller coaster powered by Arduino Mega
Reading Time: < 1 minute3D-printed miniature roller coaster powered by Arduino Mega Arduino Team — December 13th, 2017 While many enjoy roller coasters, few can claim the same dedication of engineer Matt Schmotzer, who 3D-printed a 1/25th scale replica of Invertigo, a boomerang coaster at Kings Island in Ohio. As reported on 3D Printer Chat,…
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Ultimate 3D printer control with OctoPrint
Reading Time: 3 minutesControl and monitor your 3D printer remotely with a Raspberry Pi and OctoPrint. Timelapse of OctoPrint Ornament Printed on a bq Witbox STL file can be found here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:191635 OctoPrint is located here: http://www.octoprint.org 3D printing Whether you have a 3D printer at home or use one at your school or local…
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Build a Flick-controlled marble maze
Reading Time: 3 minutesWiggle your fingers to guide a ball through a 3D-printed marble maze using the Pi Supply Flick board for Raspberry Pi! Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, yeah Using the Flick, previously seen in last week’s Hacker House’s gesture-controlled holographic visualiser, South Africa–based Tom Van den Bon has created a touch-free marble maze. He was…
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ASPIR is a full-size, Arduino-powered humanoid robot
Reading Time: 2 minutesASPIR is a full-size, Arduino-powered humanoid robot Arduino Team — November 3rd, 2017 Building robots can be difficult, and if you want to construct something humanoid, designing the mechanics alone can be a significant task. ASPIR, which stands just over four feet tall, looks like a great place to start. John Choi’s…
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Students invent a low-cost electric wheelchair kit with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents invent a low-cost electric wheelchair kit with Arduino Arduino Team — October 23rd, 2017 While electric wheelchairs are a vital tool for those with restricted mobility, they typically cost around $2,500, an amount that’s not the most affordable. To address this problem, a group of students from Aviv High School in…
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Manufacturing Astro Pi case replicas
Reading Time: 4 minutesTim Rowledge produces and sells wonderful replicas of the cases which our Astro Pis live in aboard the International Space Station. Here is the story of how he came to do this. Over to you, Tim! When the Astro Pi case was first revealed a couple of years ago, the collective outpouring…
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An Arduino Mouse Wiggler!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Arduino Mouse Wiggler! Arduino Team — October 10th, 2017 If, for whatever reason, you need your computer to stay awake without changing its settings, that’s easy—just remember to shake your mouse back and forth intermittently! If remembering to do that over and over seems like too much work, then here’s…
