Magic Wheelchair Wins Gigaprize 3D Printer for Epic Wheelchair Costumes

Reading Time: 3 minutesre:3D’s Gigaprize for 2017 of a large format 3D printer has gone to Magic Wheelchair, an organization empowering handicapped children to follow in their heroes’ footsteps with incredible costumes that integrate wheelchairs. Magic Wheelchair is an organization dedicated to creating mesmerizing costumes for disadvantaged children. The venture began for founder Ryan Weimar back in 2008, when he […]

Squad Up in Fortnite with the Exclusive Twitch Prime Pack!

Reading Time: 2 minutesEpic Games is squading up with Twitch Prime to bring you the Fortnite Twitch Prime Pack! Starting Feb. 28, Twitch Prime subscribers will be able to grab a pack of exclusive Fortnite loot. That’s … Exclusive Battle Royale Havoc Outfit & Back Bling: Style on friend and foe with the Havoc outfit and his Back Bling.. […]

TwitchCon 2018: San Jose

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve kept it under wraps far too long and we simply can’t take it any longer. Now we can finally spill the beans. TwitchCon is bringing the party back to NorCal in 2018 and this time we’re coming to San Jose, CA. It’s our biggest event of the year and you’re invited. It’s all going […]

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, Li designed a […]

[DEAL] Peopoly Moai Fully Assembled SLA 3D Printer, $300 Off at $1,695

Reading Time: 2 minutesMatterHackers is casting the wonderful world of SLA under its 3D printer spotlight this week, knocking $300 off the price of a fully assembled Peopoly Moai. After a successful Kickstarter campaign and launch to market Peopoly’s Moai SLA 3D printer kit can now be found churning out highly detailed prints across the lands. A wonderful […]

Twitch Prime members, grab a Heroic Uniform Bribe and more in Call of Duty: WWII!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteStarting February 27, Twitch Prime members will be entering the fourth of six reward periods, and this time around you’re getting a Heroic Bribe which contains 1x Heroic Uniform and 2x random items from the gear pool. Don’t forget you also get 2x Rare Supply Drops. Oh yeah, and that heroic uniform you’re getting? It’s […]

Woom Bikes Uses 3D Printing to Design Custom Bicycles For Children

Reading Time: 4 minutesOn the hunt for the perfect bicycle for his child, Austrian designer Christian Bezdeka decided to start woom Bikes. The company is using 3D printing to create lightweight and comfortable bicycles for children aged 1.5 years and older. In an effort to design the perfect bicycle for his own kid, Austrian designer Christian Bezdeka decided […]

Where to learn more about Twitch during GDC 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are getting closer to our favorite week in San Francisco, when the city transforms into a game developer mecca thanks to GDC! Our Twitch Developer team couldn’t be more excited to join many of you and geek out at the world’s largest developer game industry event. We’ve had an exciting year launching Extensions, and […]

YouTuber 3D Prints and Tests a Screw Drive RC Tank

Reading Time: 3 minutesCreate your own radio controlled 3D printed screw drive tank by following along with YouTuber Ivan Miranda’s latest six-part project.   Maker Ivan Miranda has a message for you: never give up. These words flash up on his latest video about creating a 3D printed screw drive RC. It’s the final video in a series of […]

Twitch Rivals Presents: PUBG Invitational

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Wednesday, February 28th at 1pm PT we have another PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS tournament coming your way with $100,000 up for grabs, brought to you by Twitch Rivals. You can watch the commentary on twitch.tv/TwitchRivals and the player perspectives on each streamer’s channel. This time, 16 squads will face off against each other. Catch the return […]

Can the 3D Printed Synthetic Pollenizer Help the Bee Population?

Reading Time: 3 minutesA conceptual 3D printed idea called the Synthetic Pollenizer by an artist from Brisbane aims to keep bee populations alive and thriving. A whopping third of our food sources rely on bees. And yet, it’s no secret that bees are in danger of dying out. The varroa mite and still-in-use pesticides called neonicotinoids have reduced the population […]

[DEAL] Monoprice 3D Printers – up to $200 Off

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS electronics retailer Monoprice has chopped up to $200 off the price of some of its 3D printers — including the Maker Ultimate, the company’s rebadging of the heavy hitting Wanhao D6. Not content to sit back and ship stuff at full price, Monoprice has once again cut the prices of its 3D printer offerings. […]

Students 3D Print Efficient Single-Piston Engine from Titanium

Reading Time: 2 minutesEngineering students from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, have taken to 3D printing a single-piston internal combustion engine from Titanium for their entry in the 2018 Shell Eco-marathon Asia. Students from the engineering department at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, have turned to 3D printing to enhance their entry into this year’s Shell […]

PlastiSketch Debuts Alternative 3D Modeling Method Using Vectors

Reading Time: 2 minutesPlastiSketch offers a new method of 3D modeling that is an alternative to established tools. It is designed for those that want to create sculpted 3D objects, but lack the artistic finesse required by the likes of Zbrush and Blender. In explaining his new creation, PlastiSketch, Marcel Urbanek also describes his personal frustration with 3D […]

Mad Max Fury Road fan film by LSV Media

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMad Max Fury Road fan film Display content from Facebook Hier klicken, um den Inhalt von Facebook anzuzeigen. Learn more in Facebook’s privacy policy. Always display content from Facebook Open Inhalt directly Mad Max Fury Road fan film – Austrian Short Fan Movie Last year, LSV MEDIA created this amazing little film with us -thank you so […]

Celebrating Women’s History Month!

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week. In 1987, the National Women’s History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the event to the entire month of March. In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day (March 8), we’re showing […]

ColorFabb Presents New Range of High-Quality 3D Print Filaments

Reading Time: 3 minutes3D printing users are now able to achieve a whole new look thanks to the development of a unique filament. ColorFabb, the Dutch 3D printing filament maker, today launched a new filament to its assortment. Based on its bestseller, the co-polyester nGen, the new nGen_LUX has been made using Eastman Amphora AM3300 3D polymer. The […]

[DEAL] Inland Translucent Magenta PETG 1KG 1.75mm for $18.99

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInject a little color into your 3D printing with this tasty deal on Inland’s vibrant Translucent Magenta PETG. We’re big fans of PETG and its useful mechanical properties, and even bigger fans of bombastic color. So why not add a little fun to your functional prints (we’re not sorry) with this low price Inland spool […]

Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Named Best CoD Game

Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you’re into your gaming, specifically Call Of Duty, you’ll undoubtedly be familiar with the rumours which have been circulating about the forthcoming release. For the last week or so, on the gaming grapevine, it’s believed the forthcoming ‘Call of Duty Black Ops 4‘ – the latest COD game – is set for a 2018 […]

Weekend Project: 3D Printed Mini Bluetooth Speakers

Reading Time: 4 minutesEver wanted to use your 3D printer to create the ultimate speaker box? Coder and tinker Yasthil Bhagwandeen shares a new Instructables project on how to build your very own 3D Printed Mini Bluetooth Speakers. Now that sounds cool… 3D printing technology is disrupting how a wide range of consumer goods are produced, and audio gear […]

Wikimedia Commons Enables 3D Model Uploads and Downloads

Reading Time: 3 minutesWikimedia Commons has enabled a new feature which will allow you to upload 3D models. The first upload is a model by the #NEWPALMYRA project, honoring Bassel Khartabil.  In 2015, the Wikimedia community was surveyed and a wish list was realized. On that list, number eleven is to add 3D models on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia is slowly […]

Weekend Project: 3D Print Your Own NERF Thirst Zapper Gun From Fallout 4

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith just a spring and a 3D printer, Croatian digital artist and maker Vedran Marjanovic Wekster shows you how to create a NERF-ified version of the Thirst Zapper gun from the video game series Fallout.  In the post-apocalyptic setting of the critically acclaimed video game Fallout 4, the main character– referred to as “Sole Survivor”– uses an […]