Tag: 3d printing

June 25, 2014 at 10:47 am

3D Printed Sugar Cubes are Here

3D Printed Sugar Cubes are Here

Earlier this year, 3D Systems introduced their ChefJet series of kitchen-ready 3D printers for edibles. The first two printers in the series are the monochrome, countertop ChefJet 3D printer (8x8x6″) and the full-color, larger format ChefJet Pro 3D printer (10x14x8″). Both are expected to be available in the second half of 2014. ChefJet printable…

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May 19, 2014 at 12:41 pm

This 3D Printed Flower Bouquet is Incredible

This 3D Printed Flower Bouquet is Incredible

“Mazzo di Fiori” is an incredible 3D printed flower bouquet by artist and inventor Joshua Harker. The 3D printed floral sculpture is made from 1,918,416 triangles and you can explore the complex 3D model here. For the last 18 months Harker has been developing a new 3D printing technology to usher in the next…

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April 30, 2014 at 5:44 pm

This is the World’s Smallest 3D-Printing Pen

This is the World's Smallest 3D-Printing Pen

The LIX 3D printing pen does not require paper as it enables you to doodle in the air. The pen functions similarly to 3D printers. It quickly melts and cools coloured plastic, letting you create rigid and freestanding structures. LIX is highly portable with its small size and a power…

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April 5, 2014 at 3:46 pm

You Know Those ‘Tiny Planet’ Photos? This Guy Made a Video Version

You Know Those 'Tiny Planet' Photos? This Guy Made a Video Version

Using six GoPro cameras in a 3D printed mount, artist/photographer/filmmaker/journalist Jonas Ginter made this fantastic 360 degree spherical panorama video. While people have been making spherical panorama photos (commonly referred to as Tiny Planets) for years, this is the I’ve seen in video form. You can learn more about the project and the mount…

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March 6, 2014 at 6:02 pm

This Revolutionary Membrane Can Keep a Heart Beating Outside of the Body

This Revolutionary Membrane Can Keep a Heart Beating Outside of the Body

Photograph by University of Illinois and Washington University via St. Louis Public Radio You are looking at a thin, elastic membrane imprinted with an array of sensors and electrodes and designed to stretch over a heart. The cardiac device could one day help prevent heart attacks and replace the bulkier pacemakers and implantable defibrillators…

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February 24, 2014 at 12:01 pm

This 3D Printed Clock Writes the Time with a Marker

This 3D Printed Clock Writes the Time with a Marker

Plotclock is a clock that uses a marker to write the time on a small whiteboard. When the time changes, the clock erases the previous time and writes the current one. The open-source design was made by joo, a user on Makerbot’s Thingiverse, the world’s largest online design community for discovering, making and sharing…

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December 10, 2013 at 12:26 pm

These People May Have Lost a Limb, but Not Their Sense of Style

These People May Have Lost a Limb, but Not Their Sense of Style

Bespoke Innovations was founded in 2009 by Industrial Designer Scott Summit and Orthopedic Surgeon Kenneth Trauner. Their mission is to ‘bring more humanity to people who have congenital or traumatic limb loss’ [source]. Bespoke Innovations build and design fairings, specialized coverings that surround an existing prosthetic leg, accurately recreating the body form through a…

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December 9, 2013 at 6:29 pm

Artist Designs 12 Special Shoes for 12 Former Lovers

Artist Designs 12 Special Shoes for 12 Former Lovers

In a series entitled 12 shoes for 12 lovers; Chilean born, London raised and New York-based artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz created 3D printed shoes for an exhibit currently on display until January 6th, 2014 at the Melissa pop-up shop in Miami. Each shoe design is accompanied by an anecdote about the relationship that…

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August 20, 2013 at 1:35 pm

When 3D Printing Goes Wrong

When 3D Printing Goes Wrong

Inspired by a 2011 blog post from RichRap, The Art of 3D Print Failure is a Flickr group where 3D printing enthusiasts share the results of projects gone awry. With over 160 photos, the fascinating pictures not only help creators learn from their mistakes, but they let the rest of us observe the trial…

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July 24, 2013 at 11:31 am

Nature’s 3D Printers: Using Honeybees to Create Art

Nature's 3D Printers: Using Honeybees to Create Art

The importance of bees cannot be understated. In the US alone, the Department of Agriculture estimated that bees pollinate about 80% of flowering crops, constituting about 1/3 of everything Americans eat. Their ability to pollinate has a tremendous environmental and economic impact on the entire globe. And now their influence is spreading to the…

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