How to Speed Up 3D Printing By Exploiting the Cloud
Chinedum Okwudire, associate professor of mechanical engineering who directs U-M’s Smart and Sustainable Automation Research Lab, and his team have…
Developing a Chocolate Hydro 3D printer
Students at Lund University have faced an exciting technological challenge: developing proof-of-concept 3D printers that could print in chocolate fast.…
Prusa I3 MK2 3D, the first printer to auto-calibrate its geometry!
Prusa3D (a company that currently ships 1000 printers every month) announced a big firmware update for the Prusa I3 MK2…
Open source RMADS code for Matlab to find the best 3D printing solution
Now that the dust from the desktop 3D printing explosion has settled, one thing has become clear: desktop 3D printing…
3D printed Rasberry Pi Walkie-Talkie: perfect for your kids!
A recent projectable tutorial on how to 3D print a custom walkie talkie proves that modern technology can very closely…
Introducing Mercury: world’s first universal camera made with 3D printing
For those who have not given up their high quality SLR cameras or their vintage camera lenses for more compact…
MIT researchers develop xPrint, open-source modular bio and smart material printer
The xPrint is an opensource plotter that’s built with off-the-shelf parts and can print using a range of synthesized polymers…
BCN3D Technologies releases open source files for BCN3D Sigma 3D printer
Barcelona based 3D printer developer BCN3D Technologies decided to further embrace the additive manufacturing open-source philosophy with their latest initiative,…
Autodesk’s ChronoFab creates the illusion of motion to 3D printing
Autodesk’s ChronoFab is a tool designed specifically for capturing the look-and-feel of movement in an inanimate 3D object file by…
XRobots returns with most advanced 3D printed BB-8 Droid yet
James Bruton of XRobots managed to create not one, not two, but three fully-functional and entirely impressive 3D printed BB-8…