Robohand is a story of collaboration from 10,000 miles apart between Richard Van As, a woodworker from Johannesburg, South Africa, and Ivan Owen, a theatrical prop designer from Seattle, Washington, made possible through MakerBot’s sharing website … [Read more...] about Woodworker uses MakerBot 3D printer to create prosthetic hand
Personal 3D printers
What it takes to achieve a low cost desktop 3D printer for engineers
The question of when will more engineers use 3D printers may be answered this way—when the price per prototype drops, some say to as far down as less than $1.00 a part. At least that’s what Ezra Zygmuntowicz, CEO, founder, and “hacker” (his words) at … [Read more...] about What it takes to achieve a low cost desktop 3D printer for engineers
The Perfactory Micro shows the power of LED in 3D printing
EnvisionTEC has built a reputation around its 3D printers, which use display technology from Texas Instruments to cure material as the printers build parts. An opportunity to view this technology in action will be available to attendees of Photonics … [Read more...] about The Perfactory Micro shows the power of LED in 3D printing
Kraftwurx unveils 3D printing platform—Digital Factory™
Kraftwurx announced the Kraftwurx platform, powered by Digital Factory™ from Digital Reality, Inc. 3D Printed commerce technology for your portal or brand. There are a lot of companies that promise the potential of 3D printing, including … [Read more...] about Kraftwurx unveils 3D printing platform—Digital Factory™
3D printer for the “prosumer”
3D Systems unveiled its CubeX® desktop 3D printer, with claims that it has the largest print volume in its category and triple-color printing. It suits tech enthusiasts, serious hobbyists, educators and entrepreneurs. The CubeX offers an … [Read more...] about 3D printer for the “prosumer”
Ford Motor Co., exploring the usefulness of 3D printing
Ford Motor Company bought many of its engineers a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic. On the one hand, this is a great development, for the company and the engineers will discover just how useful 3D printing technology can be. On the other hand, a Thing-O-Matic? … [Read more...] about Ford Motor Co., exploring the usefulness of 3D printing
3D printers, guns, and drugs
Consequence--something that occurs as a result of, on account of; --an act or instance of following something as an effect, result, or outcome. A random Google search will give you these definitions. Freedom to design nearly anything your … [Read more...] about 3D printers, guns, and drugs
Intellectual property rights and 3D printing—much ado about nothing?
3D printing and intellectual property protection or rights is back in the news again, thanks to Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft CTO and now owner of Intellectual Ventures, a company that “believes that ideas are valuable” and therefore works at … [Read more...] about Intellectual property rights and 3D printing—much ado about nothing?
Another desktop 3D printer; this one for stereolithography
Why can't someone make a low cost, high performance, desktop 3D printer for a reasonable cost? That's the question of 2012 and a number of entrepreneurs and start-ups are working on an answer. The latest possible answer to this question comes from … [Read more...] about Another desktop 3D printer; this one for stereolithography
Making sense of the 3D printing, additive manufacturing industry
In this constantly shifting industry, it can be a challenge to keep up with all the changes and developments of who is offering what in the way of 3D printing and additive manufacturing. Tuan Tranpham, Referral Channel Manager at Objet Inc., has … [Read more...] about Making sense of the 3D printing, additive manufacturing industry