Loughborough University, with the assistance of Materialise’s Mimics Innovation Suite, brought Richard III back to, well, almost life. From Materialise’s site: Scans of the actual remains taken by the Leicester Royal Infirmary were sent to Loughborough, where they were transformed into a 3D computer model using Materialise’s Mimics Innovation Suite. Laser sintering was then used to create [...]
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Nanoscribe Printing
The ability to print objects smaller than a grain of sand. Imagine the possibilities in medical and defense! From Nanoscribe’s Site: Applications for their printer: 3D Photonics: Photonic crystals, metamaterials, light directors, circular polarizers, photonic band gap structures, photonic quasicrystals, photonic wire bonds, photonic color 3D Scaffolds and Biomimetics: Cell migration and stem cell differentiation [...]
Need Help Finding an Available 3D Printer? MakeXYZ
The internet is sometimes a solution looking for a problem. In this case however, finding a 3D printer that’s available in these early days can take some doing. MakeXYZ is charged with fixing that problem. From MakeXYZ: We help people make stuff by connecting people who need something 3D printed with makers and print shops [...]
How 3D Printing Could Revolutionize the Solar Industry
More efficient, less complex and cheaper, 3D solar cells can also capture more sunlight than conventional PV models. There’s a great article in the Guardian about how lower cost solar panels could change the industry significantly: John J Licata: I believe this new printing medium could be a game-changer as 3D solar cells, despite advances in [...]
Triple Color Printer Tricolor Mendel
This is a RepRap Mendel Printer designed to work with three colours or three different plastics at the same time. In addition to the opportunities this gives you to put lettering on 3D prints and to produce muti-coloured objects, we are researching many functional materials for future release that you will be able to build [...]
$75 3D Pen On Kickstarter
If you thought 3D printing was relegated to $2,500+ for a printer…think again. $75! 3Doodler is a simple plastic extruder tip and when you press a button, the plastic comes out and hardens near instantaneously. While this won’t accept your 3D models, it is pretty cool. Uses standard-gauge ABS/PLA plastic. Click here for [...]
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- BMW 3D Printing Case Study February 28, 2013
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