Futurist Christopher Barnatt's report: The London 2015 3D Printshow (w/videos)

The 21st to 23rd of May 2015 saw the fourth London outing of the ever-popular 3D Printshow. Spread over two floors in the Old Trueman Brewery, the event was home to a wide range of 3D printers, 3D prints, and 3D design software. You can get a flavour of what was on offer in my first video of...
Futurist Christopher Barnatt's report: The London 2015 3D Printshow (w/videos)

German Youth Club uses 3D printing to turn 49 floppy disks into an amazing futuristic organ

While we’ve already known for a while that 3D printers can be used to create fantastical instruments (remember this 3D printed beer bottle keyboard ?), one German Youth Club has used 3D printing technology to create a truly futuristic and high tech instrument: The Floppy Organ, that...
German Youth Club uses 3D printing to turn 49 floppy disks into an amazing futuristic organ

Ittyblox Miniature Buildings to create a 3D printed Amsterdam for new Kickstarter campaign

While we’ve seen how various additive manufacturing technologies have helped revolutionize everything from the health and medical industry to how Makers make and everything in between, the technologies were used prominently before they hit the mainstream by various product development and...
Ittyblox Miniature Buildings to create a 3D printed Amsterdam for new Kickstarter campaign

Nikon uses 3D printing to let dogs take photos whenever they're happy

Everyone who is even slightly connected to the web cannot avoid the torrential outpour of photos that people make nowadays. After all, everything is a camera nowadays and everyone is constantly connected to the internet. But why should us humans be the only ones able to take photos? After all,...
Nikon uses 3D printing to let dogs take photos whenever they're happy

Lewihe prepares to launch Play, a $77 fully-customizable 3D printer

As legions of new 3D printer manufacturers seek to find their place in an ever-changing marketplace, those who have ultimately benefitted the most are the customers.  Between the latest in additive manufacturing technology to record lower prices, it’s never been easier to break into...
Lewihe prepares to launch Play, a $77 fully-customizable 3D printer

New multi-material & multi-purpose 3D printing pen 3DSimo Mini to launch on Kickstarter for $89

Of all of the various 3D printers and additive manufacturing technologies we’ve seen launch off of various crowdfunding platforms, few have garnered as much attention as the 3Doodler 3D printing pen .   The pen, which successfully raised $2,344,134 from 26,457 backers, allowed for...
New multi-material & multi-purpose 3D printing pen 3DSimo Mini to launch on Kickstarter for $89

Test New 3D Printing Materials with Shapeways Pilots

3D printing is a finicky art and, until perfect quality control systems make it nearly flawless to fabricate items, there are still lots of kinks to work out.  Makers know that that shouldn’t stop anyone from having some fun.  With its new Pilots page , Shapeways has embraced...
Test New 3D Printing Materials with Shapeways Pilots

Inside the weird, wonderful and award-winning Melbourne School of Design

Known as the suspended studio, an internal tower dangles from the ceiling of the Melbourne School of Design (Credit: Nick Lavars/Gizmag) There was more than a touch of irony about the University of Melbourne’s old architecture building. As the breeding ground for generations of...
Inside the weird, wonderful and award-winning Melbourne School of Design

Roby, the 3D printable robot hits Kickstarter to teach kids programming, 3D design & robotics

While we come across a lot of cool 3D printable robots that we just love to share with our readers, most are unfortunately not easy to reproduce. After all, even if you know your way around a 3D printer most projects demand a fairly detailed understanding of engineering, programming and...
Roby, the 3D printable robot hits Kickstarter to teach kids programming, 3D design & robotics

Researchers develop new 3D printing process to enable objects to glow in the dark

Along with all of the new developments we’ve been seeing with various additive manufacturing methods, so too have we been seeing developments in the material science of 3D printable materials.   So far in 2015 alone, we’ve seen how Made in Space is releasing their “...
Researchers develop new 3D printing process to enable objects to glow in the dark

Type A Machines launches new Print Pod additive manufacturing hub

Although we’re currently at a stage in the evolution of 3D printers where there is a new design popping up on a crowdfunding platform nearly every week, we’re also learning how to better appreciate existing brands who have been along for the ride for a few years now.  Among...
Type A Machines launches new Print Pod additive manufacturing hub

Focus, multi-material and portable 3D printer launches on Kickstarter

If for any reason you thought that there may have been a shortage of possibilities for new 3D printers that could be funded on Kickstarter, you should certainly think again. The latest to hit the popular crowdfunding platform – which has helped launch everything from the FormLabs Form 1...
Focus, multi-material and portable 3D printer launches on Kickstarter

New filament is 1,000 times more conductive than existing 3D printer filaments on the market

Considering all of the developments that we’ve been seeing in the space of both new 3D printers and 3D printing filament in the past six months alone, there’s a lot for makers, designers, engineers, medical professionals and others that regularly make use of additive manufacturing...
New filament is 1,000 times more conductive than existing 3D printer filaments on the market

Mcor IRIS HD brings high definition color to 3D printing

Founded in 2004, Mcor Technologies is an innovative manufacturer of the only line of desktop paper 3D printers today. This week at Rapid 2015, the Irish company has released the latest 3D printer to their line-up: Mcor IRIS HD. According to the company, the Mcor IRIS HD provides 360°...
Mcor IRIS HD brings high definition color to 3D printing

The Focus 3D Printer is Portable, Multifaceted, & Delicious?

At the end of last year, Davide reported that a company called 3D By Flow was going to be releasing a 3D printer with all of the fixings for portability.  Later on, we got a sneak peek, through a story in the Netherlands , that the printer would also be equipped to handle viscous...
The Focus 3D Printer is Portable, Multifaceted, & Delicious?

New G-Code Reverser aims to help with the 3D modeling and printing workflow

While many 3D printer users are used to hitting a “print” button and watching an STL file get slowly printed, many may be unfamiliar with what is actually telling that extruder where to place itself while building up the three-dimensional object.   G-Code is the language used...
New G-Code Reverser aims to help with the 3D modeling and printing workflow

Lightning Fast Romanian Delta 3D Printer Goes Multifunction with CNC & Laser

It took some time, but, in the end, the first 3D printer entirely made in Romania by Symme3D looks like it has been worth the wait. The ubiquitous and democratizing nature of 3D printing continues to manifest itself, as every nation comes up with its own locally manufactured products for...
Lightning Fast Romanian Delta 3D Printer Goes Multifunction with CNC & Laser

GrabCAD Challenge Asks You to Reinvent the CubeSat with 3D Printing, Change Space Research Forever

While America Makes and NASA are launching a design contest to see habitats 3D printed in space, Stratasys and MakerBot are hoping to aid the space race for low-cost satellites with the CubeSat Challenge on GrabCAD .  The 3D printing leader has turned to the 2 million member 3D modeling...
GrabCAD Challenge Asks You to Reinvent the CubeSat with 3D Printing, Change Space Research Forever

SpiderBot v2.1 Delta 3D Printer unveiled with optimal airflow and tilting printheads

Experienced 3D printers will doubtlessly know of the excellent SpiderBot Delta 3D Printer, as the various models from this small French company have enjoyed quite a bit of success amongst all of the different groups that together make up the 3D printing community. Home users, scientists and...
SpiderBot v2.1 Delta 3D Printer unveiled with optimal airflow and tilting printheads

This wheeled robot drives itself off of a 3D printer's print bed once it is done printing

No matter how advanced we have gotten with a range of additive manufacturing technologies including faster speeds, higher resolutions and an increase in available material options – many might consider the ‘Holy Grail’ of 3D printing to be the ability to produce complete...
This wheeled robot drives itself off of a 3D printer's print bed once it is done printing

Eastman teams up with taulman 3D to optimize n-vent filament for LulzBot 3D printers

Although we repeatedly hear about new developments with 3D printers themselves, it’s easy to overlook just how important the filament materials are, too.  Among other qualities, a reliable filament should not only produce attractive objects but also work smoothly with a 3D printer...
Eastman teams up with taulman 3D to optimize n-vent filament for LulzBot 3D printers

Painter 3D brings full color painting to your finished 3D prints

While the majority of more recent additive manufacturing technologies have been focused on increasing speeds and offering higher resolutions, color has surprisingly taken a ‘back seat’ to most of the excitement surrounding these new technologies. Despite this, we’ve been...
Painter 3D brings full color painting to your finished 3D prints

Inventor creates 3D printed solar powered motors that can run non-stop for 100 years

Between the thousands – if not millions – of customized objects that have been created on home-based 3D printers to the range of more professionally-developed product design ideas, such as those that have ended up as Kickstarter campaigns, the widespread accessibility and low cost...
Inventor creates 3D printed solar powered motors that can run non-stop for 100 years

Fillamentum Launches New Wood and Crystal Clear 3D Printing Filaments

Having tried it personally, I can honestly say that Fillamentum makes some of the best quality filaments around, especially their wooden Timberfill series. So, I was happy to find out that Josef Dolocek, the company’s founder and CEO, was present at the Budapest 3D Printing Days...
Fillamentum Launches New Wood and Crystal Clear 3D Printing Filaments

Rugged Sprite UAV Guided to Kickstarter Thanks to 3D Printing

At the end of last year, we covered an interesting take on the DIY drone market, a 3D printed drone for scouting hiking trails from above.  After successfully completing their 3D printed prototype, the makers of this backpacker’s dream drone, Ascent AeroSystems , believe that the...
Rugged Sprite UAV Guided to Kickstarter Thanks to 3D Printing

A Very Noble 3D Printer: Reviewing the Nobel 1.0 from XYZprinting

In addition to being a writer here at 3DPI, and all my other activities, I run the 3D Printing Economic Research Center (3DPERC) at Korea Maritime & Ocean University in Busan, South Korea. The center’s function is to follow, study, and analyze the advances in additive manufacturing...
A Very Noble 3D Printer: Reviewing the Nobel 1.0 from XYZprinting

Create a 'Soft Robot' using 3D printing and some spare hot glue sticks

When it comes to glue sticks, the extrudable adhesives have been used as a way of explaining the process of fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing for years now.  Similar to how filament is fed through a heated element to be melted and placed in a custom arrangement, glue guns are...
Create a 'Soft Robot' using 3D printing and some spare hot glue sticks

There’s a New DLP 3D Printer in Town and it Is Ready to Do3D

In the rapidly expanding ocean of 3D printers, DLP-based systems are going through a particularly intense growth phase, which has brought several new models to the market. While Autodesk is leading the way in open source, other companies are trying to etch away at EnvisionTec’s...
There’s a New DLP 3D Printer in Town and it Is Ready to Do3D

Slrp, a 3D printed child-friendly sealable, storable & drinkable bowl launches on Kickstarter

When I was a child I was never allowed to slurp up the remaining milk from my breakfast bowl, something which I never understood. But invariably, whenever parents leave the room and kids do start slurping the rationale behind it is quickly understood: everything gets covered in milk or whatever...
Slrp, a 3D printed child-friendly sealable, storable & drinkable bowl launches on Kickstarter

Electroloom, 3D Printing, & the Dawn of a New Age of Clothing

We hope you’re dressed for the occasion because the much anticipated 3D printer for clothes is finally here! electroloom printer The Electroloom team has recently launched its Kickstarter campaign , thus giving you a chance to actually get your hands on the technology and be a part of...
Electroloom, 3D Printing, & the Dawn of a New Age of Clothing

Taiwan professor unveils ice cream 3D printer that can make 10 cm tall soft serve ice creams

‘Yours is bigger than mine!’ It’s an unavoidable and common sound heard around ice cream vendors. Children are especially prone to jealously looking at what their siblings are getting, and even as adults, you sometimes just can’t avoid it. It happened to Chen Liyuan and...
Taiwan professor unveils ice cream 3D printer that can make 10 cm tall soft serve ice creams

New Kickstarter campaign aims to bring 3D printed racing quadcopter frames to life

Of all of the most exciting new products available on the market right now, it is perhaps quadcopters and drones that are gaining the most attention.   Whether they are being used just for fun – not unlike an RC helicopter or airplane – or for using as a video recording tool,...
New Kickstarter campaign aims to bring 3D printed racing quadcopter frames to life

Sixteen-year-old shares build plans for 300 Euro Vulcanus V1 3D Printer

Although we’ve seen quite the gamut of Kickstarter and other crowdfunding-based 3D printers pop up over the past few years, there are considerably more 3d printer designs that have popped up on a variety of DIY sites that are just as – if not more – capable than many of the...
Sixteen-year-old shares build plans for 300 Euro Vulcanus V1 3D Printer

3D print your own wind turbine and charge your devices while camping

Of all things, it appears that wind turbines have been gathering more interest as of late.   Between recent developments in harvesting and storing renewable energy – such as the announcement of Elon Musk’s Tesla Powerwall – to Instructables projects that teach interested...
3D print your own wind turbine and charge your devices while camping

Large-Scale Printrbot Pro 3D Printer & Crawlbot CNC Router Revealed

Printrbot is not one to think inside the box.  While RepRappers were creating Cartesian boxy bots, Printrbot’s Brook Drumm developed a wholly unique format for his low-cost 3D printer.  The company’s machines have a distinctly “Printrbot” look, whether they be...
Large-Scale Printrbot Pro 3D Printer & Crawlbot CNC Router Revealed

German RepRap reveals details and photos of their X350 3D printer that debuts next week

3D printing enthusiasts in California will be undoubtedly looking for to next week, when the German RepRap, of course, is a specialist in desktop FDM 3D printers for consumers and professional users. Located near Munich, they are constantly releasing exciting new German-quality since 2010. And...
German RepRap reveals details and photos of their X350 3D printer that debuts next week

This 3D printed little robot cracks any master combination lock in 30 seconds

Few things are as annoying as trying to open an old suitcase or combination lock and having forgotten the code. Did you do four zeros as usual? Your birthday? 1-2-3-4? Or did you mix it up a bit this time? Before you know it, you’ve tried a dozen different combinations without getting any...
This 3D printed little robot cracks any master combination lock in 30 seconds

Disney's 3D printed sound-controlled 'acoustruments' could add physical controls to iPhones

Although smartphone companies have spent millions of dollars slimming the profiles of their devices and creating lighter pieces of hardware, there are still many who prefer the tactile touch experience that goes along with using analog devices – including external buttons, knobs, levers...
Disney's 3D printed sound-controlled 'acoustruments' could add physical controls to iPhones

The revolutionary Lily Flying Camera Drone is brought to life thanks to 3D printing

It’s no surprise that some of the most exciting tech to come out in years has been brought to consumers thanks in no small part to 3D printing. For those involved with product development, this is nothing new – in fact, the term is often referred to as “rapid...
The revolutionary Lily Flying Camera Drone is brought to life thanks to 3D printing

Tomato 3D printer offers high resolution full color desktop 3D printing, now on Kickstarter

Although we’ve seen quite the gamut of 3D printers launch off of the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, each of the offerings has usually brought something new to the 3D printer market.  Whether the printers have offered an existing technology at a lower price, a more compact design...
Tomato 3D printer offers high resolution full color desktop 3D printing, now on Kickstarter

Swiss artists 3D print shadow art that changes appearance when light moves

We’ve already known for a while that 3D printing technology is perfect for creating gorgeous works of art in all shapes and sizes, but we rarely see it in as many shapes as the ‘Got M?’ project by designer duo The duo have developed this unusual style over the past decade, and...
Swiss artists 3D print shadow art that changes appearance when light moves

Polymaker Remakes Itself with $3 Million Funding Round Led by Lenovo’s Legend Star

As the 3D printing arena moves from hype to the edification of a substantial industry, the wheat will be separated from the chaff via genuine innovation, solid business strategy, and conscious marketing.  Without a combination of all of these things, and other factors, 3D printing...
Polymaker Remakes Itself with $3 Million Funding Round Led by Lenovo’s Legend Star

Create a simple bamboo wind turbine to charge your smartphone with 3D printing

As we move towards a future that is more reliant on alternative energy than fossil fuels, it should come with little surprise that a variety of 3D printing-related projects have been popping up that highlight the use of these energy-harvesting technologies.   Among others, wind turbines...
Create a simple bamboo wind turbine to charge your smartphone with 3D printing

Bocusini Plug & Play Food 3D Printer to Heat Up Kickstarter Tomorrow

With a clock counting down the time until their Kickstarter launches (currently set at 19 hours to go), Print2Taste has already launched the site for their Bocusini food 3D printer.  We covered the Bocusini just a couple of weeks ago, foreshadowing the impending crowdfunding campaign, and,...
Bocusini Plug & Play Food 3D Printer to Heat Up Kickstarter Tomorrow

EasyFix: mounting plate for Goliath extruder

About Why this funding campaign? In our 3D printers, we use a plastic filament extruder. This is an extruder named Goliath (www.tytan3d.com). It is composed of : extruder, motor,board linker gear and drive gear Mk7. Goliath Extruder, stepper motor+gearbox, board linker gear, drive gear Mk7 It...
EasyFix: mounting plate for Goliath extruder

QromaScan scans and tags photos with an iPhone and your voice

The QromaScan Lightbox and app mean you can quickly scan and tag photos with an iPhone and your voice QromaScan is a simple scanning setup which might mean you finally get around to digitizing and organizing those boxes of old photos you’ve got gathering dust in the attic. The system,...
QromaScan scans and tags photos with an iPhone and your voice

Cannybots to Kickstart 3D Printed Racing Robots in the Classroom

Expected to hit crowd funding soon, Cannybots are open source, 3D printable toy robots that can be printed on any desktop system and programmed using simple (and less simple) programming interfaces such as Arduino, Blockly, Python, mbed and Scratch. Although they are already for sale on the...
Cannybots to Kickstart 3D Printed Racing Robots in the Classroom

Build a 3D printed spy tie camera using a Raspberry Pi

That the Raspberry Pi is a perfect addition to any maker’s arsenal hardly needs repeating here. We’ve already seen so many awesome 3D printed projects that rely on a Raspberry Pi to give that robot or cosplay accessory that wow-factor. But blogger and product anaylist Raymond Wong,...
Build a 3D printed spy tie camera using a Raspberry Pi

Students 3D print an autonomous robot that can locate and open or close valves

While lots of designs for basic 3D printed robots exist already, most of those are capable of very little. Most just shuffle across the table a little bit or give us an LED lightshow. While fun, they contribute little to the development of actual affordable and complex robotics. And in that...
Students 3D print an autonomous robot that can locate and open or close valves

Exclusive: New Details Emerge on Price and Launch Date of Sharebot’s SLS 3D Printer

According to sources very close to Sharebot’s management, the Italian company is planning on launching its first SLS 3D printer, possibly the very first such low-cost system to hit the market, by the end of 2015 (currently scheduled between September and October). 3DPI can also...
Exclusive: New Details Emerge on Price and Launch Date of Sharebot’s SLS 3D Printer