Would You Like Some 3D Printing With Those Fries?
I just read the strangest post on The Register UK, so of course I am sharing it with you. The title is McDonalds ponders in-store 3D printing for Happy Meal toys and of course I clicked over because that is just about the best idea for using 3D print “commercially” I’ve heard. However, the article is based […]
Say Hello To My Little 3D Printed TOOTH!
Over Fourth Of July weekend I managed to crack my tooth on a peach pit. For the record, it was a really nice and juicy Georgia peach that didn’t mean any harm. And even though it’s likely to be the most expensive peach I will ever eat, the dark cloud showed it’s silver lining when […]
1/1 Interview with Trevor Kirchner, Unisource Packaging Engineer And 3D Print Prototype Pioneer
While doing some research on 3D printing, I learned that Unisource Engineered Solutions was using this technology to create packaging and prototypes as a service! I had seen plenty of examples of 3D printing, but here was a “paper” company who invested in the machines and was using them to help customers and actually make […]
3D Printers: What I Thought I Knew, But Know Now
Brian Rothschild has been a connection of mine on LinkedIn for quite a while, and he always has something lively and topical to add to the discussions he participates in throughout the platform. I was totally psyched that I would finally be able to meet him face to face at Graphics of The Americas, and […]
A Whole New Print: Is 3D Printing Coming To Your Local Print Shop?
By Ben Freund If you haven’t already heard, 3D printing is one of the hottest developing technologies coming to market. One of the biggest questions about it—for readers of PrintMediaCentr, especially—is how 3D printing will impact the traditional print industry. I’ll cover the argument in favor of 3D printing becoming a tool for traditional print […]
World’s First 3D Printing Photo Booth to Open in Japan
This is brilliant! I wonder if this tech will be available for THE PRINTERVERSEtm at PRINT 13??? Since Marco (@miercs) sent me this link, I think he should also figure out how to get one to the US! If you agree, please tweet him “I want a mini-me Marco!” – and maybe he will succumb […]
3D-Printed Head Shaped Urns Coming To Mantle Near You. UM CREEPY!
Described as “a new and exciting way to memorialize your loved one,” a Vermont company named Cremation Solutions has gone heads (no shoulders here) above the rest with their 3-D printed likenesses of the dearly departed. Created by photos, these Urns are the latest in the personalization trend that really puts others to shame! You […]
Hacker Opens High Security Handcuffs With 3D-Printed And Laser-Cut Keys
While a bunch of us were debating how brands would control the design copyrights and utility patents on objects that could be replicated by 3D printing, along comes this little twist. Are handcuff keys the only keys that are universal? It’s no wonder that some hackers and criminals are “invited” to work with law enforcement […]
Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing
2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things — including intricate objects once impossible to create. via Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing | Video on TED.com.
3D Printing Brings New Angle To Animation
By Meaghan Murphy Sony Pictures upcoming “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” still uses molding clay and traditional stop-motion animation to bring its wide-eyed characters to life, but creator Aardman Animations happily embraced a strange new technology to make those figures speak: 3D printers. A 3D printer is much like an ordinary one, but it works in […]
Meet Arachno-Bot! A Creepy 3D-printed Robot Spider
Everyone has their kryptonite and mine happens to be spiders. The the tenth degree of that, would be jumping spiders, and the tenth degree of that tenth degree would have to be giant jumping spiders. Sure, these are 3D-printed, but in the scene of the Jerry Bruckheimer movie now playing in my head… I’m trapped […]
Urbee 3D Printed Car Goes on Display in Canada
From BBC News – Technology An environmentally friendly car, partly made using 3D printing technology, has gone on show in Canada. The Urbee uses electric motors, backed up by a small ethanol-powered engine, and is capable of 200mpg. Although the vehicle has been in development for several years, its complete printed body shell has never been […]