3D Printer Creates TOOLS for Space Travel!
3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is created by laying down successive layers of material. 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive manufacturing technologies. 3D printers offer product developers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of several materials […]
World's First 3D-Printed Bikini Makes Debut
Developed in partnership with Continuum Fashion, the N12 is the first fully 3D printed Bikini, ready to wear and available for purchase from the Conitnuum’s Shapeways Shop. Designed by Continuum Fashion, the N12 if the first completely 3D-printed, ready-to-wear, item of clothing. Previous experiments into the use of 3D printing in clothing have remained purely experimental, haute couture […]
3D Printing Lets You Touch The Statistics
3D printing is ushering many exciting trends into reality but one of the more engaging applications of the technology has to be in creating data sculptures which make statistics palpable. We marvelled at Mitchell Whitelaws subtle coffee cup weather sculpture and now ITP’s Michael Knuepfel has created a 3D printed sculpture which visualises the frequency […]
3D printing in bone now possible
The insanely creative team over at Open3DP have amazed us yet again. Now they have been able to 3D print in bone. For a project with Juliana Meira do Valle and Michael Storey the team developed a way to create a bone mixture that can be 3D printed. The mixture consists of Powdered Bone Meal, Powdered […]
3D: The Next Frontier in On-Demand Printing?
Although it’s not something typically associated directly with the print industry, three-dimensional (3D) printing is gaining a lot of traction as a way to revolutionize and democratize manufacturing. 3D printing is used largely in general manufacturing, architecture, engineering, industrial design, and other areas that rely on rapid prototyping. It’s an additive manufacturing technology, meaning that […]
Honda takes 3-D outdoors
Honda has launched a national ad push with a yin-yang feel for its newest vehicle, the CR-Z sport hybrid. The campaign, via RPA, centers on the fact that the car embodies both sport and hybrid characteristics. Targeting youthful 25- to-35-year-olds, it uses 3D technology for in-theater, print, events and interactive elements. Honda says that on […]
Catalogs by Barneys, Sears, J.C. Penney get creative
After a seven-year hiatus, Abercrombie & Fitch brought back its racy A&F Quarterly Saturday, but the controversial publication is making a comeback as many retailers are heading in the other direction. With retailers forced to take a hard look at their bottom lines during the recession, catalogs are adjusting, but not disappearing, says Leslie Linevsky, […]
Top 10 YouTube Videos About Printing 3D Objects
A world where we download objects off the Web the same way we currently download our data? If this futuristic notion is one day going to come true, it’s thanks to 3D printing developers like FormZ,ProtoPulsion, Z Corp, Print2 3D, and Thing Labs. Our selection of the top videos mostly come from these companies. The number one video in […]