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3D Printing Patents Expiring Soon

3D Printing Patents Expiring Soon: the new era of 3D printers!

How expiring 3D printing patents are going to usher the next generation of 3D printing? The year 2016 is quickly shaping up to be one of the hottest years on record for 3D printing innovations. Although there is still a lot of hype surrounding 3D printing and how it may or may not be the next industrial revolution, one thing is for certain: the cost of printing will continue to drop while the…

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3Dprintler lets you order 3D prints via chatbot

Wow @3Dprintler lets you order 3D prints via chatbot #3dprinting

Who do you call if you want to 3D print something? Step forward 3Dprintler, a startup that has made a search engine for locating 3D printing services in your area. The team was chosen as the wildcard company from Startup Alley to present onstage in the 2016 Battlefield here at TechCrunch Disrupt New York. 3Dprintler’s search engine, which launched last year, lets users upload a 3D file for…

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3D printed brain bioreactor accelerates Zika research

3D printed brain bioreactor accelerates Zika research

What are you planning on doing this summer? Probably not designing a revolutionary new bioreactor with which a thousand “mini-brains” can undergo testing. You’re probably not designing a bioreactor at all! But New York high schooler Christopher Hadiono did just that, and his powerful and efficient 3D-printed machine is now beginning to make waves. Hadiono put the machine together during a summer…

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3D Printing Revolution: Introductory Course

3D Printing Revolution: Introductory Course

If you still haven’t pulled the trigger on 3D Printing, check out this excellent introductory course about 3D Printing. If you have a friend or spouse that might be interested, go ahead and forward this to them. It’s perfectly normal to spend a couple of years “observing” 3D Printing from afar before actually buying a 3D Printer — this course will certainly accelerate that process. Also, if you…

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Understanding The 3D Printing Ecosystem

Understanding The 3D Printing Ecosystem

Excitement about 3D printing has steadily accelerated over the past decade — but this excitement has largely outpaced innovation and development in the field. As a researcher in the 3D printing ecosystem, I’ve built 3D printers using all of the major technologies, as well as more experimental ones. What I’ve learned is that many of these technologies are composed of very well-understood…

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3D Printing: Is It The Next Industrial Revolution?

3D Printing: Is It The Next Industrial Revolution?

Are you ready for the next industrial revolution based on 3D printing? It was in 1909 when Henry Ford, master of efficiency and standardization, famously said that a “customer can have a car painted any color…so long as it is black.” While the First Industrial Revolution introduced machines to replace hand labor, Ford helped usher in what was ultimately the principle of mass production; using…

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Tattoo 3D Printer in Action: Watch the Video

Tattoo 3D Printer in Action: Watch the Video

The first tattoo 3D printer is here! The principle is simple: give a design to this 3D printer, and let it tattoo it on the skin of the customer. Anecdotal or future reality? We have exclusively catched up with the inventors, a team of former French students. Indeed, improvements have been made to the invention. «We have transformed the head of the machine by adding it a Z axle and a system of…

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A 3D Printer In Every Home

A 3D Printer In Every Home

When he famously said “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home” in 1977, Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, certainly wasn’t expecting a reality like the one we live in today. In less than half a century, computers don’t just exist in multiple rooms of our homes, they’ve taken over our pockets, our wrists and are embedded in a multitude of products around…

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The Best 3D Printers in 2016

The Best 3D Printers in 2016

What will be the best 3D Printers in 2016? We have lined up 3D printing industry experts to come up with the top 5 3D printers that will beat the competition! Check out our full guide and get a head start today! 1. E3D BigBox BigBox 3D Printer Kickstarter Campaign What makes it special? Besides the Tiko 3D, BigBox will be the consumer printer to watch. That’s mainly because of E3D team that…

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Pawsthetics: 3D-Printed Prosthetics for Pets

Pawsthetics: 3D-Printed Prosthetics for Pets

When 3D printing is put in good use, we see some awesome tech that can really make a difference. Enter 3D-Printed Pawsthetics for Pets. Some of us, four-legged friends included, hit some bad luck once in a while. Some have it harder than others. A good friend of mine, TurboRoo, has an interesting story to share and a new campaign to help others in his situation. How Pawsthetics was born Turbo was…

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3D Printed Hair is Here!

3D Printed Hair is Here!

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have created a system to put realistic-looking plastic hair on 3D printed objects. While this doesn’t help the follicularly challenged humans among us it does allow you to add cute hairdos to 3D printed characters and even simulate hard growth on living things. The system uses a standard 3D printer with special programming that extrudes a little plastic and then…

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The Influence Of Education On The 3D Printing Industry

The Influence Of Education On The 3D Printing Industry

You probably don’t own a 3D printer yet. Like computers in the early 1980s, it’s an intriguing new technology that hasn’t quite found its place in the home. However, schools and universities are proving to be a petri dish of innovation, where there is an existing space for experimentation and practical application, as well as palpable enthusiasm for the technology among both teachers and…

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Chocolate 3D Printer by Hershey

Chocolate 3D Printer by Hershey

Hershey’s chocolate scientists are now 3D printing uniquely designed candy. The confection company is taking its CocoJet 3D printer from 3D Systems to different exhibits throughout the U.S. to show chocolate lovers how this futuristic candy machine creates uniquely delicious designs. How does Chocolate 3D Printer Work Consumers interact with a library of 3D graphics on an iPad to get the machine…

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Blade: The World's First 3D-printed Supercar

Blade: The World’s First 3D-printed Supercar

Automobiles have made great strides in recent years in becoming cleaner and greener, but according to Divergent Microfactories, they still have miles to go. The problem, as the company sees it, is that while powertrains have become cleaner thanks to the use of alternative energy sources like battery power and fuel cells, manufacturing is dirtier than ever. The start-up puts forth a solution in…

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World's Largest 3D Printer is Huge & Able to 3D Print Houses

World’s Largest 3D Printer is Huge & Able to 3D Print Houses

We have recently seen huge 3D printers coming out, but this 3D printer from WASP is by far the largest ever built. WASP is planning to unveil the world’s largest 3D printer in Massa Lombarda in Italy over the next weekend (18th September 2015) where the annual 3D printers show is scheduled. World’s Advanced Saving Project (aka WASP) is an organization that is promoting 3D printing technology for…

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HP 3D printers coming in 2016 | Separate 3D printing Business

HP 3D printers coming in 2016 | Separate 3D printing Business

Hewlett-Packard, one of the world’s greatest hardware manufacturers, is planning to make a strategic move which shows how much they are targeting 3D printers in the future. Clearly HP has great ambitions in this lucrative area, and they want to move from traditional printers to 3D printing as soon as possible. For that reason, Hewlett-Packard announced the appointment of a dedicated executive…

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E-nabled Arms, 3D Printing Human Parts

E-nabled Arms, 3D Printing Human Parts

Do you need more evidence to convince anyone that 3D printing is changing our lives? Just show them the following heart breaking video of Isabella, a little girl who lost her arm. She was presented by a pink-blue 3D printed robotic human arm and she couldn’t believe it. Check how happy Isabella is, and it’s all because of 3D printers. Their impact in every day life is so amazing that it cannot be…

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