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D-Shape’s Plans

By On May 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Enrico Dini is the founder of D-Shape, pioneers in large-scale 3D printing using concrete-like materials. They’ve developed a technique for solidifying sand into a kind of sandstone using a chlorine-based fluid.

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The Spring Meetup was amazing!

By On April 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Another great meetup has passed . To get an impression of what a meetup looks like at our head quarters you can take a look at our pictures below! Okay, we couldn’t actually call it a spring meetup, since temperatures were still below zero and we were still waiting to see the first flowers and birds, but luckily that didn’t bother us

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Gigabot Makes Large-Format 3D Printing Cheap

By On March 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment

3D printers are becoming increasingly cheaper, but these cheap printers have a limited build volume There’s no inexpensive option for large-format 3D printers just yet. Well, there might just be one option if a recent Kickstarter project becomes successful.

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3D Print Rocket Engines?

By On March 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Could 3D printable open-source rocket engines be the next frontier? That’s the hope of DIYRockets, a company which advocates the open-source development of space

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Youngstown: Mecca of 3-D Printing? Not Yet

By On February 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment

When President Obama touted a Youngstown, Ohio-based institute as a “state-of-the-art lab where new workers are mastering 3D printing,” he spoke too soon. Here’s the true story. Looming above downtown Youngstown, Ohio, the painted sign on the brick wall speaks of a hopeful long-ago time–the early 20th century–when money flowed like water in what was once one of America’s greatest steel towns

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Forget 3D-Printed Buildings, The European Space Agency Is Exploring 3D-Printed Moon Bases

By On February 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

There’s already been plenty of talk about 3D-printing entire buildings , but those ambitions may not remain strictly earthbound for too long. According to a new report from Phys.org , the European Space Agency and partners from London-based architecture firm Foster + Partners have begun to explore the feasibility of 3D printing a life-sustaining base on the lunar surface

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Thoughts On That 3D Printed Building

By On January 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Widespread media reports describe a project by Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars, who plans to build a home using 3D printing. He’s actually going to 3D print a house.

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3D-Printed Buildings by 2014?

By On January 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

3D printing has come a long way in the past 30 years, and a Dutch architect, Janjaap Ruijssenaars, wants to push the technology even further. Working in collaboration with sculptor Rinus Roelofs, Ruijssenaars is creating a world’s first: A 3D-printed building

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Makerbot Announces Improved Experimental 3D Printer, The Replicator 2X, New Apps, And API

By On January 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment

We were lucky to have a few minutes to sit down with Bre Pettis of Makerbot . The company just announced an interesting improvement to the Replicator 2, called the Replicator 2X, that is tweaked to work with ABS plastic rather than the rigid, organic PLA. This new version is for experimenters who are looking to print in more materials.

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Augmented 3D Printing

By On January 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Architects have long used 3D printing as a means to better visualize their design ideas. By 3D printing a building you can “see” it much better than through a 2D screen and thus gain insight you’d otherwise miss.

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