The gentlemen at Orange County Choppers (yes, those guys) happen to own a Stratasys Fortus 400mc large commercial 3D printer and they’ve been using it to create some very unique motorcycles. A Chinese client requested a dragon-themed bike from OCC team, who designed and built the magnificent vehicle you see above.
There’s a company in Chile that wants to let you bring your thoughts into the physical realm. According to a post on Discovery News , Thinker Thing is working on a combination of software and hardware that will let users sculpt objects using thought alone
There’s a company in Chile that wants to let you bring your thoughts into the physical realm. According to a post on Discovery News , Thinker Thing is working on a combination of software and hardware that will let users sculpt objects using thought alone. The technology works by presenting basic shapes on screen that slowly morph
Using a 3D printer, researchers created a device that allowed a baby to breathe. Read the original here: Baby’s Life Saved with 3D Printing flat tummy diet
From fetus paperweights to working guns, weird stuff created in 3D. See the article here: The 7 Weirdest Things Made By 3D Printing
The term “Open Design” has been around for a few years now and there are dozen of books addressing the notion of copyright and its meaning for designers. If you have never heard about it, the Open Design movement aims to become as big and important in the design area as the Open Source is in the software one. Its goal is to promote the free sharing of blueprints and collaboration around it.
Four years after undergoing life saving surgery which required almost all of the left side of his face to be removed, Eric Moger (60) has been fitted with a new prosthetic face thanks in part to 3D printing technology. The mouth implant created by Mr Dawood During a routine operation to remove nasal polyps, Mr Moger was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a condition which causes small growths or polyps to turn into tumors. At the time of diagnosis the cancer was already very advanced requiring surgeons at the University College London Hospital to remove almost half of his face (his left eye, cheekbone and most of his jaw) in order to save his life.
It’s an incredible way of making your imagination real: whatever you want to do or have dreamt of doing, 3D Printing Systems can take the idea and turn it into a physical reality. While 3D print technology has been around for over 20 years, it’s only now that lapsing patents on early technology has created Read the rest here: FROM `THOUGHTS’ TO `THINGS’ visit this page
AUSTIN — The nostalgic return to vinyl LP records is endearing, in a way, but no one expects the digital music recording industry to start producing the large discs in mass quantities again.


3D printed speakers give you a custom light show to go with your tunes (video)
3D printing is still in its relative infancy, but more and more folks are using machines like the MakerBot Replicato r and Formlab’s Form 1 to turn digital plans into physical reality.