Buy it in a store, laser-scan it at home, upload it to the web, print it anywhere. 3D printing is poised for the mainstream, but what happens when one person’s finely hand-crafted designs can be pirated and reproduced by anyone? Will 3D-printing-piracy social networks arise?
Did you like the latest Iris van Herpen dress with the strong and flexibe material? Then we have some good news for you: we’re doing tests to offer you the same material! IMAGINE Wasn’t it lovely to see the first flexible 3D printed dress on a model? Designers and engineers have been challenging Materialise to come up with a flexible 3D Printing material that is durable enough to withstand the wear and tear of an end-use product, and TPU is their response. Materialise launched it ten days ago and now i.materialise is doing research and tests to provide you with this material as well
Researchers at MIT’s Self Assembly Lab have developed a new technique for 3D Printing which they call “4D Printing”. It’s 3D printing of objects designed to change their shape after printing.
Nokia and MakerBot are in Barcelona this week for the Mobile World Congress. The companies have teamed up to offer what it calls the “first live social 3D printing experience.” In short, MakerBot is creating custom Nokia Lumia 820 cases on the show floor for attendees. As you can imagine, this isn’t the first time 3D printers have been used to make smartphone cases.
You know something is getting close to popular culture when it enters the world of satire. 3D Printing did just that on a recent post from The Daily Mash, “a satirical website covering national and international news with spoof stories and opinion”.
3D printing is an exciting prospect. Being able to turn literally anything you can imagine into a physical object is truly the stuff of the future, but the days of everyone having a 3D printer in their home is still a ways off. Even so, perhaps it’s not quite as far as many imagine
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Why not make jewelry in ceramics? We’re very happy to give you the possibility to print in ceramics, as the latest material available on i.materialise.
Sculpteo is launching its first worldwide design contest! They are on a quest to find the best iPhone 4 case that you could ever imagine with 3D printing. Here’s the specs: Imagine an iPhone 4 case that takes the most of 3D printing technologies. 3D printing lets you imagine designs with details and precision , complex geometrical shapes , mechanical gears
Sculpteo is launching its first worldwide design contest! We are in a quest for finding the best iPhone 4 case that you could ever imagine with 3D printing. It is pretty ambitious, but also a lot of fun! Interested to participate in our iPhone 4 case challenge? Here is the deal: Imagine an iPhone 4 case that takes the most of 3D printing technologies.

