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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About 4D Printing

By On May 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Back in February, Skylar Tibbits revealed that he was working on a project called 4D printing . In essence, the technology would allow for 3D printed parts to assemble themselves into usable objects. It’s a concept straight out of futurism fiction, but various research facilities are making it into a reality

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Design of the Week: Coffee Filigree

By On March 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment

This week’s selection is the Coffee Filigree by Brian Drescher of The Netherlands. Drescher says:

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MakerBot Announces Its First Easy-To-Use Desktop 3D Scanner, The Digitizer – UPDATE

By On March 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Bre Pettis, founder of 3D-printer manufacturer MakerBot, announced their first desktop 3D scanner, the Digitizer, at a SXSWi keynote today. Pettis was coy about availability or final design but instead was focused on making a splash at the event.

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MakerBot Digitizer: Scan To Print In No Time

By On March 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment

In 2009 at SXSW in Austin, the founders of MakerBot presented the prototype of our very first 3D Printer, the Cupcake CNC . Today, four years later, MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis took the stage for opening remarks, and did it again! In perfect MakerBot/SXSW fashion, Bre unveiled an early prototype of the newest addition to our 3D ecosystem, the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner .

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Two Makers Come Together To Make A Robotic Hand For A Boy In South Africa

By On February 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Two makers on opposite ends of the globe, Ivan Owen in Bellingham, Washington and Richard Van As in South Africa, teamed up to build a custom robotic hand and publish it on Thingiverse . The best part

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A New Version of Skanect

By On January 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Readers may recall Skanect , a software tool that uses an inexpensive Microsoft Kinect to produce 3D scans of room-sized areas.

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Bioprinting Dinner, And Maybe Even Organs

By On January 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Think about the meat on your plate and where it comes from. Consider the process from slaughter to table. Science at Modern Meadow has potentially devised a way to print a 3D model of meat that may be gracing your table in lieu of cow.

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Bioprinting Dinner, And Maybe Even Organs

By On January 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Think about the meat on your plate and where it comes from. Consider the process from slaughter to table.

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3D Printing Outside The Box

By On January 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Joris Peels proposes a radical idea for 3D printing: mobility. Longtime Fabbaloo readers will be familiar with the concept of a “build chamber”, in which extruders or other printing mechanisms move about to create an object. The build chamber is based on the mechanical concept of three axes of movement, but it has a major limitation: objects must fit within the build chamber

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Crayon Creatures!

By On January 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment

In yet another easy-for-consumers 3D printing service, Crayon Creatures provides a way for your children to receive a 3D printout of their hand drawn crayon sketches.

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