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An artist is prototyping a hand grown out of human stem cells | Ars Technica

An open source biotech project that you might build in your garage one day.<p>It all started because Amy Karle wanted to grow her own exoskeleton. But …

3D Printing Metal in Mid Air

Published only 3 days before our article on how it is high time for direct metal 3D printers, the folks at Harvard have mastered 3D metal printing in …

HP unveils first 3-D commercial printer

HP Inc. CEO Dion Weisler, discusses the potential for the ecosystem around 3-D printing, which Weisler says will tap into a $12 trillion …

The world's first 3D-printed motorcycle will cost you €50,000

Airbus subsidiary APWorks is using its 3D printing expertise to build what it calls "probably the world's lightest motorcycle," a lithe, bicycle-like all-electric machine weighing 35 kilograms (77 pounds) held together with an intricate web of aluminum. Actually, it's more than aluminum: it's what …

Watch A Girl Named Isabella Unpack A New 3-D Printed Arm

At this point in the 3D-printing game it should be obvious why the tech exists and why we should all own 3D printers: because they can change lives. Nowhere is that point hammered home more than in videos featuring the E-nable arms. In this latest video a girl named Isabella gets an amazing purple …

Materialise Launches 'Ideas Worth Making' 3D Printing Android App

What I love most about 3D printing is obviously all the useful applications that it enables. Sure, cute little trinkets are fun to look at and play …

How to Buy a 3D Printer

Ready to bring your three-dimensional creations to life? Here's everything you need to know to choose the right 3D printer.<p>PCMag reviews products …

Tiko Could Be a $179 3D Printer For Everyone

$179. For the same amount one can buy a Moto 360 smartwatch, a budget smartphone, or an expensive clickety-clack mechanical keyboard. <i>Or</i> you could dip …

What is 3D printing? A beginner’s guide to the desktop factory

We all know the 3D printing has potential, but so do a good deal of other things. Yet, unlike others — Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby, for example — 3D …

3D printing: Who’s investing now and what’s coming next

Image copyright Signe Brewster.Printing has come a long way since Gutenberg and the first printing press in 1439. The printing industry has evolved …

MakerBot makes it easy for schools and businesses to start 3D printing

MakerBot has just launched a new initiative called Starter Lab, which makes 3D printing more accessible to more people, particularly students and employees. It's a bundle of MakerBot products, including several printers and other hardware, plastic filaments and training guides to help organizations …

Hands on with the new 3D printed in-ear monitors from Ultimate Ears Pro

Ultimate Ears Pro has been making some of the best in-ear monitors on the market for over 20 years, now. However, in the last 18 months, the company …

3D printed heart helps to save girl's life

A two-year-old girl who was born with a serious heart defect has had a life-saving operation thanks to a 3D printer.<p>Mina had a hole between two chambers of her heart, but doctors were able to use the printer to create a model to help surgeons plan the successful operation.<p>Mina and mum Natasha spoke …

3D-printed robotic spider dress keeps creeps at bay

Silk? <i>Meh.</i> Taffeta? <i>Blergh.</i> When it came time to craft her latest dress, Dutch artist Anouk Wipprecht instead turned to 3D printing and one of Intel's teensy Edison modules for something truly special. The end result? A "spider" dress that leaps to defend its wearer when it senses motion. (Our …

World's first 3D-printed laptop smashes crowdfund campaign

With just 68 hours till the deadline, the world's first 3D-printed Raspberry Pi laptop, Pi-Top, has already smashed its Indiegogo campaign target, …

Makerbot's Apps Portal will help you prototype that (plastic) fusion reactor

So, you've printed tiny 3D statues of yourself, your friends, your family and rover/fluffy. Now what? If you'd like to prototype your wacky ideas but don't have a clue how to start, Makerbot's new Apps Portal may help. There are eight apps in total like Zotebook, which allows inexperienced users to …

British Museum now lets you 3D print its artifacts using Sketchfab

Why visit a museum halfway around the world, when you can check out 3D scans, and print them from your own home?<p>Sketchfab, a platform that lets users …

Five questions for the woman who's 3D printing edible fruit

In the last few years 3D printing has gone from a niche within a niche, to one of the most headline-grabbing fields in tech. Consumers haven't exactly embraced the technology, but it is beginning to trickle down into the homes of more hobbyists and entrepreneurs. The DIY community has fallen in …

Using 3D Printing to Inspire STEAM

<i>This article is abridged from the book,</i> 3D Printing Will Rock the World <i>by John Hornick, available from Amazon.</i><p><b>Kids Are the Key</b><p>Kids are just starting …

Fusion 360 training area at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco, along with the 3D printers.

Five Year-Old Girl is First Child in the UK to Receive a Prosthetic Hand Made with 3D Printing Technology

In what may be one of the most inspiring and innovative uses for 3D printing we’ve seen, a young girl has just received a brand new hand thanks to 3D …

Additive Manufacturing - MIT Technology Review

General Electric is making a radical departure from the way it has traditionally manufactured things. Its aviation division, the world’s largest …

Four Stories on Metals for Additive Manufacturing

• Material Differences<br>Additive manufacturing demands different thinking about the metal stock.<br>• Plasma Spheroidization Improves Quality of Metal Powder …

A Forever Bike

No single cyclist uses their bike in the same way! This is especially true for commuters. Designed with this in mind, Modefi allows users to create …

Using 3D printing for composite molds and tools: the trend continues

<i>Stratasys is introducing a new sacrificial 3D printed tooling solution, on display at RAPID and SAMPE Long Beach.</i><p>You may remember my article in CW …

Modular, Lightweight Car Design Made Possible through Metal AM

The traditional model for automotive manufacturing involves years of development from design concept to large-batch production. A joint project that …

Honey-like inks lead to a new 3D printing method

117shares<p>Research at the University of Akron, Ohio has developed a new method of 3D printing by extruding inks from a nozzle in layers and using …

Livrea Yachts Partners with Autodesk and SABIC to Manufacture the World's First 3D Printed Yacht

We’ve seen 3D printed models of yachts, 3D printed yacht parts, and even a decorative jaguar that was 3D printed to grace the bowsprit of a …

Another Printer With An Infinite Build Volume

Very rarely do we see a 3D printer that is more than just a refinement of what’s currently standard practice. [Prusa]’s single-hotend, four-color …

May 12, 2017

In this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got stories on 3D printing business, a new facility, and a couple of new products. …