3D printing

Why Yes, Ma’am, This Airbus A380 Was Printed On Demand By a Computer

What’s old is new (and better) again thanks to 3D printing techniques under the employ of Airbus. Seen above are two parts. The simpler one was created using conventional manufacturing techniques. And by conventional I mean, of course, soon-to-be obsolete. OBsolete, and replaced by 3D printing, which Airbus has apparently perfected to the point that…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Man 3D-Prints Spare Part to Avoid Huge Ripoff

Getting a spare part has got to be the biggest pain in the ass known to the Ikea-loving world. But one man, who goes by dscott4 on Instructables, has stepped up. His pricey Bugaboo stroller needed a small part that the company’s service center sells for $250. Really? So our guy, took his business elsewhere.…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman

3D Printer Harnesses the Sun to Transform Egyptian Sand Into Glass

After starting off with what looks like a jaunt through the dunes of Tatooine, this video from Markus Kayser will eventually bring you to a 3D printer that uses the immense power of the sun to turn sand into glass. The 3D printer, called the Solar Sinter, was conceived of by Kayser to create shapes…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Start Your Rudimentary 3D Home Printing Business for Less Than $500

One day in the distant theoretical future, we will want for nothing, as the Great American Dream will forgo a chicken in every pot for a 3D printer in every home. In the present day, however, things are a bit more mundane, with 3D printing still very much relegated to the extremes. Immense manufacturing facilities…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Watch Stephen Colbert Meet His MakerBot

It’s always a treat when Colbert gives face time to the geeks—or in this case to a handful of geeky 3D-printed versions of himself. If you didn’t crave a MakerBot before, you will after experiencing the Colbert teddybear. MakerBot honcho Bre Pettis visited Colbert Nation last night, bringing with him one of his patented printers…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Snap 2D Photos of an Object, Turn Them Into a 3D Model (and Then 3D Print It)

This could be the most important design advancement in years. Not since the Pantone color-capturer have you been able to preserve something from your travels and recreate it at home as a 3D model. Hook up a 3D printer, and… https://gizmodo.com/discover-an-objects-pantone-color-code-with-this-650-h-5667596 There are a couple of problems that I can see with Photofly, however—it works…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Theo Jansen Starts Pumping Out 3D Strandbeests On Demand

Theo Jansen’s amazing-yet-slightly-haunting Strandbeests are something we’ve featured here before, but that was usually the work of someone else, and you would have to observe. Now, courtesy his partnering up with Shapeways, you can create your own. https://gizmodo.com/theophile-lego-technic-walking-machine-slowly-inevit-5049583 Shaepways, if you didn’t know, is a 3D printing press, and now Jansen will sell you miniature…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Three Kinect Cameras and One 3D Printer For Instant Self Souvenirs

Earlier this year, the tinkerers at blablabLAB set up an installation in Barcelona that used three Kinect sensors and one cheap 3D printer to allow passersby to create tiny souvenir statues of themselves. Strike a pose, any pose, and the rig could quickly churn out an impressively accurate model. Pretty cool! My only Barcelona souvenir…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Fixing The Thinker With 3D Printing

In 2007, some goons looted a casting of Rodin’s The Thinker (one of many castings that exist of the iconic piece) from the Singer Laren Museum in the Netherlands, intending to sell it as scrap metal. I’m not sure why you’d want to sell a multi-million dollar work of art as scrap metal, but hey,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Most Precocious Description of 3D Printing Yet

This young man won’t be shaving for another six years at least. But my goodness, does he know a lot about 3D printing. Not only is the cutest description of the craft, it’s actually one of the easiest to follow. Couldn’t we use Schuyler on the cover of Tiger Beat and a little less Bieber?…

Tech News Brian Barrett

A $1 Million 3D Printer Could Give You the Tiny Titanium Balls You’ve Always Wanted

This funky—and surprisingly tiny—ball was created out of pure titanium powder using a $1 million 3D printer. You could have one made for $124 to $192. The ball—which has a 2cm diameter—was created by i.materialise, a company who is taking custom orders for titanium 3D prints right now. This is actually a new thing to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Fresh Fiber Would Like $20k to Launch a 3D iPad Case Printing Site

One of the latest projects to ask crowd-sourced funding site Kickstarter for cash is 3D printed iPad case maker Fresh Fiber—which wants your money to help start an e-commerce store where users can design bespoke 3D iPad cases. The company already makes a range of Apple cases, but with YOUR HELP AND GENEROSITY it could…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Maybe We Should Be Putting Our 3D Efforts Into Food Printing

We’ve seen 3D food printers before, but now we know exactly what deliciousness they’re capable of. Food squeezed out of a syringe never looked so tasty—or artful. https://gizmodo.com/mits-food-printer-is-making-ferran-adria-weak-at-the-kn-5448050 Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Laboratory developed the fab@home technology used to create these 3D printed foodstuffs. Using a process called “solid freeform fabrication”, material is squeezed out…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Printable Transistors? What Can’t Makerbot Do?

DIY’ers are losing their shit over these printable transistors. Why? Because they could make it that much easier to prototype intricate gadgets without having to send orders to a fabrication plant to have these components made. The process for making these transistors was designed by Mr.Kim and John Sarik who used a Makerbot printer and…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Heel Worn Down? Nevermind, Just 3D Print a New One

Isn’t it frustrating when a shoe part wears out, but everything else is fine? Like when the rim of your Converse cracks, but the upper looks—well, not new, but satisfactory. 3D-printing replacements could save our landfills—and wallets. I suppose it’s like going to the cobbler to get a heel replaced—instead of tossing the shoe out…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

I Could Spend All Day Watching This Thing Making Chairs

There’s something magical about this video. I think it’s because of the slow pace in which the giant computer-controlled arm carefully places layer after layer of gooey plastic to create furniture. It’s like an endless cream sandwich. It makes me hungry. The robotic arm, controlled by Dirk Vander Koolj, uses a plastic gun to place…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

3D-Printed Fonts Spell Out Whatever You’d Like Them To

All you need to do is type in the chosen text at Freedom of Creation’s website, and they’ll use a 3D printer to create your very own custom font—for your desk, front door, or even above the bed. So one-night stands don’t forget your name, obviously. It’s available in both Arabic and Latin text, and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

3D Printed Vase Made From Glass May Not Look Like Much, But It’s Still a Miracle

While this vase is probably more attractive to your granny than you, would she understand just how much technology was used in its creation? Custom 3D-printer guys Shapeways made it from glass, which is no small feat for 3D printing. Writing on their blog, they described one of the challenges they faced with the design:…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

You Really Can Make Anything With 3D Printers, Even McRibs

3D printing has come a long way from just Jay Leno making car parts in his insane garage to something real people can use to make neat things. So I had Sculpteo, a 3D printing service, make me a McRib. Sculpteo’s a European company, but they’ve recently expanded to the US. What you can do…

Tech News Jason Chen

You Won’t Find This 3D-Printed iPad Case With Inbuilt Kickstand in Best Buy

I’m fast becoming obsessed with 3D printers, and should I ever bite the bullet and purchase an iPad, FreshFiber’s case is first on my list of accessories. It costs 100€ ($135) and comes in graphite or white. [FOC]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Why Yes, Ma’am, This Airbus A380 Was Printed On Demand By a Computer

Man 3D-Prints Spare Part to Avoid Huge Ripoff

3D Printer Harnesses the Sun to Transform Egyptian Sand Into Glass

Start Your Rudimentary 3D Home Printing Business for Less Than $500

Watch Stephen Colbert Meet His MakerBot

Snap 2D Photos of an Object, Turn Them Into a 3D Model (and Then 3D Print It)

Theo Jansen Starts Pumping Out 3D Strandbeests On Demand

Three Kinect Cameras and One 3D Printer For Instant Self Souvenirs

Fixing The Thinker With 3D Printing

The Most Precocious Description of 3D Printing Yet

A $1 Million 3D Printer Could Give You the Tiny Titanium Balls You’ve Always Wanted

Fresh Fiber Would Like $20k to Launch a 3D iPad Case Printing Site

Maybe We Should Be Putting Our 3D Efforts Into Food Printing

Printable Transistors? What Can’t Makerbot Do?

Heel Worn Down? Nevermind, Just 3D Print a New One

I Could Spend All Day Watching This Thing Making Chairs

3D-Printed Fonts Spell Out Whatever You’d Like Them To

3D Printed Vase Made From Glass May Not Look Like Much, But It’s Still a Miracle

You Really Can Make Anything With 3D Printers, Even McRibs

You Won’t Find This 3D-Printed iPad Case With Inbuilt Kickstand in Best Buy

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