If you happen to classify yourself as one of the world’s many iPhone photographers or Instagrammers, you should probably (if you’re not already) be made aware of the Olympus Air, an open sourced and interchangeable digital camera lens that is specifically compatible with smartphone technology. A platform originally started by OPC Hack & Make Project,…
The popular footwear company New Balance is going full force into the realm of 3D print and design, having already announced that they are equipping their new running shoe line with 3D printed midsoles, following suit with their competitor Adidas and their own 3D printed Futurecraft insoles. Furthering their material investment in 3D printing, New…
When it comes to 3D printing technology, General Electric has gone full throttle with the creation of a variety of 3D printed jet engine parts ranging from fuel nozzles to turbine systems. But a research team from GE is taking that experience and shrinking down their turbine model in order to create a steam turbine…
Artist and designer Daniel Widrig is collaborating with Stratasys to create a futuristic 3D- printed art collection. The collection, entitled “Descendants,” is due to be unveiled at the upcoming “GLOBALE: Exo-Evolution” exhibition, which will be held at ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, opening on Friday, Oct. 30. Exploring a futuristic context…
There may be another machine to add to our list of top 10 bioprinters on the market, or in development. And this one could prove to be more important than all of the rest, as Revotek, the Chinese company behind the technology, claims that their new bioprinter is capable of 3D print blood vessels, a missing key…
Novabeans announced that it has been working with local otorhinolaryngologist doctors (ENT specialists) in India to 3D-print an exact customized silicon ear for a child from a very poor family who lost his left side ear in an accident and whose family could not afford expensive cosmetic surgery. Novabeans engineers used a 3D scanner…
While an increasing number of organizations and individuals are popping up to aid those with disabilities in obtaining low-cost assistive devices, there really can never be too many, as approximately one billion people across the globe live with some type of disability, making up the world’s largest minority population. And, of those one billion people,…
In Amsterdam, October 16, Dutch 3D printing firm MX3D cut the ribbon on its project to 3D print a steel bridge across one of the city’s famous canals using two modified, multi-axis robotic arms. And the way that it cut that ribbon was quite befitting. The project, begun by the Joris Laarman Studio and Petr Novikov and Saša Jokić…
