Trends in 3D printing

The latest applications and innovations in 3D printing. Get an overview of the trends in additive manufacturing. Which new methods are interesting for makers? Which innovations have the stuff to revolutionize entire industries or at least individual products?

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Apex Series

Alexis Walsh Presents New 3D Printed Fashion Collection

New York City-based fashion designer Alexis Walsh, who focuses on 3D printed fashion, presented her latest collection together with Justin…

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Compact Successor

XYZprinting Presents the New da Vinci Color Mini

Almost exactly one year ago, XYZprinting introduced the world’s first full-color da Vinci Color 3D printer. Now the Taiwanese 3D…

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Wastefree Design

Luxury Brand Bottletop Opens a Store with 3D Printed Interior Design

Within just two months, the KUKA robot LBR iiwa 3D printed the complete interior design of the newly opened Bottletop…

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Photogrammetry

How to Print Full-Color City Models Directly from Google Earth

The Reddit user “amishrefugee” together with his colleagues managed to print full color models directly from Google Earth. To avoid…

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Works Without Metal 3D Printer

Formlabs Gives Tutorial for 3D Miniature Figures Made of Metal

If you own a Form 2 from Formlabs and get the High Temp Resin, you can create detailed metal figures…

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Latest Invention of ETH Zurich

Innovative 3D Printed Camping Stove Can Also Be Used in the Wind

A group of students from ETH Zurich and the Zurich University of Arts (ZHdK), used 3D printing to develop a…

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Star Wars Items Affected

Copyright Infringements on the Popular Maker Platform Thingiverse

Now it had to come to this: Disney had a handful of 3D models explicitly related to Star Wars removed…

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Study by the Universities of Würzburg and Amsterdam

Copy, Transform and Combine – How Thingiverse Models Are Remixed

The reuse of existing knowledge is an indispensable part of the implementation of new ideas. In the creative sector, bringing…

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A Predator Causes Furore

Alligator “Mr. Stubbs” Receives 3D Printed Tail Prosthesis

Mr. Stubbs is a 12-year-old American alligator without a backside. However, an alligator life without a tail can be dangerous…

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The Seven-Year Itch

The End for Printrbot

The 3D printing company Printrbot, founded by Brook Drumm, which was launched by a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2011, is…

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Superstylish Items!

15 Hip Low Polygon Models

Low-poly models are cool, make our world more beautiful and are also perfect as a gift. Be inspired by these…

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An Interview with Mattia Mercante

Bring Renaissance Artworks Back to Life with 3D Printing

Mattia Mercante is a restorer of cultural assets and cooperates mainly with the Italian Institute Opificio delle Pietre Dure in…

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UNESCO Cultural Heritage

72 3D-Printed Dragons for the Great Pagoda in London

The Great Pagoda was built in 1761 for King George III by William Chambers, who was architecturally inspired by travels…

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Floating Gears

Chemical 3D Printing for Chanel’s Boy-Friend Skeleton Watch

The gears of Chanel’s new Boy-Friend Skeleton Watch with diamonds and shiny alligator bracelet were created in a very special…

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From Waste to a Valuable Resource

US Army Recycles Plastic Waste for 3D Printing

US soldiers will probably be busy collecting plastic waste in the future, because used water bottles, tetrapacks or yoghurt cups…

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April Fool!!!

Mobile Parts Production with 3D Printers at BMW Motorrad

Soon it will be possible to repair a motorcycle breakdown even in remote parts of the world, because from this…

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10 Times Faster Than Conventional 3D Printers

MIT Engineers Present the World’s Fastest 3D Printers

The 3D printer developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) produces a Lego brick size component within…