Little Liam may have been the first to sport a Robohand, but he’s part of a growing club now.
Rebuilding New York’s waterfront with the D-Shape 3D printer
New York’s coast has taken a beating over the years, including from Superstorm Sandy, and the D-Shape 3D printer will be used to repair some of the damage.
Thing of the Week: Featured Collections
Find new and exciting Things through browsing Thingiverse's Featured Collections.
Repairing degenerative spinal discs with 3D printing at Cornell University
Got back pain? You may need your intervertebral discs repaired with a bioprinter.
BANG! The first fully 3D printed gun successfully fires its first shot
Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed has successfully fired the world’s first entirely 3D-printed gun for the very first time. Not just the lower receiver, but the whole gun.
Entrancing speakers 3D printed by a team at Autodesk
I never realized how boring my speakers are until I saw these trippy 3D printed speakers created at Autodesk.
Staples now selling 3D Systems Cube 3D printers — online and at selected stores
Office supply chain Staples has just announced that they are now selling the 3D Systems Cube 3D printer on their website and it's coming to some stores in June.
ProJet x60 series: new generation, full-color 3D printers from 3D Systems
3D Systems announced a more robust full-color 3D printer series called ProJet x60.
Free ebook: Low-cost 3D printing for science, education and sustainable development
A new (free!) book, titled “Low-cost 3D Printing for Science, Education and Sustainable Development”, has been released by the Abdus Salam International Centre.
First fully-cellular liver tissue 3D bioprinted at Organovo
Bioprinting is advancing at an increasing pace. Now, with living liver tissue being printed in 3D without scaffolds, Organovo should be knocking on the FDA’s door any day now.
Return of the 3D printed fetus
The human fetus is of great interest, especially to expecting parents. So sonograms are customary for most parents, but what if they’re blind?
Thing of the Week: 3D printed camera gadgets
Photography and filming equipment can be expensive, and a lot of it is plastic. So it makes sense that some frugal DIY directors have designed a few printable camera gadgets and uploaded them to Thingiverse.
Mcor Technologies’ new ColourIT software adds full-color onto 3D printed models
Mcor released new software for the paper-based IRIS that applies color to a range of 3D file types.
Full-color, desktop 3D printer coming at an incredibly low price
The ProDesk3D will offer full-color 3D printing in a desktop model for a price competitive with a Replicator 2 and Form 1. Now that's a breakthrough!
The Google of digital 3D objects
Searching for specific components such as special gears and oddly sized valves on the internet was nearly impossible before the 3D Part Source service launched.