3D printing on The Big Bang Theory
Episode 14 of season 6 of The Big Bang Theory featured 3D printing. Spoiler alert! If you haven’t seen it, we have the link to the episode. As always, it was great.
Category: 3D Scanning
Cheap DIY 3D Scanning… or not
What was intended to be a How-To guide to DIY 3D scanning ended up being more about what not to do.
MAKE’s Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing out Tuesday
MAKE Magazine has published their first comprehensive guide on 3D printing, called the Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing.
Mission Possible: 3D Printed Identity
Patrick used a Planmeca ProMax 3D ProFace CAT scanner to capture his face. The image was sent to a ZPrinter 650 to print in high definition full color and the result is uncomfortably accurate.
Popular Mechanics bestows 2012 tech awards on two 3D printing companies
Popular Mechanics just came out with their Top 10 Tech Breakthroughs of 2012 awards and picked ten “tech products that matter most.” And wouldn’t you know it, two of the spots went to 3D printing products.
Matterport 3D will allow users to “Scan the World”
Matterport 3D is both software package and scanning hardware. Rather than capturing 3D images of individual objects, Matterport 3D can scan an entire room.
123D Catch finally catches up to the iPhone
The 123D Catch app, which lets you to take photos of an object and assemble them into a 3D image, is now available on the iPhone, in addition to the iPad, web app and PC.
Places to watch for 3D printing progress
Here are a few places, industries, and websites that the author expects to see transitioning to 3D printing in the near future.–places to keep your eye on.
Drone delivers your 3D printed figurine at Burning Man
At Burning Man this year, you can be 3D scanned, and then have your 3D printed figurine delivered to you via drone, guided by GPS. It’s called PRoject Blue Sky.
3D printing overview and matrix graphics
Objet’s Tuan Tranpham sent us two graphics he created that provide an overview and matrix of the 3D printer market.