VoxelJet launch new industrial 3D printer at Euromold 2011
Yesterday, we posted about a new personal 3D printer - today, we've got a new industrial sized one. At Euromold, VOxelJet unveiled their newest model: the VX1000 3D printer. Weighing in at 4 tonnes and...
View Article3D printing an advent calendar
Moving Brands, a branding/PR company based in London, has created the world's highest-resolution advent calendar. For each day in December (until Christmas Eve) they're unveiling another 3D printed...
View Article3D printed cookie cutters
Our advent calendars might say there are another 19 days till Christmas, but we're definitely feeling festive now - and, checking out Thingiverse, it seems a lot of 3D printing types are, too.One of...
View ArticleDecorate your tree with 3D printed baubles
If your Christmas decorations are starting to look a bit tired, check out some of the awesome Christmas baubles that are being produced on 3D printers.We rather like this mini Christmas tree ornament,...
View ArticleMade in Space: putting 3D printers in space
If you're an astronaut on the International Space Station and something breaks, what do you do? You could call Houston and have them send you up a spare part... but wouldn't it be better if you could...
View ArticleFishman creates 3D printed guitar amplifiers
Fishman, a manufacturer of acoustic amplification systems, has been using an Objet 3D printer to speed up their production process - yup, yet another industry has discovered how useful 3D printers can...
View ArticleKapsule, a 3D printed reading light for the Kindle
So here's something that could only exist in 2011: technology start-up Pieco is running a Kickstarter project to raise money to create its 3D printed Kindle accessory.The Kapsule is a reading light...
View ArticleHow to 3D print a bike
Ralf Holleis created a 3D printed bike frame as part of his diploma thesis - the bike is made up of carbon tubes held together with 3D printed stainless steel lugs, which are lightweight and...
View ArticleThe 3D printed guitars that are full of creepy crawlies
Olaf Diegel, a professor of mechatronics at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, has created some truly weird 3D printed guitars.His designs feature cage-like bodies, filled with various insects...
View ArticleUses for 3D printing #29382938: marine fish breeding
So, here's a post we never anticipated writing. Shane Graber, a marine fish breeder, has demonstrated yet another use for the MakerBot 3D printer: printing equipment for fishtanks.Graber printed his...
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