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3D printed surgical models help patients visualize results 27 Aug 2013 | 06:17 pm
When it comes to bones, 3D printing has made its rounds. Procedural algorithms have been modeled after bone to print buildings, the skeleton of a living person was printed, and materials have been bas...
3D printing is easy with Windows 8.1 27 Aug 2013 | 04:12 am
It was a big deal when Microsoft announced support for 3D printing in Windows 8.1. Then they started selling MakerBot Replicator 2s in their stores. It may not seem significant, but it’s a major event...
New skateboard trick: 3D print it 26 Aug 2013 | 09:02 am
CGTrader is a 3D model exchange platform where 3D modelers can upload and sell their creations. Most are for digital scenes, animation, and games, but some are 3D printable. The site hosts lots of com...
MakerBot Digitizer 3D scanner unveiled 23 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
When Bre Pettis told me the Digitizer looks like a spaceship and will cost less than a Replicator, he wasn’t lying. It definitely looks like it could be firing phasers at a Romulan Bird of Prey. And i...
FABtotum Personal Fabricator does more than 3D print 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Another 3D printer campaign just launched on Indiegogo, and this one really is different. I usually point out some of the minor differences between existing 3D printers and whichever new one I’m featu...
3D printing Elon Musk’s Hyperloop 21 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
There’s no way you haven’t heard of the Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s idea for a new form of high-speed transportation. We won’t discuss the feasibility of the project (though we will point out that Musk’s c...
Committing and solving crimes with 3D printing 20 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm
(Police in Tokyo use 3D printed models to track down fugitives) Everybody knows about the 3D printed gun. While it may (or may not) be a crime to print the gun, no crimes have yet been committed with...
A decade away from fabricating functional, custom organs 19 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
We’re cautiously optimistic here at 3DPrinter.net. We speculate often about the futures of bionics and space flight, but we let the experts give the real timeframes. Bioprinting has an especially prom...
3D printing spinal implants around the world 16 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
As bioprinting continues its rapid advancement we’re getting glimpses at how medicine and health will change in the coming decades. From severe burns to maiming, 3D printing will provide the most comp...
Beautifically intricate 3D printed replicas of people and pets from Captured Dimensions 15 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
I met Jordan Williams at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo. When I asked him what he did he pulled out a tablet and showed me this: That’s him holding a 3D printed bust of himself. Jordan cr...
