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Designer Spotlight: Igor Knezevic 27 Aug 2013 | 12:03 am
This weeks Designer Spotlight focuses on Igor Knezevic, an award winning Architectural and Film Concept Designer based in Los Angeles, CA. He focuses on digital making processes, as well as on film co...
How to Design Snap-Fit Ball Joints for 3D Printing with Shapeways 26 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
When designing an action figure to be 3D printed the best way to create articulated components that are pose-able is with snap-fit ball joints. Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor Robot Action Figure by.....
Weekend Contest #21: MakerFaire Community Wall Panels 24 Aug 2013 | 02:21 am
This weekend contest is all about MakerFaire, which is coming up in New York in a few short weeks. At SIGGRAPH, our Community Wall was the star attraction in our booth, and it gave me such joy to sho...
3D Printing Mythical Beasts : The Cat Skull with Antelope Horns 23 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
3D Printing is a way to make the otherwise impossible possible, whether it be a complex part for your project, or realizing a mythical beast, like the Cat Skull with Antelope Horns. Read More »
Use The DevoBots App To Create Your Own Devo Robot 23 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
Developed by Kit Robot in collaboration with legendary experimental electronic pop band Devo, DevoBots is an app for Apple iOS devices to design your own army of DevoBots. DevoBots is a 2 in 1 DEVO S...
It Prints, It Scans, It Mills: The FABtotum May Be The Ultimate In Desktop Fabrication 22 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
Currently seeking backers on indiegogo, the FABtotum might just be the ultimate desktop fabricator. More than just an FDM 3D printer, the unit also has 2D milling suitable for carving everything from...
Congratulations, You Are the Winner of Our Pendant Design Contest 22 Aug 2013 | 08:33 pm
AmLachDesigns, you are the winner of our Pendant Design Contest: Show Off 3D Printing Precious Metals with your Heart Cage Pendant. The design subtly shows off the way in which we can 3D print things ...
Community Journal #5 21 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm
Welcome to the 5th Community Journal, and check out what's been happening in the Shapeways community the past few weeks... Custom Gifts Lately, we've had a few exciting gift stories on the forum, so...
Ask Peter Weijmarshausen Anything 3D Printing on Reddit 20 Aug 2013 | 02:18 am
Hey Shapies! Super exciting news! Tomorrow, Peter Weijmarshausen, our fearless leader, will be opening the floodgates and inviting the reddit community to "Ask Me Anything." Weijmarshausen (ShapewaysP...
3D Printing Fights Crime in Tokyo (VIDEO) 19 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
Tokyo police have been using 3D printing to create full color 3D models of wanted criminals to help them track down fugitives on the run, models of crime scenes and replicas of weapons to be used as e...
