Angus Debunks Some 3D Printing Myths and Misconceptions
Angus lays it down as it is. Hear Hear!
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3D Printed Automatic Sunglasses
Yousif Ashoor developed a 3d printable sunglasses that automatically move to cover his eyes when exposed to sun. He wrote that he did it: "To protect my virginity and my eyes". Mission accomplished....
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Open Source 3D Printable Mechanized Prosthetic Foot
Team Aractapod is developing open sourced 3d printable prosthetic foot that is motorized and has electronic control to make a disabled person walk easier. Project...
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Star Track 3D Printable DIY Astronomy Pointer and Tracker
Görkem Bozkurt developed an Arduino powered astronomy pointer and tracker that can be made on a DIY 3d printer. It could probably be customized to move a small telescope or asrophotography setup. He...
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3D Printable WW2 Enigma Machine Replica
Pascal and his students made a replica of WW2 Enigma encryption machine with 3d printed mechanism. It is a very interesting project and you will learn something more about encryption. All the code,...
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Smartfriendz Smartalu 3D Printer
Smartfriendz from France have a new open source 3d printer design. It is the Smartalu based on aluminum frame and a large print area. It looks very sturdy. Printer description:Taking account of reprap...
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TRENDi Maker V3 3D Printer
TRENDi Maker V3 DIY 3d printer follows the tradition of small machines with 3d printed parts. It is a RepRap essentially. It uses metal rods and other vitamins but there are no additional support...
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Low Cost 3D Printable Eye Movement Tracker
Crazy Eyes. Is this art? Is this science? Is this just a joke? It could actualy have many uses ... Project description:The project consist in developing a lightweight wearable/portable animatronic...
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3D Printed RC Boat Race in Red Hook
They say its world's first. Nice community event. I would like to see something similar on my town's lake. Red Hook regatta:https://re3d.org/the-red-hook-regatta/
View ArticleTeen Died in 3D Printer Related Accident
And the media is using it for fear mongering and demonizing the technology. It looks like the cause was not even a 3d printer ... Here are the original news...
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Captive Nut in 3D Object Integration Tutorial
If you want to have a metal nut that fits inside 3d printed part perfectly here is a great tutorial. It also includes a part how to design it in a a CAD software. From project description:A captive...
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Quick and easy way to recycle failed 3d prints in an oven
Devon shows hot to recycle failed prints in an easy and cheap way using your oven only. Basically you just melt them to get a flat thick sheet of plastic and use it in molds to get something useful....
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Advanced 3D Printing with Wire Deposition for Electrics Projects
Disney researchers developed a 5 axis 3d printer that can also lay metal wire for electric and electronic devices. Wires can be fixated by extruding plastics on it. Since it moves in 5 axis, it can...
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3D Modeling in Virtual Reality with the HTC Vive and Kodon
Here is a demonstration of 3d modelling for 3d printing in VR environment with Kodon software. The rabbit looks somewhat weird: Kodon on Steam:https://steamcommunity.com/app/479010 For other VR...
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DIY smoke alarm and emergency shut-off for your 3D printer
Thingiverse user "digimatic" developed a DIY smoke alarm and remote emergency shut-off that should improve the safety of your 3d printer. Project homepage on...
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Bake your PLA 3D prints in an oven for a higher strength
Thomas made an interesting experiment where he baked in an standard household oven some PLA (and other filament) objects. It looks like you can improve the strength significantly with this simple...
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Get 3D Printer Notifications on your Smartwatch via Octoprint and Telegram
Rene Jurack developed a simple tutorial on how you can get push notifications about your 3d print status to your smartwatch using the Octoprint and Telegram app. You can see push notifications in...
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3D Printable Land Sailer Toy from Thailand
KungRC from Suphanburi,Thailand published a 3D printable land sailing vehicle that is remotely controlled. He used a 10mm aluminum rods for structure and 100mm roller blade wheels. It is 3d printed on...
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Pleurobot Robotic Salamander
Pleurobot is a robotic salamander with 3d printed skeleton that was developed on the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. Look at it move:...
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BCN3D Moveo Open Source 3D Printed Robotic Arm
BCN3D presents Moveo, a fully 3d printable open source robotic arm. Another step toward fully robotic world where we puny humans will be free of any work :-) From project description:BCN3D Technologies...
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