Help Melanie with her Master Thesis by taking a survey about open source...
I was approached by Melanie Kern to help her out with her survey for her master thesis. It deals with Open Source Hardware and 3d printing. If you have spare 10 minutes go and help someone doing...
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FormLabs wants to rule in 2015 and they demonstrate it with a fully resin 3d...
FormLabs has some resolutions for 2015 and they have made a fully 3d printable speaker project made from resins with different properties. Key resin property for the speaker is flexibility. Improved...
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First Austrian 3d printing classroom in polytechnic school Vorchdorf
In RepRap facebook group I saw very interesting news. In Austria they opened first 3d printing classroom in a polytechnic school in Vorchdorf. The teaching cabinet looks great and has 8 3d printers....
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Philo DIY retro TV set powered by Chromecast and with 3d printable enclosure
Instructables user piratetv1 made and shared 7 inch retro looking 3d printable TV set powered by Chromecast. It looks very cool if you are into that design era...Here is video of Philo in...
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3d printable Ghostbusters Proton pack - I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I just loved Ghostbusters movie when I was a kid. I just looked around to see if someone recreated it and there are many people who did it. And naturally, someone made 3d printable version ......
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Postprocessing copperFill and bronzeFill filament 3d printed objects to make...
Adafruit released a guide on how to effectively polish copperFill and bronzeFill filament 3d printed objects and get them to high shine. They use some simple machines and it the results look easy to...
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colorFabb XT-CF20 carbon fiber 3d printing filament
Dutch colorFabb just released their new carbon fiber 3d printing filament that gives new properties and deep matte black finish.The print quality looks great but there are no independent tests or...
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MOLDLAY filament for DIY lost wax casting with 3d printed objects
Kai Parthy, well known filament material developer, has a new product named MOLDLAY which is a thermoplastic filament with properties similar to wax. It can be used for two casting techniques: lost...
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Steampunk style DIY 3d printer based on Printrbot GO
John Davis made this beautiful steampunk themed 3d printer based on Printrbot Go. I'm a huge fan of wood frame 3d printers and this is work of a true craftsman.It has some nice finishing touches like...
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Bonsai Lab BS Toy 3d printer and low temperature filament aimed at children
Bonsai Lab from Japan presented a new "BS Toy" 3d printer aimed at children and schools. It features ability to print with low temperature filemant material which melts at around 80C so that extruder...
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MatterControl Touch Android based 3d printer control unit
MatterHackers present their Android based touch screen controller: the MatterControl Touch. It is compatible with most (probably all) G-code 3d printers.Some basic technical specifications:RAM: 1GBGPU:...
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Free video webinar on 3d printing in medical industry
Here is a new free video webinar by Tyler Reid of GoEngineer on 3d printing in medical industry.It is a great overview of current state of affairs in materials (types, certifications, features and...
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How to heat press metal inserts into ABS 3d printed objects with simple DIY tool
Steve Graber presents great way to insert metal parts (in his case metal nut-serts) into 3d printed ABS object (it would work with PLA and other probably).He uses hot end mounted on a drill press which...
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3d printed DIY bow hand
Archery is an area where 3d printing is often used. There is even a fully 3d printed DIY compound bow project.Southern .45 made a working prototype of 3d printed bow hand in ABS.Source and more...
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KUKA robotic arm turned into six axis 3d printer produces self supporting...
While six axis 3d printer is nothing new, they are quit rare. There have been even robotic arms hacked to print in all axis even with metal like MX3D Metal. Still I find this robot to be more aesthetic...
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Repair fridge doors with 3d printed replacement hinges
Simone Fontana and Ricardo Salomao repaired a broken refrigerator doors with 3d printed hinges. Another success story for owning your own universal home fabricator :-) The replacement part was printed...
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Control your 3d printer with old WiFi router using OpenWRT and OctoPrint
Matt Defenthaler had an old junked Netgear router and he remembered that it could run OctoPrint since it is based on Python. Most modern routers are actually quite capable small computers that can be...
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Airwolf 3D launches WOLFBITE NANO adhesive for PLA
After the great success Airwolf had with their Wolfbite ABS adhesive, now they present Wolfbite Nano adhesive solution for PLA filaments. It will help the object stick to the print surface and prevent...
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High 3d printed fashion projects by Lilah LaValle and Airwolf3D
3d printed fashion is really emerging as one cool new area for artistic expression. I recently found this two nice works of arts (and 3d printing crafts). One is more industrial-art and second is more...
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Raspberry Pi 2 released with much more processing power for same price
Raspberry Pi 2 is out! It is much more powerful for the same price of a previous model (35 USD). The tests show that it's up to six times faster as the old version. There will be some nice and fast 3d...
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