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These tiny sculptures are mind-blowing
When we say a sculpture is impressive because of its scale, we're usually alluding to how big or tall it is.But in the case of artist Jonty Hurwitz' nano-sculptures, the scale is impressive —...
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This 'Terminator' printer grows objects out of liquid
3D-printing may have just had its proper “wow” moment on the first day of TED2015 in Vancouver, Canada.Watch this and try not to think of the moment T-1000 stepped out of liquid metal in Terminator...
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A new liquid 3D printer could print objects 100 times faster
Rapid prototyping may soon get a whole lot more rapid, thanks to an entirely new method of 3D printing. Instead of taking hours to 3D-print something, it might soon take minutes.The UNC-Chapel Hill...
View ArticleThe first 3D printed house is coming, and the construction industry will...
Architects around the globe are racing to build the world's first 3D printed houses — a breakthrough with profound implications for housing affordability and customization.In China, a company named...
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Kids can now design and 3D print their own Mattel toys
Multinational 3D design company Autodesk, and Mattel, the makers of Barbie, have teamed up to enable kids to design and make their own toys.The companies will release a number of 3D design and printing...
View ArticleThe future of our everyday devices is a material you've never heard of
Graphene is a layer of graphite material discovered in 2004 that has drawn considerable enthusiasm from the scientific community for its potential for use in several industries. It's strong, but also...
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3D printers are about to get much easier to use (MSFT, ADSK)
The dirty little secret of 3D printing is that it only barely works. For every totally sweet 3D-printed bust of President Obama, there's a good chance that the printer is going to spit out "spaghetti,"...
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Blind mother gets to 'see' her unborn son for the first time thanks to 3D...
In a heartwarming demonstration of how modern technology can help people achieve something that simply wasn't possible years ago, a blind mother was recently able to "see" her unborn son for the first...
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3D printing turned me into a space marine from 'Halo 5'
A few months ago, I was at the 2015 Game Developers Conference (GDC), when a booth outside the main hall caught my eye.A company called 3DPlusMe had a station set up where they were scanning the faces...
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Robots are going to build a 3D-printed bridge over the Amsterdam Canal
Machines have 3D-printed everything from fashion statements to weapons, but now the technology will be used to create infrastructure.A Dutch design company plans to use special robots to 3D-print a...
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The market for 3D printed artificial skin is expected to be worth $1 billion...
One day soon, printing skin will be as easy as printing money. At least, this is the take of some experts who claim that the 3-D printed skin industry will be worth $1 billion by 2025.With the 3-D...
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Here's what happened in Internet of Things this week (F, AMZN, DE)
IoT TECHNOLOGIES WILL CREATE AT LEAST $3.9 TRILLION IN ECONOMIC VALUE BY 2025: A new report from research firm McKinsey projects that IoT technologies will have an economic impact between $3.9 trillion...
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3D printing marketplace Shapeways raises $30 million from investors including...
3D printing marketplace Shapeways announced on Tuesday that it had raised $30 million in funding from investors including Andreesen Horowitz, Lux Capital, INKEF Capital, and tech giant...
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The US Navy is about to go big on 3D printing
The Office of Naval Research will meet with 200 industry reps later this month in advance of the Navy’s deep dive into additive manufacturing — aka 3D printing.The Navy wants to give its ships at sea...
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Street-ready 3D printed cars are coming and here's what they could look like
Self-driving cars haven’t hit the streets in masses yet, but 3D printed cars may be on the road soon.The Arizona-based company Local Motors recently revealed designs for what its first consumer-ready...
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This adorable explosion-powered robot hops around like a frog
Scientists sometimes look to nature for inspiration when designing robots. Why not take advantage of the hundreds of years of optimization work that evolution has already done?Nicholas Bartlett and...
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The world's first 3D-printed office building — and its furniture — will only...
Dubai’s newest office building will not be a traditional construction project. The United Arab Emirates has partnered with WinSun Global — a joint venture between Chinese 3-D printing tech company...
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A Chinese developer came up with a way to reduce the time it takes to build a...
Building your dream house could get a lot easier if 3D-printing takes off in the construction industry. Last week, the Chinese developer Zhuoda Group assembled a home in Xi'an, China in only three...
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Scientists made a major breakthrough in 3D-printed electronics that will keep...
Researchers have used 3D printing to develop a sensor that can be placed inside a carton of milk to detect if the milk is fit for drinking and to alert if the milk has "gone off."The idea being trialed...
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Watch British researchers launch a 3D-printed drone off of a warship
Earlier this month, researchers at the University of Southampton in England successfully collaborated with the British Royal Navy to launch a 3D-printed drone from the deck of a warship.The nylon drone...
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