In a surprising combination of industries, 3D printer firm XYZPrinting and U.S. based bookseller, Barnes and Noble, have announced a partnership for the upcoming Mini Maker Faire set to take place on 5th and 6th November in select stores. This will be the second annual event and will allow customers …
Read More »Papercraft 3D printing shows up at CES 2016
As much as 3D printers are an awesome invention offering home-brew modellers and enthusiasts a chance to create lots of fun items out of plastic, you do still need resin or some other uncommon building materials to actually construct them with. Not so with Mcor's Arke though, as it uses …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Ken Ho, President of Inno3D at Computex
In the graphics industry, Ken Ho is a bit of a legend. Having been in the manufacturing game for many, many years – he has worked with them all and seen a lot of trends coming and going over the decades. At Computex 2014, he was very excited about something …
Read More »$299 3D printer hits kickstarter goal in 11 minutes
The guys over at M3D might be on to something as it reached its $299 3D printer kickstarter goal in just 11 minutes and since then, the project has gone on to raise almost $1 million. The latest Kickstarter success aims to bring you the first truly consumer 3D printer …
Read More »HP denies plans to introduce breakthrough 3D printers in June
Although last week Hewlett-Packard announced plans to introduce its first 3D printers this June, the company by now has retracted the statement. It appears that HP’s 3D printing tech is not yet ready for commercial introduction and will only be demonstrated by the end of October. Chief executive of HP, …
Read More »Hewlett-Packard to launch its first 3D printers in coming months
Although Hewlett-Packard is the world’s largest maker of printers, it has not so far launched a single 3D printer due to various reasons, the main of which is low adoption of the technology in general. However, chief executive of the company, Meg Whitman, announced on Wednesday that the first 3D …
Read More »Meet the 3D printer that can build circuit boards
If you thought the 3D printers that could build up your Warhammer collection without breaking your bank were impressive, wait until you see the EX1 3D print a circuit board that's fully functional and requires no soldering. It's not even in the conceptual stage either, the developers have a working …
Read More »These 3D printed Final Fantasy characters are awesome
3D printing technology is coming on leaps and bounds at the moment, but we're not quite at a stage where it can top the detail or cost effectiveness of injection molding. However when you're making some models, that doesn't matter, as the detail wasn't there in the first place. Take …
Read More »Buccaneer 3D printer triples Kickstarter goal in hours
The Kickstarter campaign for the affordable, beginner's 3D printer known as the Buccaneer, has tripled its goal in under 24 hours, having already managed to hit its $100,000 funding target in just ten minutes. How much is each of these little, fully constructed, 3D print stations? Just $387 (£254). This …
Read More »DRM for 3D printing gets the go ahead
Those that produce DRM are never really considered to be ahead of the game. In almost every instance it's a reactionary measure designed to provide a level of ass-covering for higher ups in a company that isn't really aware of how easy it will be circumvented. However when it comes …
Read More »The Pirate Bay now offering “physical objects” for download
The Pirate Bay has just added a new category type on its site that paves the way for what it expects to be a continually evolving, inevitable future that will change the way we live, forever. The new category, dubbed ‘Physibles' essentially provides you with the ability to download a …
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