For the past six months, MX3D has been using industrial robots to print the a pedestrian stainless steel bridge in the Netherlands.
The span is now complete and it’s expected to be installed over an Amsterdam canal in 2019, after its stability …
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This robot arm can make 3D-printed parts for itself
German engineering firm KUKA Robotics is prototyping a robotic arm that works with a MakerBot 3D printer to speed up the manufacture of robotic arms. Parts can be printed, retrieved and installed by a robot. Read more…More about Robot, Artificial I…
View More This robot arm can make 3D-printed parts for itselfZooheads are 3D-printed shower heads in the shape of animals, and they’re seriously *so* cool
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Unless you have one of those super fancy, full-body shower systems, we’re gonna bet that your daily scrub up is a pretty boring task. Increase your a.m. excitement with one of these funky shower heads by Zooheads ($29.95), which have just hit the market.
These 3D-printed bathroom fixtures could inject a bit of fun into anyone’s morning. They’re animal heads designed to fit over any shower head with a 1/2-inch pipe thread, which supposedly means they’ll fit just about everywhere.
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These funky shower heads are available in a variety of different animals, including a T-rex, shark, elephant, or an eagle — not to mention a few fiendish animal skullsGame of Thrones fans might also get a kick out of the fantastically-detailed dragon shower head, so you can imagine one of Dany’s scaly kids spewing hot water all over youDracarys, am I right? Read more…
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View More Zooheads are 3D-printed shower heads in the shape of animals, and they’re seriously *so* coolThese homes are proof that 3D printing could help resolve global homelessness
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Non-profit organization New Story partnered with construction technologies company ICON to create a 3D printer capable of printing an up to 800-square-foot house in less than a day. The mobile printer, called ‘Vulcan,’ is designed to function even with unstable electricity or limited access to water resources.
The two companies believe that the final cost of each unit will be under $4,000 — which will be covered by donations handled by New Story in its fight to tackle global homelessness. Read more…
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8-bit sushi has arrived and #foodporn pics may never be the same again
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What’s better than delicious sushi? How about 3D-printed sushi that looks like it belongs in an 8-bit video game?
At SXSW, Open Meals showed off a “Pixel Food Printer” that 3D prints edible pixelated sushi. It’s some real next-level #foodstagram stuff.
The guys at Open Meals want to do for food what Apple did for digital music: make it easy to download — or in this case “teleport” — food from anywhere in the world.
Food Base is basically the iTunes of 3D printable food.
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To achieve this, they’ve created two key components. The first is a patent-pending “Food Base” digital food platform that stores precise measurements (flavor, shape, color, nutrients, and texture) of different kinds of foods. Read more…
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View More 8-bit sushi has arrived and #foodporn pics may never be the same again3D printing marketplace Shapeways names a new CEO
After months of searching, Shapeways announced today the appointment of Gregory Kress as CEO of the 3D printing marketplace. Kress, the former president and COO of online learning service Open Education, becomes the New York-based company’s second chief officer, replacing co-founder Peter Weijmarshausen, who stepped down in August to pursue other opportunities. Read More
Turn your smartphone camera into a microscope with this 3D-printed accessory
OK, so you can’t bring a microscope everywhere with you.
But you can certainly take this 3D-printed version, designed to clip onto your smartphone and work with its camera.
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3D printing company New Matter is shutting down this month
Perhaps 2014 wasn’t the ideal time to get into the 3D printing game. After years of hype, the even the biggest names have been struggling to stay afloat. Pasadena startup New Matter is joining the growing list of companies who’ve unsuccessfully made a go at it, announcing that it will be closing up shop by the end of the month. It’s not for lacking of trying — and… Read More
This autonomous 3D scanner figures out where it needs to look
If you need to make a 3D model of an object, there are plenty of ways to do so, but most are only automated to the extent that they know how to spin in circles around that object and put together a mesh. This new system from Fraunhofer does it mo…
View More This autonomous 3D scanner figures out where it needs to lookHow Team USA used 3D printing to build a better luge
The quest for Olympic gold is the search for the slightest leg up — small changes that could ultimately shave fractions of a second off of one’s time. It’s an ideal platform for a technology like 3D printing, where the ability to customize products can have a dramatic effect on their physical qualities. The United States’ luge team jumped on the bandwagon in the lead up… Read More
Engineering students built a robot hand that translates speech into sign language
Students at the University of Antwerp designed a 3D printed robotic hand that translates speech into sign language. Read more…More about Design, Mashable Video, 3d Printing, University, and Netherlands
View More Engineering students built a robot hand that translates speech into sign languageAn MIT team has created color-changing 3D prints
Here’s another cool project out of MIT’s CSAIL labs. Researchers are looking to bring color-changing properties to the 3D-printing process in an attempt to help reduce material waste in the future. That last bit is admittedly a pretty lofty goal as far as this project is concerned, but at the very least, it could go a ways toward making 3D printing for manufacturing even more… Read More