Shapeways have teamed up with Sound Cloud to allow you to integrate your favorite audio track into a custom 3D printed iPhone case. Basically you go to their site, load up you favorite sounds snippet, drag the section of the song that you like and drop it straight on the back of the iPhone case, hit the order button and Shapeways will 3D print it and ship it to your door…. Pretty cool if you ask us. Check out The Vibe for more information.
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March 28, 2012 Comments are closed Australian startup Beehive – crowd funding 3D printed eyewear
Australian startup Beehive are crowd funding a “design your own 3D printed eyewear” interface.
The Beehive team of industrial designers and engineers (including Engineers Without Borders founder Daniel Almagor) are branching into online design interfaces.
The website, which is under development , will let anybody jump into the design process, creating a unique eyewear design that will be 3D printed.
“We were inspired by the Spore Creature Creator to make eyewear design fun and intuitive”, said Adam Long, co-founder of Beehive.
“You can change the shape, style, and pattern of the eyewear and then upload an image or text to emboss into the frames.”
“You can even upload an image of yourself to try on the style. When you’re ready, hit “go” and we 3D print them for you.”
3D printing is an exciting rapid manufacturing technology that was made famous by an Economist article earlier in the year showing a 3D printed working reproduction of a Stradivarius violin.
“When you print on paper the ink has a tiny bit of height above the page. If you printed the same thing on the same page again and again it would stack up. So instead of ink, we use plastics and metals to create amazing new objects – including eyewear!” said Adam.
3D Printing Springs into Fashion
3D Printers and Selective Laser Sintering have helped Australian fashion designer Amelia Agosta create sculpturally innovative pieces for her Spring collection. By utilizing exact model measurements, 3D scanning and printing helped to ensure precision of fit and intricate geometric designs materialize for
the fashion designer. Robust materials were used to ensure the functionality of the garments which have the ability to be assembled and reassembled efficiently without affixing materials being externally visible. Some engineering challenges did emerge in the process including transforming CAD files into a 3D printable format, however the end result is the formation of immaculate garments, composed of intricate contours never previously possible through conventional design techniques and materials.
To see more of Agosta’s 3D Printed Designs click here http://www.fashionising.com/pictures/s–Amelia-Agosta-Student-Show-11-11802-1.html
N12 – The first 3D printed bikini
Girls in Bikini’s and 3D printing… what more could you want! Well that’s exactly what Continuum Fashion have done. Previously Continuum have released an application that allows you to design custom dresses in 3D which are then laser cut from flat 2D panels, the move into 3D printing was just a matter of time. The N12, (named after the Nylon 12 they are printed from) is not the first 3D-printed piece of clothing, but its the first one that you can actually purchase and have sent to your door thanks to Shapeways! Previous experiments into the use of 3D printed clothing have remained purely experimental and are not available for purchase. This represents the first affordable 3D printed clothing item that will lead the way for more items fabricated using 3D printing technologies. Continue Reading →
