August 30, 2010 
Materialise by .MGX has an awesome range of lights and furniture designed by some very interesting designers from all over the world. The thing that sets MGX apart from other lighting and furniture companies is that all their products at 3D printed! Thats right, everything you see on their website is printed using various techniques.
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Amazing 3d printed lights
Scott Summit talks about the future of 3D printing
Scott Summit is an Industrial Designer who runs his own design firm in San Francisco. He has been involved with design from the introduction to 3D CAD right through to current technologies such as 3D printing and 3D scanning. He gives a very insightful presentation on the unlimited possibilities that 3D printing opens up as a manufacturing process. He’s designs for prosthetic legs are amazing! Continue Reading →
Thingiverse – Mouse Trap challange
The guys over at thingiverse are highlighting a bunch of new designs for a mouse trap. The designs are interesting to say the least. However the great part about these designs and thingiverse is that the 3D data is available for download free of charge so if your one of the lucky ones with a 3D printer or Rep Rap machine you can print them out and see if they work! Continue Reading →
Factory of the future
Formero recently put on an event titled “Factory of the Future” which travelled around Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Intrigued by the title I curiously went along to the Melbourne event hoping I’d walk into a room with shiny white walls, magical sliding doors, flouro illuminated control panels and sexy female assistants in lyca body suits straight out of Star Trek! Well… Continue Reading →
Hexapod Robotic Spider Printed On FDM Machine
This awesome Hexapod Spider was designed by Matt Bunting from the Robotics and Neural Systems Laboratory, University of Arizona. The Hexapot Spider has been totally constructed from FDM parts printed on a Dimensions 3D printing machine. 3D Printing makes the impossible, possible. Tooling or machining of so many complicated parts would have been too expensive and near impossible for such a project, but the FDM machine prints ridged useable parts perfect for the robotic applications. Check out the video!
Z-Corp Ultra
Z-Corporation have signed a non exclusive deal with EnvisionTEC to distribute their Ultra 3D printer under the Z-Corp Brand. Unlike conventional SLA printers, the Ultra uses a high resolution DLP projector to project each slice of the 3D model onto the resin bath so it cures a complete layer in a single flash as opposed to a laser that traces the profile of the slice bit by bit. This technology allows parts to be printed a lot faster then convention SLA machines. The surface finish looks pretty darn good too.
One Seriously Large 3D printer
Now this is a 3D printer! Enrico Dini has built this printer dubbed the D-Shape and wants to put one to the Moon to build space stations! Seriously. You have to read this article!
3D Printed fabrics
Showing that the possibilities for 3D printing really are endless, Jiri Evenhuis and Janne Kyttanen developed a range of 3d printed textiles which were selected for the permanent collection of the MOMA, in New York. Various weaves have been developed which can be applied to suitable garment designs and actually worn!
3D printed high heels
Pauline Van Dongen, a masters student of fashion at ArtEZ in Arnhem teamed up with Freedom of Creation to produce a range of 3D printed high heel shoes. The collection is dubbed Morphogenesis and was exhibited at the Amsterdam World Fashion Center in early 2010. Projects like this are really exploring the possibilities of 3D printing technologies.
BMW Use Rapid Prototyping To Save Time And Money
Along with many large companies BMW are now using a number of rapid prototyping techniques for design, research and development. BMW are using the new technologies more and more in both their car manufacturing and Formula One racing teams to save time and money.
