Popular apps Futulele and Futulele turn you your iPad into a ukulele. Problem is there's not hardware to connect the devices. Enter 3D printing.
What the…? Octogenarian demonstrates playing Ping Pong with a 3D printed “Springball”
This is one of the strangest videos ever. Octogenarian John Predescu demonstrates how to play Ping Pong with a 3D-printed Springball that you can purchase at Shapeways.
Student 3D prints Northwestern University campus
Northwestern University student Ben Rothman set out to create a build 3D model of the NU campus and then produce it on a 3D printer.
The Voxeljet Concept “continuous” 3D printer:
800mm x 500mm x Infinity!
The Voxeljet Concept conveyor belt "continuous" 3D printer has a build area of 800mm x 500m by "infinity!" This is a revolutionary idea.
3D Printing to help power most innovative decade in history
We are about to witness the most innovative decade in history, says a columnist in Forbes. And 3D printing will play a big role.
Futurama creators Cohen and Groening talk about their Makerbot
Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, the executive producers of Futurama, are big fans of 3d printing, and are more specifically, Makerbotters. Listen to them tall about their love for 3D printing.
Makerbot Replicator 3D printers now shipping in 30 days or less!
Makerbot cut the delivery time for a Replicator 3D printer from 12 weeks to 30 days or less. In fact, last week they shipped one on the same day it was ordered!
Don’t transplant organs, 3D print them with living cells
What if you could 3D print new organs, rather than waiting for a transplant? It's being done now by Dr. Anthony Atala, as he discusses in this excellent, and inspiring, TedTalk.
NPR asks, “Can 3D printers reshape the world?”
NPR's Science Friday's host Ira Flatow interviewed three important people in the 3D printing world this week. He welcomed guests Bre Pettis, Terry Wohlers and Hod Lipson. Listen in on this great 23 minute recording.
Microsoft used 3D printers in secret underground bunker to design Surface
Microsoft used 3D printers in a super secret, high-security underground bunker to design the new Surface tablet computer.