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3D Printed Sculptures Come To Life

Stanford University employs the renowned John Edmark, who is a designer, artist, professor, and inventor, who used 3D printers to create zeotropic blooms. These sculptures can be seen in action on Edmark’s Vimeo page.

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Print Your Supercar At Home

We recently spoke about Ford’s 3D physibles for small 3D printed cars but today we want to bring you every car fanatic’s dream; YOUR OWN 3D PRINTED SUPERCAR! Divergent Microfactories has come up with the World’s first functional 3D printed supercar.

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Rubik's Cube's Bear Brother, Ozo

Emmanuel Carillo was attending the University of Cincinnati when he decided to take the Rubik's Cube and create a more child friendly toy, based on its basic design. This gave birth to a 1x2x3 Rubik's Cube inspired puzzle: Ozo, the Rubik's Cube's Bear Brother. He offers the 3D printing blueprints for free to everyone, but asks that when you print an Ozo and share pictures to any social media site, that you use the #OzoBear hashtag so he can see it. The link provided below the article will give you all the designs for Ozo as well as the stickers needed for the facing. You will also be provided with the design for a 1 and 2 millimeter pin.

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Chemistry 3D Printer That Can Create Molecules

Need a rare medical compound? This machine invented by Martin Burke can print it. He is working at the University of Illinois and his cutting-edge technology will open up a wider range of knowledge and exploration for botanists, scientists, and researchers. This machine is capable of printing miniscule medical compounds and molecules found in plants by synthesizing thousands upon thousands of tiny molecules.

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Dubai To Have The First 3D Printed Office In The World

The world of 3D printing is one of the most rapidly growing new tech fields and Dubai, once again, has put itself ahead of the curve by proposing to build world’s first 3D printed office. The 3D printed office is an ambitious undertaking by the UAE National Innovation Committee in Dubai and WinSun Global. They are also collaborating with the premiere architecture and engineering firms of Gensler, Thornton Thomasetti, and Syska Hennessy. The UAE NIC hopes that this project will establish their nation as one of the world’s leaders in architecture construction and design.

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Are You The Dragon Queen?

Dragons have always been creatures of fascination to the world. With the evolution of 3D printing advancing at such a rapid pace, it was just a matter of time before we encountered a DIY project like Braq. This great project comes from a Spanish designer who studied Fine Arts at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is a designer, sculptor, and illustrator who loves fantasy creatures, robots, and action figures.

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Printeable 3D models of Ford vehicles

Do you ever wish you could own one of the magnificent Ford muscle cars or classics like the Deuce Coupe? Now is your chance! Well, if you wouldn't be able to afford a real version of these cars the Ford Motor Company has decided to capitalize on using the ever growing 3D printing fad and has partnered with TurboSquid to provide the professional scale replicas of over 1,000 3D printed models of their cars.

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3D Printed Metal Faucets

American Standard Brands is a legend in the field of faucet design and engineering. They solidified this legend with their groundbreaking additive manufactured (3D printed) metal faucets.

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Cheap vs. Expensive 3D Printer

The debate of whether you need a high end printer or whether you can get by with a cheaper, off the rack printer has been going on for quite a while. For this short comparison, we examine an experiment carried out between a Printrbot Simple Metal ($599 on Amazon.com) and a Stratasys uPrint SE Pro Printer (Approx. $22,000). The two end products were printed at 0.02mm and 0.01 mm respectively.

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Chewing Gum Revolution with a Machine Called GumJet

A team of students from London’s Royal College of Art and Imperial College has come up with a new innovation in 3D printing. It has been dubbed, GumJet, a chewing gum printer. They have truly revolutionized chewing gum, because for the first time in over half a century, it is possible to change the taste, smell, texture, and shape of the chewing gum.

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Terminator-Style Super Fast 3D Printing

Liquid metal regenerative printing is like when T-1000 melts together in Terminator 2. Seems like the stuff of science fiction but Joseph DeSimone and several other scientists from the University of North Carolina have made it a reality. They founded Carbon3D to sell their new 3D printer that uses something they call “continuous liquid interface production.” (CLIP)

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Perfectly Fitting 3D Printed Shoes

The world of 3D printing is a rapidly progressing industry with new innovations arising on a daily basis. 3D printing is now being used for home décor, toys, tools, and now even footwear. The Chinese startup company, Jiaodu Technology, have developed the world’s first 3D foot scanning process which they have dubbed: “Foot of the Cloud” (rough translation). Their new scanner is used to make the customization process of footwear even more accurate and reliable.

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Functional Mini Porsche Engine

Owning a Porsche is a dream that many people have, however if you own a 3D printer you can create your own mini Porsche engine. Thanks to Jonathan Brady, a freelance designer trained in mechanical engineering, you too can create “The Flat Six,” his 3D Kinetic sculpture.

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Print a Bridge

3D printing has come a long way, and one of the biggest questions is whether it will ever be a viable alternative to traditional building methods. Joris Laarman Lab has made an attempt to answer this question by proposing an ornate metal 3D printed bridge, which will span one of Amsterdam’s canals. The custom made robot/printer that will be used is known as the “MX3D.” It is a 6-axis robot which will print its own load bearing support structure that it will use to move across while it builds the bridge in mid-air. The project is projected to end in 2017.

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Print Your Fetus!

After giving birth, people will ask you if you remember when you saw your baby for the first time. If you are like most people, you will probably remember when you saw him or her for the first time, but the real question is whether you remember what your little bundle of joy looked like. Most people don’t, but with your very own 3-d printed fetus from 3-D Babies, you can share that moment with everyone, with even more clarity than a simple ultrasound image.

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Solar Bytes Pavilion

The idea of using 3D printing techniques merged with photovoltaic cells gave birth to the Solar Bytes Pavilion. The project proposes an experimental structure that charges photovoltaic cells during the day and lights up at night to provide a fun recreational area for pedestrians.

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3D Printed Tree Generating Energy

A group of scientists at VTT, northern Europe’s largest multi-technological applied research organization, has developed a working prototype of a solar energy generating tree that was made with a 3D printer. The tree works inside and outside and can power small devices like phone chargers, humidifiers, led lights, and much more.

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3D Printed Hummus

The world of 3D food printing is rapidly growing, and as such, we have decided to share the secret to printing hummus in 3D. Firstly, you will need to gather your tools. You will need a 3D printer that uses syringes and containers, food coloring, a spoon, a fork, and your hummus. For this example, the creator, Luis Fraguada uses a homemade 3D printer with Delta Extruders that he calls Pinya.

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