Russian Engineer Creates $250 3D Printable SLA 3D Printer Using CD/DVD-Rom Drives

The RepRap movement is probably the single most important aspect of the rapid rise of desktop 3D printing. The open source, do-it-yourself attitude, and ability to print the majority of the parts and components necessary to create your own desktop 3D printer has been a powerful force for the industry. It could be argued, that without the RepRap platform, FDM-based 3D printers would be as expensive and the market would be as uncompetitive as the market for desktop stereolithography (SLA) printers, ie. Formlabs.

3D-Printed Spider Dress Attacks When Anyone Comes Too Close

No worries about anyone invading your personal space when you’re wearing this intricate 3D-printed dress, which extends animatronic spider-inspired arms when it senses another person’s presence nearby. ‘Spider Dress 2.0′ by Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht responds with defensive gestures if anyone approaches too quickly, or come-hither motions to friendlier, slower-moving people.

“Myth” is the World’s First 3D-Printed Ready-to-Wear Shoe Collection

The same company that made it possible to turn any photo into a custom piece of clothing is launching the world's first ready-to-wear collection of three-dimensionally printedshoes. "Myth," the brainchild of Continuum Fashion founder Mary Huang, already has its first design available for purchase: the four-inch "Laurel Tree", a wedge-sandal, inspired by Gian Lorenzo Bernini's statue of Apollo and Daphne, that includes a ballerina-like ribbon for tying around the ankle. Other designs, including flats and boots, will be "gradually released" for preorders after tests and finishing touches are complete, according to Huang.

These 3D-Printed Press-On Manicures Are Beyond Insane

The Laser Girls are elevating nail art to a whole new dimension: the third dimension, that is. New Yorkers Sarah C. Awad and Dhemerae Ford have teamed up with Shapeways to create a line of 3D-printed nails that put the "digit" in "digital." But make no mistake, these aren't your Aunt Iona's tacky press-ons. Awad and Ford's designs are elaborate works of art that are prone to flights of fantasy. Even the materials they use have more in common with a museum than say, Duane Reade. Besides printing with the more typical nylon and acrylic, the Laser Girls also cast their tips with metals such as aluminum, bronze, and polished gold steel.

World’s First 3D-Printed Bikini Makes Debut

We’ve seen three-dimensionally printed shoes, fabric, and even superhero armor. Continuum Fashion andShapeways are now launching the world’s first fully 3D-printed bikini. But don’t mistake this for another concept piece. The N12 bikini, complete with components and closures that snap together without sewing, will be available for purchase at the “personal fabrication service” tomorrow.

 CLAWZ is a fashion company using 3D printing to produce radical luxury press-on nails. 
We spoke with Chris Tweten, Director of Growth at CLAWZ, a very small startup that hopes to leverage 3D print technology into a new type of fashion business.

Fabbaloo: Tell us a little about the project. What is “CLAWZ”?  How did the project begin?

    Chris: CLAWZ are the latest in nail art - luxury press on nails that are 3D printed in precious metals. The project began when my co-founder, Avery-Anne Gervais started to learn about 3D printing at AssentWorks, Canada's largest makerspace. Thinking on problems that could be solved with the technology, she quickly turned to the very fashionable but not so functional nail art that's become so common with women today. The blinged out nail art that can be done at most nail salons make everyday tasks quite difficult - doing chores, typing or even just using a smart phone.

    Women pay quite a bit for these nail routines, only to have to remove the look completely when they need to get back to reality. 3D printing allows us to create press on nails that are built to last and with designs that weren't previously possible. The project really started to take flight when Avery moved out to Shanghai after receiving investment from the Chinaccelerator program.

3D Printable Scenery for Gaming

 Need a stone wall for your Warhammer game? There’s a store you should check out: Printable Scenery.

The service sells 3D models focused on gaming uses, providing a variety of terrain, buildings and structures for fantasy, future and historic genres. Buy a model, print it at home or on any 3D print service, paint the print and you have another excellent piece for your game.

As you can see in the example above, finishing is critical for completeness. After printing, careful painting can produce incredibly detailed structures, overcoming any 3D print resolution issues.

It’s 3D Printed, and It’s Flexible

 At NYC’s 3D Printshow this week there are plenty of amazing items to check out. One that caught our eye was very flexible.

Designed by 3D print service Digits2Widgets as a means to demonstrate the possibilities of 3D printing, the “fabric” is quite flexible. So flexible it’s almost comfortable against your skin. It’s like cloth, as it droops when lifted (see above image).

3D Systems Explodes with Announcements

3D printing giant 3D Systems isn't standing still. At the EuroMold exhibition today they announced not one, not two, but twelve products to bolster their already considerable portfolio of equipment, software and services. 

 

They not only announced the products, but showed them at their massive booth at the Frankfurt trade show, staffed by what seemed to be at least hundreds of black-shirted 3D Systems specialists. 

3D printed chain lifts car -- HP Multi Jet Fusion™ Technology

Watch as a 1/4 lb 3D printed chain link, created using new HP Multi Jet Fusion™ Technology, lifts a car straight off the ground! Learn more about HP Multi Jet Fusion™ Technology here:http://budurl.com/HPMultiJetFusion3D
HP’s Multi Jet Fusion™ technology offers a unique combination: quality that combines strength, accuracy, resiliency and finish for an overall product that is not currently possible at the speed and price HP is planning to deliver to market.

HP's new Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer: First Look

http://cnet.co/1vhRnNP
A new 3D printing technology could be faster and more finely detailed than anything out there. A peek at what objects Muli Jet Fusion can print.

Amazing 3D Printer Reprap Prusa Mendel i3 - Make Anything You Want

This video shows how the 3D Printer DIY Kit For Reprap Prusa Mendel i3 print the iPhone 5S shell.

Small Empires: Shapeways and the business of 3D printing

"A company within a company." That's the story of Shapeways, a startup that began in an incubator within Dutch conglomerate, Philips. And Shapeways itself is something of an incubator — a 3D-printing marketplace that allows for others to make a business out of their work.

Small Empires is our new weekly show that visits rising New York City startups and provides never-before-seen access to the men and women building our future. Join Alexis Ohanian as he talks to Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen, as well as Shapeways artist / cufflinks aficionado Peter Knocke, whose work is made via Shapeways

DIY Mini Quadcopter Honeycomb Edition

This is the 4th revision of a frame I've been working on over the past year. My buddy Cooter told me I should design a honeycomb version of the frame so I decided to give it a go. Previously I tried to keep the motor mounts generic so they would fit several different motors using zip ties. In this version I decided to settle on Suppo A1510 motors, which fly like a dream. You can get them from Altitude Hobbies and all of the main build parts will be listed below. From motor to motor diagonally the distance is 226 mm, which is about 8.9 inches.


If you want to skip reading below you can check out the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLvqCeOJP2k

Reprap - How to wire your Ramps 1.4 3D printer board Avoid some easy mistakes.

How to wire up your motors, end stops, thermistors, heatbed, hotend, 12 volt power AC power and LCD screen on a RAMPS 1.4 board with an arduino mega 2560. Use caution when working with any electricity. Only trained persons qualified to do so should tamper with any power supply. You should never turn on a power supply with the cover removed, this was done to show how it was wired only. Boards and stepper motor drivers from dx.com all motors and hot end parts from robotdigg.com some files from makerfarm.com All motors are 40 mm Nema 17 all wires to heating elements are 16 gauge multi strand copper. You need thremistors, not thermocouples for this. Good luck!!