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Honda’s Custom Cookie Car has a 3D Printed Body

Honda's taking car customization to the next level by using 3D printing to model an electric car with a special purpose at this year's CEATEC in Japan.

by Hanna Watkin
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Linde Just Solved One of Metal 3D Printing Problems

If you want reproducible results for your 3D printed metal parts, you’ll need the perfect mix of gasses in the print chamber. Linde now offers a new solution for better metal prints.

by Anatol Locker
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Mobile Fabrication: 3D Printing with a Phone and a Pen

3D printing is a pretty static activity, right? Wrong! A new paper on "Mobile Fabrication" could liberate us from the chains of the desktop.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Prague Start-up 4ekolka Creates 3D Printed Electric City Car

Prague startup, 4ekolka, has created a 3D printed, all-electric city car prototype which can travel as far as 124 miles on a full charge.

by Hanna Watkin
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Polar3D Closes $2 Million Funding & 100K Prints with Polar Cloud

3D printer company Polar3D closes $2 million in latest financing round, plus 100,000 printing milestone on their online platform, Polar Cloud.

by Hanna Watkin
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Smashbox Offers 3D Printed Lipstick Samples For #BeLegendary Collection

Smashbox Cosmetics is giving away 3D printed compacts in honor of their latest #BeLegendary Lipstick collection with 120 shades.

by Hanna Watkin
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Programmable Viscoelastic Materials: Robots with 3D Printed Skin Can Absorb Shock

MIT has developed "Programmable Viscoelastic Materials" which can be 3D printed to make soft skins and work as shock absorbers.

by Hanna Watkin
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Eurobike 2016: Rockingtor 3D Printed Protection

There was a huge range of great ideas at the EuroBike 2016 show. One of the coolest was Rockingtor’s 3D printed protection pad prototypes.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printed Gun “Songbird” Uses Nails And Office Supplies

All over the word, 3D printed gun are discussed highly controversial. Still, there is a community of US-American makers developing more reliable 3D printed firearms. The Songbird is their latest iteration.

by Hanna Watkin
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Make a 3D Printer Dashboard in the Shape of a Formlabs Form 2

Want a fun reminder every time your print is complete? This dashboard in the shape of a mini Form 2 3D printer communicates printer status using LEDs.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printing Experiments: Adding Water, Sand, and Metal

The team over at Makefast Workshop did several 3D printing experiments and added materials such as water, sand and metal into their prints.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printed Hyperelastic Bone Could Heal Fractures in Weeks

Researchers developed hyperelastic bone material which could be used to 3D print bone implants and heal fractures within weeks.

by Hanna Watkin
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Gerdesmeyer and Krohn’s Tableware Made on a Zortrax M200

Gerdesmeyer & Krohn, a German industrial and interior design studio, used 3D printing during the prototyping of their latest coffee set collection.

by Hanna Watkin
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Canary Prototypes Security Boxes on MakerBot 3D Printers

Home security startup, Canary, uses MakerBot 3D printers for comprehensive rapid prototyping to bring their products to the market faster.

by Hanna Watkin
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Mattel’s ThingMaker Postponed until Next Year

The shipping date for Mattel's ThingMaker, which was set to be this month, has been pushed back another year to give the company a chance to improve the printer.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printed Wristband turns Prosthetic Hand into a Mouse

This 3D printed wristband contains all the necessary components to transform a hand prostheses into an easy-to-use optical mouse.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Flash Diffusor “Wyng” is a 3D Printed Photography Savior

The Wyng is a 3D printed flash light modifier which helps wedding and event photographers everywhere capture the perfect picture.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printed Kidney Passes Stones on Roller Coaster

Using a 3D printed kidney, a urologist discovers that riding a "moderate intensity" roller coaster helps patients pass painful kidney stones.

by Bulent Yusuf
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ABB Robotics Uses 3D Printing for Functional Prototyping

ABB Robotics was replaced traditional production methods with 3D printing to prototype "fingers" for their industrial robot YuMi. Here’s their story.

by Hanna Watkin
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Print A Drink Puts Patterns in Your Cocktails

Print A Drink is a new company using KUKA robots to inject edible liquid drops into your cocktail creating geometric artwork in your glass

by Hanna Watkin
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