3D Printed Things

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Entertain in 3D Printed Style
15 Fun 3D Printed Accessories for the Best Party

If you're throwing a party, turn your 3D printer on! Then, check out these great 3D printed accessories to make your next party a success!

by Jackson O'Connell
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Just Out of Reach
Covid-19: 10 Prints to Help With Social Distancing

As countries around the world enter the next stages of the pandemic, 3D printing has come to the rescue to help continue social distancing.

by Akshay Gurdita
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Meow Miam
Put Your Cat on a Diet With a 3D Printed Food Dispenser

Cat lover Piotr Westfalewicz spent a year and a half building an automatic cat feeder which also tracks the cat's weight and eating speed. The design is open source so you can create your own. 

by Hanna Watkin
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Coffee Shop Camper
[Update: They Did It!] World’s Largest 3D Printed Camper Trailer Will be Live-streamed

After nine days of continuous 3D printing the Create Cafe team over in Saskatoon, Canada, has successfully completed the world's largest indoor 3D print. Called the Wave, the camper trailer is an exciting project that highlights big and ambitious prints needn't be confined to the factory floor.

by Matthew Mensley
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Fix It Quick
3D Print a Universal Cable Fix to Repair any Broken Cables

If you're faced with a broken cable, maker Marius Taciuc has a 3D printed enclosure solution. Although it's not perfect, it's a great short-term universal cable fix.

by Hanna Watkin
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Educational, Inspirational
Massachusetts Man Develops Braille Toy for Daughter with Usher Syndrome

After learning that his daughter suffers from Usher Syndrome, a degenerative disease that leads to blind- and deafness, Jake Lacourse channeled his anguish into the development of a fun educational toy that would teach 2-year-old Becca braille.

by Matthew Mensley
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Pushing Air
3D Printed Hovercraft Project Gets off the Ground

In the latest update to his 3D printed hovercraft project, Ivan Miranda details how he arrived at a working model that genuinely floats.

by Matthew Mensley
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Sunny Side Up
Renishaw Metal 3D Printed Sundial Installed in Berkeley Castle Gardens

Inspired by the 12th-century Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, UK, this metal 3D printed sundial is a high-tech slice of history. Installed on a pedestal in the castle grounds, visitors can enjoy the 'dial for themselves.

by Matthew Mensley
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Space Balls
AstroReality Uses 3D Printing to Create Realistic AR Moons

After fundraising on IndieGoGo back in the summer, AstroReality is taking its ridiculously realistic model Moons to CES. Fabricated with the help of industrial 3D printers, the tiny celestial bodies use AR to educate and inspire.

by Matthew Mensley
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Tea Time!
Starbucks 3D Printed a Bar for its New Shanghai Roastery

Starbucks is opening its second roastery in Shanghai which will incorporate a 3D printed Teavana bar made from recycled materials.

by Hanna Watkin
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Coping through 3D Printing
Programmer 3D Prints own Skeleton to Help Cope with Cancer

When Paul Curry was diagnosed with cancer, he 3D printed his own skeleton from a PET/CAT scan to help him cope through "busywork".

by Hanna Watkin
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Cool Case!
The Grooviest 3D Printed LEGO USB Drive Case

MosaicManufacturing created the perfect USB drive case for Lego fans and shared the result on Thingiverse so you can 3D print it too.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printing a Winter Wonderland
Turn a Nutella Jar Into a Pretty Snow Globe

The snow globe is easy to make and a perfect Christmas ornament or present. Check out this build that uses a Nutella jar.

by Anne Freier
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Saving Lives
3D LifePrints uses Printed Landmine Mockups to Improve Risk Education

3D LifePrints is an organization creating replicas of unexploded landmines to aid education in conflict and post conflict countries.

by Hanna Watkin
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World First
RAMLAB & Partners Develop World’s First 3D Printed Ship Propeller

The Port of Rotterdam’s Additive Manufacturing LAB unveiled a 3D printing project to print the first marine propeller - called the 'WAAMpeller.'

by Hanna Watkin
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Who You Gonna Call? The Police.
Students Develop 3D Printed “Ghostbuster” to Alert Drivers on Wrong Side of the Road

Students from Germany are tackling the problem of "ghost drivers" by creating a 3D printed device which can alert the driver or authorities.

by Hanna Watkin
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Dragons Return to London
Thanks to 3D Printing, Chinoiserie Dragons are Returning to London’s Great Pagoda in Kew Gardens

In 2018, the Great Pagoda in London will reopen to the public after restoration, this time with 3D printed (not wooden) Chinoiserie dragons.

by Hanna Watkin
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"Shelter with Dignity"
3D Printed ‘Homed’ by Framlab Offers Shelter for New York’s Homeless

Framlab has a way to get people off the streets by providing comfortable, safe, 3D printed homeless shelters with a proposal called "Homed".

by Hanna Watkin
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What You 3D Print Defines You
Maker Builds BatBoard, A Batman-Themed Electric Skateboard

With a little 3D printing and a lot of imagination, Jame Bruton from XRobots has created the Batman Electric Skateboard - or Batboard.

by Hanna Watkin
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No more painful flossing
Speed up Flossing with Blizzident Customized 3D-Flosser

Blizzident is a company improving our oral hygiene by using 3D scanning to create medieval-looking flossers that quickly clean teeth.

by Hanna Watkin
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