SpaceTime, a Personalized 3D-Printed Solar System
3D printing is the perfect technology for a product that needs to be customized. That’s why award-winning French artist Govy’s idea for a jewelry item that truly needs to be personalized is so smart: a pendant that shows the constellation of the solar system at your date of choice, based on data provided by NASA.
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You Can Now Buy Your Own Piece of Design History: The Lily.MGX Pushed 3D Printing from Prototyping to Design
In 2003, Finnish digital sculptor Janne Kyttanen presented a 3D print unlike any other to the audience of Milan Design Week. Until then, 3D printing was considered more of a prototyping technology. Janne pushed the boundaries and presented a 3D print that was meant for the consumer market. Little did the designer know that his Lily.MGX print would pave the way for many other great designs to be produced with the help of 3D printers.
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i.materialise Launches New Help Center for Most Popular Questions About 3D Printing Services
The solution to your 3D printing issues, questions, or problems is out there! The only question is how to find it. So, when was the last time you carefully read through FAQs in a desperate attempt to find the answers to your questions? Right, never. So we’ve worked on something new.
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Get Your 3D Prints in Time for the Holidays!
The holiday season is slowly approaching. It’s also time to think about filling up the stock of your shop, or the gifts that you want to offer your friends and family. That’s why we want to give you a heads up about our production times and inform you when you need to order your 3D prints so they’ll arrive in time to be put under the Christmas tree.
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New User-Friendly 3D Modeling App “Doodle 3D Transform” Launched on Kickstarter
Creating your first 3D model can be intimidating. So how can 3D modeling become more accessible and allow everyone to use a 3D printer? The team of Doodle 3D is on a mission to create an easy-to-use 2D-to-3D design app that can even be used by kids. It’s an app that is fun to use but still leads to high-quality results. Let’s take a look at this new app and find out how you too can help them with their crowdfunding campaign.
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Wearable 3D Printed Tech from Japan: Masaharu Ono’s Knitted Vest
3D printing is already shaping the way we design and produce unique fashion pieces. 3D printed fashion by designers such as Iris van Herpen and threeASFOUR has already been worn at runways around the world. But while those designs might be impressive feats of integrating technology with fashion, you can hardly wear them while nipping down to the shops for some groceries.
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Top 20: Most Popular 3D Scanners and 3D Scanning Software
3D scanning is all about capturing real-world data and converting it into a 3D model. Until recently, 3D scanners were mainly used for industrial applications but as 3D printing has become more common, especially for makers and hobbyists, the demand for scanning devices that can transform real objects into 3D printable models has grown – and driven prices down. So what’s the most popular, affordable, 3D scanning hardware and software? Read on to discover our top 20 3D scanning solutions!
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Designer Portrait: 3D Customization Start-Up Twikit Uses 3D Printing to Make Personalized Products Come to Life
Martijn Joris, co-founder of the Antwerp-based startup Twikit, has a passion for 3D creation, making, and 3D printing. His company is pioneering a new way of customizing digital production and is rapidly carving its place in the 3D printing world. Twikit builds 3D customization tools for brands, retailers and designers that allow consumers to create their own unique products and bring them to life with 3D printing. We met up with this visionary entrepreneur to learn more about the passion that drives him and to see first-hand how new, cutting-edge apps are developed in his co-working space. (more…)
3D Scanning Tutorial for Microsoft Kinect and 3D Builder
Are you looking for ways to create color 3D scans of objects and turn them into high-quality 3D prints? Then this tutorial is for you! In this guide we will discuss how you can use Microsoft’s free 3D Scan app to turn your Kinect into a 3D Scanner. We will also take a look at how to import, edit and print these scans with the free 3D Builder app.
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Bring Your Future to Life: 10% 3D Printing Discount for Students & Academic Staff
You shape the future, we do the rest! Students all over the world 3D print miniature concept cars, architectural and functional models, prototypes, and all sorts of other educational projects with us each and every day. We want to help you realize even more of these projects and discover the limitless possibilities of 3D printing. This is why i.materialise is offering a 10% student discount for all college and university students as well as for academic staff.
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