Tag Archives: 3d-printing

I had considered getting a 3D printer for a long time, but I held off because I couldn’t think of anything I really needed to print. Then I came across the Ortak line of 3D printable camera support products from Edelkrone and knew I’d found the excuse I was looking for, as it tied into …

Maker culture is alive and well, thanks to an army of creators who have a passion for making things by hand. My interest in 3D printing started back in 2018, when I got pretty deep in the weeds, creating everything from phone stands to tabletop game accessories to a sweet mini Millennium Falcon. Since then, I’ve doubled down, getting into 3D scanning and …

I have childhood memories of long afternoons at Joann Fabrics, wandering the aisles in a bored daze while my mother shopped for yarn. It didn’t seem like an especially exciting place back in the ’80s, but my opinion may be changing now that the chain (known these days as simply Joann) is adding 3D printers and other new products and …

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a quick scanning feature to its new Galaxy Note 10 phone that lets you walk around an object and quickly get a seemingly photo-realistic 3D scan of it in seconds.  During a demo at the Note 10 launch event, Samsung’s 3D scanner app created a virtual version of a stuffed pink animal called Bobby. By pacing …

Rounding up some of the best budget 3D printers, I learned a lot about the art and science of printing. It’s not as simple as loading a 3D file, hitting print and sitting back, although the extra steps and follow-up work involved is well worth it if you want to create eye-catching stuff.  These are some of the big beginner …

Carbon already sells 3D printers used to make unusual the materials inside Riddell’s custom-size professional-league football helmets and Adidas running shoes. Now, a new $260 million funding round should help the Silicon Valley startup create even more unusual materials.  Among the new possibilities, according to Chief Executive Joseph DeSimone: Products made from multiple materials with different properties and colors directly injected …

You can’t print a new lung or Stradivarius violin yet, but a new HP 3D printer announced Thursday takes a big step toward making the technology more useful. The Jet Fusion 5200 is designed for high-volume manufacturing. That’s a market with more potential for profound change than the more common 3D printers used to build prototypes or, like HP’s earlier …

Humans have figured out lots of ways to shape metal — casting it with a mold, stamping it, drilling holes and milling surfaces in a machine shop, even zapping it with a laser. Well, now you can add a new method: 3D printing. A number of companies offer metal 3D printing, which creates products and components layer by layer with …

Back in the Game Boy-era Nintendo released the Game Boy Camera. This plastic shooter would go into your Game Boy’s cartridge slot and let you take tiny black-and-white photos that were low-res even by ’90s standards. Two decades later someone decided to upgrade a Game Boy Camera by attaching an obscenely large telephoto lens. And the thing actually works and can …

With the da Vinci Nano, XYZprinting says it lowered the two barriers that have slowed 3D printer adoption: price and ease of use.  At $229 (approximately AU$290 or £170) it’s certainly priced right for a portable single-color 3D printer. Features such as autocalibration and an autofeeding filament system make for simple setup. The Nano is fully enclosed, too, to protect …