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3D printing used by surgeons to reconstruct man’s disfigured face
From NASA’s rocket engine components to Hershey’s chocolates, we have seen 3D printing technology being used in almost every way. As we had said earlier that the technology keeps surprising us, and this time the news related to 3D printing is quite possibly the most staggering and coolest we have ever heard. What appears to…
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3D printed Ekso-Suit, the tech-packed exoskeleton helps paralyzed folk walk again
Let’s face it, being paralyzed is indeed difficult and though thousands across the world live with a lack of motor skills, their life isn’t made easier in this ever-mobile world. Nobody loves being limited to the use of a wheelchair, which is why American 3D printing firm 3D Systems has come up with a one-of-a-kind…
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Want a pizza? Print it with Natural Machines Foodini 3D printer
When it comes to food, we love being pampered. Alas, the world does not revolve around our minor whims and fancies. Just why something like the Natural Machines Foodini printer makes perfect sense. Though it isn’t a wishing well for food, you can surely have a major portion of your cooking duties taken care of,…
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MarkForged Mark One, world’s first carbon fiber 3D printer priced at $5,000
We all are well aware that carbon fiber has long been a material of choice for automotive and aerospace industry due to its light weight structure and extreme strength, but making components using carbon fiber is a long and daunting. Aeromotions, a company co-owned Gregory Mark builds computer-controlled racecar wings that are built out of…
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Hershey enters into a partnership with 3D Systems to make 3D printed confectionary
There is a section of people who are puzzled by the fuss and frenzy around 3D printing, but most of us believe that the technology has the power to change the world. 3D printing technology has found its use in almost every industry including space research and medical equipment manufacturing, but 2014 has seen a…
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Adobe partners with MakerBot and Shapeways to add 3D printing support to Photoshop CC
3D printing is evolving into more approachable technology faster than ever before and though 2013 was abuzz with news related to it, the trend isn’t slowing down in 2014 in any ways. Giving it a huge boost, Adobe today launched the latest update to its subscription-based Creative Cloud suite that includes 3D printing capabilities as…
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Download a blueprint to 3D-print ‘Key of Erebor’ with the new Hobbit ad campaign
In the world of cut-throat competition, companies often have to stray off the beaten path to gain competitive edge over others. Banality of cinema promotion is broken every once in a while by ad campaigns that choose not to follow the tried and tested path and rather offer something refreshing, something amazing. Offering free goodies…
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McDonald’s is considering to 3D print happy meal toys as per choice
If things go according to plan, soon geeks will beat small kids to the queue to pick up McDonald’s Happy Meal toys. Surprised? McDonalds is considering using 3D printer in the outlets to print their infamous happy meal toys. According to McDonald’s IT Director Mark Fabes, ‘using 3D printers on-site would allow staff to print…
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African inventor develops a $100 3D printer from e-waste
Like we’ve said a few billion times before, it’s always good to reuse trash and keep it all away from landfills. Kodjo Afate Gnikou, a resourceful inventor from Togo in West Africa, seems to agree. Gnikou managed to come up with an inexpensive 3D printer, made from broken scanners, computers, printers and other e-waste. The…
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ESA unveils Amaze project; aims to take 3D printing into metal age
3D printing technology has undoubtedly become the darling of the geek world by endlessly churning out awesome news one after another. Though Sci-Fi writers would love to paint a world, through their writing, where everything is 3D printed, but if recent developments are an indication, we aren’t far away from the fiction being turned into…
