Oct 22, 2012 | Design, In the News, Printing
Cosmo Wenman, an artist who has scanned sculptures at such museums as the British Museum in London and the Getty Center in Los Angeles, has printed and assembled a couple remarkable works life size including the Head of a horse of Selene and the Portrait of Alexander...
Sep 12, 2012 | Design, In the News
There is a nice grist list article about a 3D printer being employed to restore a bald eagle’s beak structure. The new beak is not strong enough for the wild, but it does show what one can do with this technology!
Jul 26, 2012 | Design, In the News, Printing
A post in an AR15 fun forum describes the development, printing and testing of the 3D printing of the lower receiver of an automatic weapon. Although the barrel would be a much more difficult fete, the lower receiver is a crucial piece of the weapon (one of...
Apr 30, 2012 | Design, In the News, Printing
Now here is a large 3D printer! Dirk Vander Kooij is a designer who uses a repurposed manufacturing robot as a 3D printer to extrude recycled plastic into designer furniture. For him, the visible resolution of the printer, i.e., the beads of plastic, (rather than the...
Apr 23, 2012 | Design, In the News, Printing
Even if you’re not into gaming, perhaps you can appreciate the idea of printing urban plans and geographic forms. See below for a Minecraft village 3D print from a group known as “post-apocalyptic research institute.” Their flickr stream has more...
Apr 3, 2012 | In the News, Printing
TJ McCue at Forbes posted an article about One.61, a New Zealand company that does product development work, including a foray into 3D printing. Although we have not worked with anyone for product development, the UR CTLT does have connections with a few services that...
