Sculpteo 3D printing blog

Thingiverse user “eried” designed this incredible 3D Printable Velcro “This is the first iteration (third internal) of my attempt to make printable Velcro. It is pretty nice to hang things, probably this small piece will resist much more than a kilog...

Operation: Stick Figure Army (OSFA) is a project funded by the Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates program (CREU) to explore the process of transforming 2D images into 3D representations using low-cost, open-source fabrication techno...

NYCResistor’s Eric Skiff interviewed Chris Fenton, an electrical engineer living in NYC who built a mechanical counter with his MakerBot. Chris found this idea in an old book of mechanical mechanisms. He explains it’s only part of a bigger project to...

Our exploration of the Bay Area to discover innovative uses of 3D printing lead us to a design studio of a new kind. Because We Can is an architecture and interior design studio based in West Oakland. Jeff is architect, Jillian is graphic designer an...

iRing3D was created by Dr. Eyal Nir, founder of ParaCloud. It’s an application for Jewelry Design. A simple and fun tool for creating rings on iPad (iPhone and Android version will follow) Just like any ParaCloud product, you can enjoy the creation o...

This Old House is a home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes. In the episode “Bedford: And the Work Begins”, homeowner Joe Titlow shows how his company (Z Corporation) builds architectural models on a ZPrinter...

According to Electronic News, the Australian-based company cybertechnology used 3D Printing for its CyberQuad Unmanned Aerial Vehicle “CyberSquad says 3D printing was critical in the design of its unmanned electric vertical take-off and landing syste...

In the March/April 2011 issue of Time Compression, Terry Wohler wrote a column entitled “Why You Won’t Have an AM Machine in Your Garage” Here is some interesting excerpts For many years, additive manufacturing (AM) industry insiders have speculated ...

Continuing our exploration of 3D printing entrepreneurs in the US and the Bay Area, we went to the 2nd edition of the East Bay Mini Maker Faire. Hundred of makers and innovation enthusiasts gathered around incredible cars, robots, electronic music de...

The University of Exeter has officially opened its “Centre for additive Layer Manufacturing” (CALM). CALM is a £2.6M investment in innovative manufacturing for the benefit of businesses in the South West and across the rest of the UK. It is located i...

Today, New Scientist’s Paul Marks published an interesting article including a C&EN video about Arthur Olson, professor at The Scripps Research Institute, who demonstrates how he uses an augmented reality custom-made software called AutoDock to track...

This ABC story is about the RepRap: an open-source self-replicating 3D Printer. The interviewee is Dr Adrian Bowyer, its inventor and senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath. Imagine the industrial revolu...