Category 3D printing

The highly affordable Portabee 3D printer will help lead the way to mass adoption of this new technology that will shake the world. 3D printing is disruptive technology taken to a whole new level. Venturebeat has more.

A team of students at the University of Washington just won $100,000 in funding for their project, which will transform plastic waste into pieces for rainwater harvesting systems and composting toilets in the developing world. The team, Washington Open Object…

BBC Radio interviewed people at the 3D Print Show in London. One person said 3D printing will be as disruptive as the the internet has been. Another said the impact will be akin to that of the Industrial Revolution. The…

The KamerMaker 3D printer is so large that it can print objects as large as 7 x 7 x 11 feet, and thus, for example, build pavillions. 3D printing is still in its infancy. Imagine what will be created in…

Pirated goods will flood the world, squeals the Economist, if those horrid 3-D printers are allowed to proliferate. Ok, they don’t quite put it in those terms but that’s their implication. Websites hosting CAD files must be taken down, the sanctity of media…