Adidas used 3D scanning to help make better fitting suits for elite athletes years ago. Now Summersalt is using it to help make better fitting suits for everyone. This is described and demonstrated in a great article in Business Insider:
3D Bioprinting Slaughter-Free Meat in Space with @AlephFarms
Have you tried the Impossible Whopper at Burger King yet? In my opinion it’s pretty impressive and these products are popping up everywhere. You don’t see slaughter-free ribeye on the market though. This is because the texture of ground meat products are relatively easy to mimic as compared to fully-textured meat such as a steak. The company Aleph Farms is trying to change this and if that wasn’t hard enough they’re doing it in space! Continue reading
Happy Halloween!
Today is Halloween and hope you can find some way to incorporate 3D printing. Etsy is full of things to buy and of course you can come up with your own too. Note the picture up above is from a video rental store on my way to work. Yep, they still exist.
A 3D Printed Rocket from Relativity Space
As a kid I didn’t have too many hobbies other than sports and video games, but one I did love was model rocketry. I remember riding my bike over to the local hobby store to get the latest Estes rocket to put together and launch (probably losing to a roof, tree or just in short order). From childhood rockets have always been a thing for me, so when I saw Relativity Space marrying together rockets and 3D printing I was thrilled. Other companies have 3D printed select components, but Relativity Space is essentially 3D printing the whole darn thing. Continue reading
Chernobyl 3D Scanned for New Game Chernobylite!
Here’s your chance to fund an amazing game based on 3D scanning of Chernobyl on Kickstarter, but you only have a day or so left to do it! Continue reading
Get a Print of Your Favorite Sculpture
Maybe you’ve bought a print of a favorite painting. It’s of course not the original, but it looks beautiful in your home. Maybe 3D printing could provide the same thing for sculpture? One of the first examples I’ve seen of this is the art of Judith Klausner who has sculpted Oreo cookies of all things! Continue reading
How 3D Scanning and Assassin’s Creed Could Help Rebuild Notre Dame
No doubt you’ve seen the tragic images of the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. It is estimated the structure could take years or even decades to restore. However, did you know that 3D scanning could be a huge help in this process? Continue reading
