Great video from Mickey Views that talks about the company taking advantage of empty daytime parks to perhaps do some aerial 3D scanning. What will this info be used for? Continue reading
3D Models of Space Shuttle Discovery now Open Source
The shuttle fascinated me as a child and I even had a giant mural of it in my room. My inner child is giddy as you can now print your own 100% accurate space shuttle! The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has scanned their shuttle Continue reading
Get a 3D Printed Tardigrade Sculpture by Eric Ho at Shapeways
Have you ever heard of a tardigrade or “water bear” before? These are some of the most resilient creatures on earth and nearly immortal. According to National Geographic:
“Tardigrades can go up to 30 years without food or water. They can also live at temperatures as cold as absolute zero or above boiling, at pressures six times that of the ocean’s deepest trenches, and in the vacuum of space.”
Happy Easter!
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This Easter isn’t broken, it’s just different. Enjoy this special weekend!
3D Printing a Mini Tigris Coaster at Busch Gardens with Coaster Labs
I saw the still in this video and was in awe. My first thought was, “that’s Tigris at Busch Gardens Tampa!” So after watching the video the answer was, well sort of. It is indeed a Sky Rocket II by Premier Rides (which Tigris is as discussed previously), Continue reading
The 3D Printed Wedding of Erin Winick
As a subscriber to MIT Technology Review I was thrilled to see this article by Erin Winick about how she 3D printed her entire wedding. I thought it was cool years ago when a buddy designed and printed his wife’s ring, but Erin took things to another level. Continue reading
3D Scanning 10,000 Women to Make a Better Swimsuit with Summersalt
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
