This tutorial is for those with a bit of HTML prowess and want to use the Shapeways Shopping Cart to sell your 3D prints from your own external shop. Plugging into the Shapeways API it offer levels of customization and complexity not possible with the Shapeways Widget.
The New Museum and MakerBot are joining forces for a competition to "showcase the endless possibilities" of the latter company's flagship open-source 3D printer, the Thing-O-Matic. They're inviting "the entire creative community" to come up with a design within the broad theme of "derivation"
Showcasing the endless possibilities of the Thing-O-Matic, the New Museum MakerBot Challenge is open to the entire creative community. Embodying the New Museum’s mission of “New Art, New Ideas,” this interactive and experiential Challenge aims to push the concept of the “derivative,” by improving on or personalizing established design conventions.
We already know about how 3D printers have created tiny spy planes with insect-like wings. But that’s not the only animal mechanism being replicated through printing. Researchers at Michigan State University are working on an artificial fish that can explore underwater environments and detect signs of pollution.
One of the exciting technology trends of the future is 3D Printing. The technology allows companies to create rapid prototypes using an ABS plastic. Essentially, CAD designers create 3D models and the printer prints layer upon layer using plastic (usually ABS) instead of ink jets.
Objet Ltd., the innovation leader in 3D printing for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing, today launched a new Bio-Compatible 3D printing material (MED610™). According to Objet, the material combines bio-compatibility with high dimensional stability and clear transparency.