Good morning 3D printing friends. Since this Friday is the blackest Friday of the year, we are going to take a look at some of the gift ideas that are hitting the market for this year’s upcoming Christmas holiday! As with most of my previous blogs, my focus is to get you to think about […]
Happy Friday and happy (((Holloweeeeeeeeen!))) Although today is spook day of the year, if you have waited until today to find a design to print for tonight, you have likely already decided to decorate for Thanksgiving. So this week’s prints will not be focused on the ghoulish. Instead, I focused on items with no particular theme in […]
When one thinks of art and technology they seem to bring separate and very distinct images of each to mind. Art tends to bring to mind the tranquility of painting or modeling clay, whereas, technology may bring the harsh images of factory robots, computers, and circuit boards. 3D printers are now providing today’s artist with a tech/artistic […]
Hello-ween is upon us again. As such, I am presenting to you this years last chance to prep for this ghoulish day. This week I have again scoured the web to bring you some cool, yet affordable 3D printable designs for your printing…(((PlEaSuRe!))) This week’s runner-up, is a neat idea and neat print. This Halloween […]
Happy Hump Day! In today’s blog We look at a few of the 3D pens starting to hit the market or will hit the market in the near future. I have seen the 3D pen headlines several times and have been curious to see these in action. So, let’s get started! Last year the 3Doodler […]
Happy Friday and welcome to Prints of the Week, a new series that I will be doing each Thursday or Friday. Today’s feature items will focus on the upcoming spooky holiday…Halloween! My first selection is a cool Skull Lantern decoration from Thingiverse. The model is formed as to allow a small glass jar to be […]
Good morning everyone. I guess by now if you are reading this blog on a regular basis, you may have noticed I enjoying finding new products which are interesting and related to 3D printers. Today is no different. While surfing the web I can across this article and video of a really cool self-powered skateboard […]
For those of you that love all things eatable, the food service industries are jumping on board the 3D printing bandwagon in full force! The latest item I have encountered on the net is a device attachment for 3D printers that will print soft materials like…NUTELLA (he said excitedly!)…yum, yum! Waterloo, a Canadian company has […]
When we try to answer the question (what is so important about 3D Printers in the classroom?) we have to not only look at the printer itself, but the driving forces behind it. Many of the same points for 3D printers in the classroom are echoes of the “computers in the classroom” argument…imagination, creativity, blah […]
If you are someone that enjoys projects, working with your hands, or creating something from nothing and you are not familiar with the web site Instructables then you are missing out!! I have discussed and recommended the Instructables website in earlier blogs and today we are going to look at 5 interesting projects presented on […]