The trend in museums taking advantage of 3D printing continues! Like the Metropolitan Museum, the British Museum and 3D printing seem to be a great combination for patrons and printers alike. Earlier this month the British Museum worked in conjunction with Sketchfab to provide a variety of models of their artifacts. This opens up a number [...]
Although it's impossible to tell how long ago the first musical instrument was created, the fact that music and culture have been intertwined for millennia is indisputable. Making instruments has been done since prehistory. The modern-day maker's tools are different, but creating instruments of beauty still has the same draw. It's logical that one of the newer, [...]
On November 20th, a small step was taken by an organization known for it's giant leaps. NASA, working in conjunction with Made in Space, deployed it's first 3D printer in space. This technology is interesting because of the special constraints a zero-g, enclosed environment poses for earthbound printers. Gravity has been an essential force in [...]
It's that time of year again. It's colder, you can see images of Santa Claus and reindeer everywhere, and there's the pressing question of what to get so-and-so for the holiday season. While you could go to the store, or shop around for what to order online, there's always the option of making something yourself. [...]
PrintSpace is excited to announce that we will be at the 3D Printing Live! 2014 show. Located at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California, this will be an exiting show with many topics of interest. If you are in the area come and check us out at booth Q20 on November 19-20! We will [...]
It may seem odd, but paper airplanes have their own niche. There are books, design patterns, and now a 3D printed paper airplane machine gun. Dieter Krone seems to have cornered that niche in many ways, focusing on this unlikely, yet universal, do-it-yourself topic. The Mechanics of a Paper Airplane Machine Gun The paper airplane [...]
3D printing food? Yup, that's right. Like the replicators in Star Trek, machines that make you pizza or chocolate will soon become a reality. Food safe printers have their own set of technical hurdles that have needed to be passed to be consumer ready. Despite these constraints, food printing is already coming to market as a [...]
Agriculture and ingenuity have always had a relationship based around one basic idea: how do we feed ourselves? Well, it turns out that 3D printing has brought about some significant innovations related to mass production and labor, two things that are particularly important to food production. How we feed ourselves is changing, and 3D printing [...]
We enjoyed the mini MakerFaire in SLC this last weekend at Library Square. It was a beautiful day and location. The event had people of all ages–kids and adults making things like bow and arrows, launching rockets, and watching robots cruise around the area. We got a lot of great feedback about Altair and had the opportunity [...]
With its ties to industry and manufacturing, it's not surprising that 3D printing has found its way into construction. What is surprising, however, are the novel and interesting ways the same basic principles used to work with ABS and PLA plastic filament on a desktop printer are being applied to printing houses and buildings. 3D Printing with [...]
