Since it was announced on June 4th, the excitement surrounding the latest installment of the Fallout video game franchise, Fallout 4, has only continued to grow with each passing day. Unsurprisingly, the anticipation for the Fall 2015 release has led many in the general Maker and 3D printing community to resort to creating various cosplay […]

Occipital , Inc. has been making a stir since the launch of their low-cost 3D scanner on Kickstarter, eventually seeing the licensing of their iPad/iPhone-based Structure Sensor to 3D Systems and the use of the device as a VR headset with positional tracking . The investment community seems to be among those enamored by the […]

3D printing is known as a futuristic manufacturing technology, but we rarely come across 3D printed creations that are as futuristic themselves as this cool device visible above. It’s the Anti-Gravitator, a 3D printed device developed by German chemist Stefan Kneip, which uses a magnetic field to create a stable magnetic levitation situation capable of […]

When it comes to innovations in 3D printing filaments, 2015 has been one of the best years on record for both entirely new filaments types as well as improvements on existing filaments. Among others, this includes filaments that are embedded with carbon fiber as well as filaments that are made from e-Waste and filaments that […]

In 2013, the lab of Prof. Joshua Pearce at Michigan Tech had designed an open source metal 3D printer that could be assembled for less than $2,000. The lab is still working hard on their technology and, today, published a breakthrough that could be applicable to metal 3D printing as a whole and, more importantly, […]

If there’s one thing that can be learned from the general ‘Making’ and 3D printing community, it’s that anything can be modded to one’s particular liking. For Boca Bearings , a Florida-based bearing company, this recently came in the form of a vintage toolbox that was outfitted with its very own portable and collapsible 3D […]

While many of us have, at one point or another, finished a cool and original 3D printing project that we’d like to share with the world, you have to be well-prepared to score in 3D printing competitions as popular as Thingiverse’s Make It Float Challenge . The high quality of entries is best illustrated by […]

At some point in every maker’s career, they will look over at some online RepRap 3D printer and begin to toy with the idea of replacing their own 3D printer with a home-made, superior version. While many of us don’t go through with it, did you know that you can apply the same principles of […]

In remote or developing countries, the ability to track and diagnose contagious and life-threatening viruses such as HIV, West Nile and hepatitis B could save thousands, if not millions of lives every year. Unfortunately, many common diagnostic tools, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA), require large and expensive readout instruments that can only be found […]

Founded earlier this year by January 2015 by “bright Russian entrepreneur George I Fomitchev and the brilliant electrical engineer, NASA contractor Matteo Borri” , Endurance is in the business of “business robots, lasers, and telepresence rigs.” With such disparate interests, the company is clearly capable of lateral thinking and devising new applications for their technology. […]