3D Print Your Own Stereoscopic 360 VR Camera System

3D Print Your Own Stereoscopic 360 VR Camera SystemThis guest post is written by Thierry Pul, one of the founders of Purple Pill VR, a production house for cinematic VR content. His technical background in Engineering at the TU Delft allowed him to design and build his own 3D printed stereoscopic 360º camera system.My Love/Hate Relationship With 3D PrintingYes, we at Purple Pill developed a camera that can film on all sides at the same time in stereoscopic...

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Fast Bioprinting of Human Cartilage Implants

Fast Bioprinting of Human Cartilage ImplantsAt ETH Zürich’s Cartilage Engineering and Regeneration laboratory they have made some notable speed advancements in 3D printing of human cartilage which should lead to implantable replacements for trauma victims. Team of researchers led by Professor Marcy Zenobi-Wong’s and Matti Kesti developed a process that would enable hospitals to make a full size nose implant under 20 minutes. Any cartilage implant...

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What is 3D printing?

What is 3D printing?3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file.The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved using additive processes. In an additive process an object is created by laying down successive layers of material until the entire object is created. Each of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced horizontal cross-section of the eventual object.How does 3D printing...

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3D Printing Needs More Metal!

Here's Why 3D Printing Needs More MetalMore and more companies want to make 3D-printed metal parts.Alcoa, a colossus of the aluminum and metals industry, is currently building a new additive manufacturing center with a $60 million price tag in Pittsburgh. Its purpose: To serve as the main production site as Alcoa begins developing a line of powdered metals made specifically for 3D-printing applications. What Alcoa’s new center represents, however,...

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Mattel remakes '60s ThingMaker toy as an easy-to-use $300 3D printer

Mattel remakes '60s ThingMaker toy as an easy-to-use $300 3D printerMattel has reinvented its iconic ThingMaker at-home toy-making device, this time as a 3D printer that will cost $300.Mattel unveiled its 3D printer at the New York Toy Fair taking place this week.Preorders for the ThingMaker 3D Printer began this week. The machine will be available Oct 15. (See Amazon.com pricing.)The original ThingMaker was limited by several dozen die-cast molds,...

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3D Printers Gaining Traction With Nike, Boeing, HP Inc.

3D Printers Gaining Traction With Nike, Boeing, HP Inc.The stock charts of 3D Systems (DDD) and Stratasys (SSYS), the two largest U.S. providers of 3D printers, do not paint a picture of success.But despite the long declines, the 3D printing industry is stronger than it seems, say industry analysts who track the field. As a group, the Machinery-Material Handling and Automation group that houses the stocks has climbed 20% in the past four weeks —...

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The first 3D-printed drug to win FDA approval

3D printing makes an easier-to-swallow drugThe first 3D-printed drug to receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now being shipped to pharmacies.Pennsylvania-based Aprecia Pharmaceuticals said its 3D-printed Spritam (levetiracetam) tablets are used to treat epilepsy. The company is also working on at least three other 3D-printed drugs that it expects to eventually bring to market.Aprecia said it used some off-the-shelf...

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