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Top 3D Printing Headlines Last Week: Libraries, China, Survey Results
A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from July 17 to July 22.
Tuesday, July 17
Wednesday, July 18
Thursday, July 19
Friday, July 20
- 3D Printing Coming to a Public Library Near You: Nevada First
- Results of First Survey On 3D Printing: Adoption, Education, Services
Saturday, July 21
Sunday, July 22
3D printing photo by DSTL UNR used under Creative Commons license.
Video: Maker Faire Bay Area Interviews About 3D Printing
Steve Tung brought his camera to the Maker Faire Bay Area this year and has produced a video focused on 3D printing.
Interviews include:
- Lis Sampson, founder of 3D-Bots
- Carine Carmy, Director of Marketing at Shapeways
- Ronald Rael, Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley
A variety of materials were discussed, from plastic to ceramics to cement to wood to salt.
And Steve shows RepRap printers that can even print their own parts.
Watch the full video below.
Shapeways Opens NYC 3D Printing and Distribution Center
3D printing marketplace Shapeways has opened a NYC-based 3D printing and distribution center. This comes just a few weeks after raising $6.2M in Series B funding.
The NY-based startup began printing from a single 3D Systems ProJet 3500 Plus printer last week at its Long Island City factory/distribution center. Because the machines are customized for specific materials, the ProJet will only be churning out UV curable acrylic plastics until other printers are installed.
This past March, the Long Island City location began distributing its 3D printed wares, which paved the way for the company to begin ramping up its US production efforts. While this isn’t the “factory of the future” that was announced last November, Shapeways says the real deal will be up and running by the end of summer or early fall. There are also plans to implement a “lab” for creators and students alike to experiment with different materials and production methods to further improve and iterate upon current methods.
To date, Shapeways has over 150,000 active community members/designers with over 6,000 of them having their own online shops delivering their custom wares.
Via TechCrunch.
Top 3D Printing Headlines Last Week: Stocks, Cloud, Virality, Children’s Books, Olympics
A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from July 9 to July 15.
Monday, July 9
Tuesday, July 10
- Designed to Win: 3D Printing Could Help Athletes Break World Records
- Moddler is Making the Market in High-End 3D Printing [Video]
Wednesday, July 11
Thursday, July 12
Friday, July 13
Video: 3D Printing in Glazed Ceramics, Best Practices and Cost
Earlier we posted about a 3D printed coffee cup that went viral. This innovative design was 3D printed in glazed ceramics.
Want to learn more about 3D printing in ceramics? Watch the video below from Shapeways’ tutorial.
Glazed Ceramics are food safe, recyclable and heat resistant. The glaze is heatable up to 600 degrees celsius, at which point the glaze will start to damage. The pricing for Glazed Ceramics is calculated by surface area, not volume of material used. Minimum wall thickness is 3mm, interlocking parts (ie chains) are not possible currently.
We offer glazed ceramics in a few different glazes.
- Gloss White Glaze is $0.18/cm2
- Gloss Black Glaze, Satin Black is $0.19/cm2
- Eggshell Blue, Avocado Green, and Pastel Yellow is $0.20/cm2
