What is a 3D Printer?

3D printing is a technology that allows building real objects from 3D drawings. This is done by “cutting” the virtual object in 2D slices and printing the real object slice by slice. Slices are printed on top of each other’s and since each slice has a given thickness the real object gain volume every time [...]

Personal 3D Printer

uPrint won Popular Mechanics’ annual “SEMA Editor’s Choice Award,” an honor judged by the magazine’s auto editors and given to companies introducing the most innovative new products at SEMA. Each year at the show, Popular Mechanics auto editors assess new products and make their top picks in 12 categories. “Despite the economic downturn, this year’s [...]

Prototypes: 3D Printing

3D Printing is a type of rapid prototyping. Material is layered and connected to form a 3 dimensional object. By using 3D printing, prototypes can be developed faster, and in full color. This is the only type of rapid prototyping that allows for full color prototypes to be produced. 3D Printing is also a leading [...]

3D Organ Bioprinting

3D Bioprinting new blood vessels or even organs may be possible in the future. A first step has been taken with the first commercial bioprinter, by Organovo. It currently prints cell structures but nobody has dared to put them in their bodies yet. So while this looks like a promising development, I’d take good care [...]

Prototype Testing: 3D Printer

3D printing technology assists in the prototype testing phase by producing prototypes in a more efficient and time sensitive manner. Where redesigning, retooling and recreating prototypes took a considerable amount of time, the 3D printing system can have a redesigned prototype ready for the next phase of testing in a much shorter period of time [...]