Steven Jaworski is a biomedical technician at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Patchogue, NY. As Blake Eskin of the official MakerBot blog reports, Jaworski does everything from outfit Brookhaven’s new cardiac health lab to replacing critical ER cables. “Those cables are essential, since they set off an alarm when your heart races or your […]
Ryan Cain – who teaches Earth Science to second graders – wanted to finish the most recent semester with a special, interactive project. To help his class emphasize with hurricane victims, Cain decided to teach his students how to design their own buildings using 3D modeling software and MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printers. The structures […]
Forrester analyst Michael Yamnitsky has identified three key ways in which 3D printing is driving business impact and digital disruption. Firstly, 3D printing enables key business imperatives in the age of the customer: faster time to market, new products and new markets, as well as the expansion of personalized products or services. “For those of you […]
Valentine’s Day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer during the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. According to Wikipedia, the holiday evolved into an occasion in which two people expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery and sending greeting cards (known as […]
Writing for the official MakerBot blog, Blake Eskin notes that buildings designed today may not open for well over a decade. As such, architects often create models to help people understand what the future structures will actually look like on the ground. However, before presenting their ideas to clients, governments and communities, architects need to […]
Earlier this week, the Toronto Public library officially opened the doors to its newly minted digital media lab. The Maker-friendly space is stocked with a plethora of Atmel-powered MakerBot Replicator 3D printers, Atmel-based Arduino boards, hi-def video cameras and audio mixers. According to the Torontoist, the digital media lab will be offering a full schedule […]
Sixense has debuted MakeVR, an immersive 3D modeling application that helps democratize 3D printing by making the process natural, intuitive and fun. “With MakeVR, the old challenges of 3D modeling are gone. MakeVR’s 3D multi-touch allows you to use your hands to interact naturally with the virtual world, freeing you from the constraints of complicated, […]
Daniel Omar, who lives in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, lost both his arms at just 14 years of age when a government plane dropped a bomb near his village during the country’s protracted civil war. “Without hands, I can’t do anything,” Daniel told Time Magazine. “If I could have died, I would have.” Daniel […]
Miriam Burt, research vice president at Gartner, says at least 7 of the world’s top 10 multichannel retailers will be using 3D printing technology to generate custom stock orders by 2018. “Some retailers are already selling 3D printers to consumers, and as they become more readily available, consumers could use them to ‘manufacture’ their own […]
Adobe has announced new 3D printing capabilities for its flagship Photoshop Creative Cloud (CC). According to Adobe VP Winston Hendrickson, the latest features will allow users to more easily build, refine, preview, prepare and print 3D designs – setting the stage for explosive growth in the 3D printing market. “The new 3D printing capabilities also […]
