The Shapeways Blog: 3D Printing News & Innovation
Entries from July 2010
Saturday, July 31. 2010
Crocodile Clip by Noodles
Thursday, July 29. 2010
Musical Hacks & 3D Printing
Awaiting the 3D Printing & DIY Musical Instrument Crossover?
We are starting to see some cool Arduino casings from the likes of I Heart Engineering and potentiometer knobs from Jarno but when will we start to see DIY musical instruments start to creep into the Shapeways shops to create Music from Outer Space?
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20 Material Options for 3D Printing with Shapeways
for 3D Printing based on 9 base materials.
We are always on the lookout for new materials like the Very High Detail Wax and will keep you posted of anything else we are experimenting with. Likewise, please let us know if you find any new materials or processes you would like for us to include?
Wednesday, July 28. 2010
The Future of 3D Printing: Birds of a Feather at SIGGRAPH
If you are in LA for SIGGRAPH 2010 come to the The Future of 3D Printing Birds of a Feather event today.
Wednesday, 28 July | 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | San Jose A - Holiday Inn Los Angeles Convention Center
In this session for attendees interested in 3D printing, leaders in the 3D printing field discuss current and future technologies.The Shapeways team will be represented by Peter Weijmarshausen, winners of the SIGGRAPH tickets come and say hello.
Calling the Australian Shapeways Community
I am looking to find Australian Shapeways users so that we can unite to promote Shapeways products locally. This could be something as simple as a stall at a local market or design event such as Finders Keepers, Design Made Trade or Bowerbird Bazaar? We may even be able to organise (Australian English spelling) a chance for some of us to meet up so that we can get to know each other and get some feedback in person?
Send an email to duann(at)shapeways.com if you are interested?
Also if you are interested in starting your own local chapter (secret handshakes optional) let us know and we may be able to help you out with sample products, t-shirts or other assistance to help you promote yourselves and Shapeways.
Monday, July 26. 2010
White Strong and Suuuuper Flexible.
Ok, so it's not yet another new material.
We are exploring novel ways to use the White Strong & Flexible material.
We started calling them digi-fabrics here at the office. The first 2 samples really feel like fabric and rubber in the way they behave. We'll be demoing these samples at SIGGRAPH, but also wanted to share with the rest of the community not attending the event.
We have made them available as download and put them up for sale, so have fun.
And while I'm sharing things you'll see from us at SIGGRAPH, here's another one we've been getting a lot of requests for.
Little sample kit with our wide material selection. We're still figuring out the details on how to offer it to you, but if you have comments or suggestions, let us know.
Sunday, July 25. 2010
Final Week of Draw Your Own Earrings Sweepstakes
Get your entries in now.....
It is the final week of the Draw Your Own Earrings Sweepstakes and your chance to share in one of 1000 prizes. If you have already entered get your mother, brother, sister, cousin, hairdresser, daughter, parole officer or pizza delivery boy to sketch their own design and enter for their chance to win too. We already have some great entries but with so many prizes to give away every entrant is bound to win something.
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Saturday, July 24. 2010
Inkjet Printer to 3D Printer Hack.
DIY 3D printer hack.... The first HP 3D Printer.
Sweet product hack & demo of manually printing simple 3D objects using an old HP 540 inkjet printer by Scorch1974. Even smaller than a pizza oven
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Friday, July 23. 2010
Shapeways at SIGGRAPH 2010
In just a few days time, from july 27th-29th, SIGGRAPH 2010 will break loose in Los Angeles.
SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques, in full) is the world's largest conference on computer graphics and 3d technology, and it's THE place to be if you're interested in 3D. Cities that host SIGGRAPH turn into a madhouse: all hotels are full, movie and game studios throw parties every evening and you have a good chance to run into 3D celebrities.
Even better: you can run into Shapeways! We'll be there for the third year in a row, showing 3D artists how they can transform their work from the virtual into the physical. If you're in the area, we'd be thrilled to meet you! Come on over to say hi and meet the team, check out our sample prints and meet fellow Shapeways users. (We still have free tradeshow tickets left - get them here). You'll find us at booth number 538. You can download a map of the event, and our SIGGRAPH leaflet.
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Wednesday, July 21. 2010
New Finshings: Gold Plated and Antique Bronze
As of today we have introduced 3 new finishes for our Stainless Steel material.
To complete our gold range finishes we have added Gold Plated Glossy to our already available Gold Plated Matt ... and based on popular demand we have added Antique Bronze Glossy and Antique Bronze Matt
From left to right:
- Gold Plated Glossy
- Gold Plated Matt
- Antique Bronze Glossy
- Antique Bronze Matt
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Win a ticket to the SIGGRAPH Animation Festival
In just a few days, SIGGRAPH 2010 will kick off in Los Angeles. It's THE place to be if you're interested in anything that's related to 3D graphics and technologies. I've been giving away free tickets to the tradeshow since last week, and there are still some tickets left. If you want one, mail me at bart@shapeways.com and include your full name and Shapeways login name.
This week, I'll be giving away 3 much coveted tickets to the SIGGRAPH Animation Festival - it's the showcase of this year's best 3D animations. It's always an amazing ride - if you're at SIGGRAPH you should really try and see this.
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Very high detail printing... also in wax
Hi all,
It is being discussed on the forum many times, during last times live cast is was a big topic also after Bart had signed of.....
Very high detail printing
(Check out the text on the side of the test strip below 
This model is from Daddy Mack)
To keep you guys updated on what we at Shapeways have done and were we are here is a short update.
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Friday, July 16. 2010
The Shapeways Makerbot Bunny
Shapeways has had it's office Makerbot for a few weeks now, and after much tweaking, cursing and complaints of smell and excess noise, Hans has managed to persuade it to print the Bowie the Bunny.
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Overheard on Twitter
Whilst keeping an eye on the Shapeways Twitter stream, I often notice little exchanges that may be of interest to Shapeways users like the one below. It shows how Twitter can be used to expose and sell your 3D printed models on Shapeways.
@cialina http://twitpic.com/8a19n - Please please please tel me where you got this!! My life would actualy be compete if I had one.
@alice_morrissey cant buy it anywhere. designed it in engineering at school. had it 3D printed. only 2 were made.
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