This week while Ana travels to Detroit for Maker Faire I have chosen this weeks Friday Finds... Can you guess the theme?

Antweight Cluster Robot by PsychoFox

Mecha Ring (size 15ish in metal) by MaxSMoke777

OO-scale K8 telephone kiosk in FUD by stop4stuff

Ossuary Dice Set in WSF by Aegidian They would look HOT in silver....

Everybody PLEASE share your items when they arrive there are over 30,000 items in the Shapeways gallery now so it is getting harder for us to spot the new designs that are uploaded every day.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

If you have any amazing 3D prints like this please be sure to share them in the It Arrived forum especially if you take great photographs like these.  Great work Dadrummond.

The video went viral racking up nearly 5 million views so far and even flagged as being a fake..

Now Objet has released a video too getting in on the wrench action..

Kind of interesting considering the long history of use of rapid prototyping in toolmaking. Are you ready to start toolmaking with Shapeways 3D printing?

UPDATE: There was a bit of heat online about the inaccuracy of the footage between the scanning and printing process as the 3D scan was in no way used to create the model 3D printed. Check out David Kaplan's response to what must have turned into a torrent of negative responses from the CAD and 3D print community.

Once you have uploaded your photograph there is an option to specify Main Thumbnail Image, the Shapeways greyscale render will be called Default and all you need to do is select the image you would like to be used as the thumbnail.

Ensure you have a clear, well lit image cropped nice and tight to the object for the thumbnail image.  We are always on the lookout for great designs that are well documented and we will only feature them on the front page or any other galleries if there is a suitable photograph as the thumbnail...

Ensure your images are 450x324 or 700x519 so they fill the thumbnail correctly.

If you want to sell your 3D printed designs be sure to open a Shapeways Shop and if you want to embed your Shapeways shop or favorites into another site check out the Shapeways widget.

As the tools of manufacture become available to more people through 3D printing, we are going to see an increasing number of products that are very similar to each other hit the market/internet at exactly the same time. The whole issue of patents, ownership and attribution of ideas is also going to become increasingly complex as simultaneous innovation occurs.

We recently featured The Canon Capholder by Spruce (above right) on the Shapeways blog, citing it as a great example of a simple solution to a common problem for all photographers, be they amateur, professional or accidental. At about the same time as Spruce posting his final design on Shapeways, so to did Kitlaan on Thingiverse (above left) and Mark Stevenson on Kickstarter (bottom) having already raised $14,623 after seeking only $3,900 in backing.  There was a little bit of a flurry on the social networks as to which if any of the designs were a copy of the other and it seems as though all three were developed simultaneously without being aware of each others designs. 

Ok, it may not have the finest resolution (at 1x1x1 meter voxels) but this is a very impressive experiment that is the first 3D printer available for download... Yeah

Great work Shrogg2, check out the video showing the original concept and how it runs.. with virtual sheep, not sure if this is a New Zealand thing or a hat tip to Philip K Dick? Either way, very cool.

Found via 3D Printing is the Future.

Many photographers lose there lenscap, especially me.
So it was time to solve this problem.

With this cap holder you just click your lenscap in and are ready to go.

This holder is suitable for every 58mm lenscap

Perfect.

For the 2010-11 championships just passed, we were super excited to be involved in the final event held in New York City, where designers from New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Bangkok, Seoul, and Tokyo went head to head and Eugenio Garcia Villarreal was crowned Global 3D Champion.  Part of his prize, along with the glory of knowing he is the best of the best, Eugenio is now the first 'virtual' Designer in Residence at Shapeways.

With the assigned theme of Free Speech, in twenty minutes, working live on stage with no prepared assets, Eugenio designed his packaged Tongue to take out the championship.

We need some local knowledge though to help us find the perfect place to meet nearby on Saturday the 30th of July at around 7pm. Let us know where we should meet and we look forwards to seeing you there.

Arriving at your door tomorrow!