A 3D Printed iPhone case that incorporates a bottle opener, at last.... The Ultimate Minimalistic Case with bottle opener is part of a range of iPhone cases that add functionality to the protective cases. 

This is like the Macgyver of the iphone cases.. this is like the swiss army of wallets.. this is like the master of money clips..

Watch the video of the 3D Printed iPhone case options available..

For every person who attempts to use a technology such as 3D Printing for a weapon (and whether the journalistic hype surrounding the drama actually meets reality), there are hundreds of thousands of people who use 3D Printing for something creative such as the iShooter, a 3D Printable ring stabilizer for the iPhone and iPad.. No more shaky videos and may even be handy for some gyroscope based driving/flying games (not first person shooters)...

iShooter - printable ring-stabilization for iPad from liquidbuddha.studios on Vimeo.

Today Michiel Cornelissen is introducing the US/Canadian version of The Wrap, a little accessory that attaches to the USB end of the iPhone charger. It mirrors the charger's prongs, to create a convenient way to store the charger cable.

There is a little story behind how the European, then the US version of the Wrap came into being.

I originally designed The Wrap for the European iPhone charger, simply trying to get rid of an annoyance I'd been experiencing myself. Of course, the European iPhone charger is very different from the one in the US and other countries, so on the web page, I put up a note, saying that if I received 100 e-mails requesting a US/Canadian version of The Wrap, I'd try to design one. I thought that, at most, a trickle of e-mails over a few months would amount to the 100 e-mails.

But then Cult of Mac wrote this: http://www.cultofmac.com/169108/the-wrap-an-unbelievably-beautiful-and-elegant-way-to-manage-your-iphone-charger/... and I had my 100 e-mails within 24 hours. I had to get to work, and through the miracle of Shapeways 3d printing, the first US version was ready 19 days later. (And most of that time was spent waiting for someone to ship a US charger to me.)

I did some tweaks, tested it, got the photography and webpage done, and here we are.

One of the great things about 3D Printing is that complexity is free, which means customization is free. We have a large number of co-creator designs in the Shapeways galleries that are customizable, which means if you are a designer, you can offer to modify your designs to your customers requirements.  If you cannot 3D model it means you have a way of getting a designer to customize an existing designs to your specifications.

Here are just a few customizable iPhone accessories from the Shapeways gallery. 

The CardCase for IPhone 4 - Customizable

$43.52

Clockwork iPhone 4/4S Case Personalized

$36.00

Iphone 4 / 4s case - Cell 2 -Customized

$37.92

iphone 4 WALL HOLDER with your own text (91 V1)

$41.14

A cool Kickstarter project that uses Shapeways 3D printing to extend the usability of the Amazon Kindle

The Kapsule Lightstand by Pieco is everything that you need to make your Kindle complete. It's the highest quality reading light available, and it gets its power straight from the Kindle. It has a slide-out kickstand for hands-free reading, and it provides a comfortable ergo-style grip for long reading sessions.

What better gift for the Minecraft addict than a full color 3D Print of their avatar.

Minetoys is an online service that uses Shapeways 3D printing to create a full color 3D model of a Minecraft avatar.

How does it work?  Your Minecraft skin is rendered in HD file (yeah, HD pixels !) and applied to a 3D model, verified by a human being, and then sent to Shapeways for 3D Printing. You can also choose from over 600 Minecraft avatars from the Minetoys Shapeways Shop including Le Boblennon officiel !, xXNuageZombieXx, Manamaxxx and many, many more.

The Illusion iPhone 4 Case by Sapho Design for 3D printed eye bending phone protection.

Like a 3D Printed Rabbit out of a 3D Printed Hat, Shapeways Brings the 3D Printed Magic to New York Tech Meetup.

On Tuesday 29th of November in front of a capacity crowd of over 800 of New York's tech community at NYU Skirball Center, VP of Engineering and in house magician Josh Levine pulled some 3D magic out of his hat, literally.

The Wired Store in Times Square NYC is currently featuring the coolest gadgets, gizmos and technology from around the world so of course the Shapeways community is representing the best of 3D printing. As mentioned on the Shapeways Blog the pop-up store is open until December 24 so if you can brave Times Square head on in to see the 3D printed goodness in context of some of the coolest stuff around.

Just when you thought Theo Jansen's 3D Printed Strandbeest could not get any more creepy cool, Tim van Bentum and Bo Jansen have helped take the Strandbeest into the fourth dimension with a 3D Printed Wind Propulsion add on for the existing Strandbeests.

The 3D printed Strandbeests can now walk autonomously, powered by the wind, just like Theo's full-scale Strandbeests. The new propellor add-on gives new and existing owners of these kinetic sculptures a new way to set them in motion!

Make your own slide-on macro lens for the iPhone 4 or 4S with $11 worth of 3D printing and a $4 lens from the Surplus Shed. This is an interesting use of 3D printing to help extend the capabilities of an existing product.  Quite an amazing level of detail is achieved with just a few inexpensive parts, see the image below of the ruler taken with the slide-on macro lens.

Custom jewelry design at your finger tips with iRing3D by Paracloud and Shapeways 3D Printing.

iRing3D is an app for iPad by Paracloud, allowing everyone to design and fabricate rings. You don't need to have any 3D CAD skills to design your own ring. Simply sketch the ring design with your fingertip, control the size and shape, and upload directly to Shapeways to 3D print in your choice of materials.