3D printed piggybank, you as an action figure!, co-create your Community Manager

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10th of february 2010

+Your own personalized Piggy Bank
+You as a gnome!
+Hoodie
+Tell me what to do
+Articulated Robot design
+HP will make 3D printers & the Long Tail of Things
+Facebook & Twitter
 
       
   

+ Your own personalized Piggy Bank
 


Hello everyone,

We've got lots of different fun 3d printing tidbits for you today. Get your personalized piggy bank, in any color or in any pattern for just $79.

We will also show you how you can become a gnome, an action figure or make a Hoodie.

But, that is not all you can create. We are also crowdsourcing & co-creating the next 3 months of my life and my priorities as a Community Manager. I'd appreciate it if you told me what I should be doing here.

We also have a couple of great interviews for you and a beautiful borromean surface and articulated robot we wanted to show you.

Kind regards, Joris

Joris Peels
Community Manager, Shapeways

money pig in the grass

+ You as a gnome!
 You as a gnome

Sean Dabbs will turn you into a hand painted 3d printed gnome. Alternatively, you can become an action figure. Sean will even sew you whatever action figure outfit you require!

+ Hoodie
With Hoodie you can choose the color of the trousers the shoes and the hood. Check out Hoodie here.

Hoodie

+ Tell me what to do
 Have your say

As Community Manager it is my job to listen to you and steer Shapeways in the direction you would like it to go.

I'd like for you to tell me what I should be doing.
Have your say.

  • Should there be more tutorials?
  • More videos with materials?
  • Should the blog just be about 3D printing?
  • Can we improve your newsletter?

The survey should take no longer than 6 minutes. Just let us know what you think, we are listening.

+ Articulated Robot design
Take a look at this model by Mani Zamani.
A hand painted Stainless Steel articulated robot design.

Articulated Robot design

+ Bruce Sterling, Clothbot & Bre Pettis interviews
 interviews

We have several interviews for you:

  • One funny one with Science fiction author and futurologist Bruce Sterling
  • One with Makerbot founder Bre Pettis
  • One with wearable electronics enthusiast and Shapeways community member Clothbot.

+ HP will make 3D printers & the Long Tail of Things
The news that HP will enter the 3D printing business was huge. It leads to several rather lengthy posts on my part. One is an attempt at a humorous take on the implications of HP, whilst another compares desktop 3D printing to the pizza business.

Wired Editor and Long Tail guy Chris Anderson wrote an important article about bits and atoms, and you can find my take on that here.

Meanwhile we've been spending most of our free time making Bioplastics.

HP will make 3D printers & the Long Tail of Things

+ Facebook & Twitter
 Facebook & Twitter

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And join our new Facebook page

+ Honeycomb Borromean Surface
Oliver's Honeycomb Borromean Surface is simply beautiful.

Honeycomb Borromean Surface

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