Making It Real: A Guide to Jewelry Rapid Prototyping
September 29, 2017
An idea emerges and you hop to the drawing board, itching to see what comes to life. In most scenarios,…
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Shapeways Education Grant Stories: Anna Ruiter’s Beautiful 3D Printed Splint Rings
September 21, 2017
Anna Ruiter of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands is one of our $1000 Education Grant winners from the…
Continue readingFDM=ASAP but SLS=OMG: Home 3D Printing vs. Shapeways
September 14, 2017
If you’ve got a desktop FDM 3D printer at home, then you can make your own same-day prints whenever you…
Continue readingDesigner Spotlight: Colin Wiencek and His Hybrid Furniture
August 23, 2017
Furniture designer Colin Wiencek’s early explorations of 3D printing led to his Trico Table, an elegant combination of wood, tempered…
Continue readingBootstrapping the Bike Strap (Or, How to Get a Product Out of Your Head and Into Stores)
August 3, 2017
Jonathan Gaull created the Bike Strap, which lets cyclists carry all sorts of things beyond a water bottle He is…
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