{"id":16610,"date":"2014-07-09T13:22:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T13:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=16610"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:48:40","slug":"3d-printing-custom-headphones-is-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/3d-printing-custom-headphones-is-normal","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing Custom Headphones is Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3D printed custom headphones are now available through the <a href=\"http:\/\/nrml.com\/\">Normal<\/a> app by former Quirky insider Nikki Kaufmann thanks to $5 million in venture backing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nrml.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16612\" alt=\"normal 3D print headphone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/normal-3D-print-headphone-625x367.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"367\" data-wp-pid=\"16612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/normal-3D-print-headphone-625x367.png 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/normal-3D-print-headphone.png 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The super simple app guides you through a photo based ear and face scanning process to configure the headphones to exactly meet your ear shape. \u00a0This is possibly the first 3D printing apps designed to make functional products, not a figurine or toy, a major step towards the ubiquity of 3D printing to power customized products.<\/p>\n<p>There are already over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rakeshsharma\/2013\/07\/08\/the-3d-printing-revolution-you-have-not-heard-about\/\">10 million 3D printed hearing aids in the world<\/a>, now with apps such as Normal, we can expect to see more customized consumer products hit the market.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Quirky, check out the video below and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/nrml\/id888518405?ls=1&amp;mt=8\">download the app<\/a> to customize your earphones now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8tmhdOfIEqU?rel=0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3D printed custom headphones are now available through the Normal app by former Quirky insider Nikki Kaufmann thanks to $5&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[552,548,572,545,559,549,550,546,553,547,551],"class_list":["post-16610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing-industry","tag-3d-scan","tag-app","tag-apps","tag-headphones","tag-inspiration","tag-ios","tag-mass-customization","tag-music","tag-personalization","tag-quirky","tag-video"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/normal-3D-print-headphone-625x367.png","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3D Printing Custom Headphones is Normal - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"3D printed custom headphones are now available through the Normal app by former Quirky insider Nikki Kaufmann thanks to $5 million in venture backing. 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