Hey there. As you noticed we have already mentioned the UP! 3d Printer a few Days ago in our Blog comparison chart. Today we will give you a detailled overview about the appearance. The assembly and the printing itself in addition with first print results are coming soon.   Let’s start with the preparation of [...]

The 3DSystems Cubify Cube is a solid little printer. It is very simple to use. There are barely any “knobs” to tweak. It’s good for someone that just wants to reliably print things without babysitting the printer. The ABS does have warping issues even with the heated bed. The big problem is the filament “razor [...]

Many will by now have seen on kickstarter this cool interpretation of 3D printer technology. Certainly one I saw it I could stop showing people it. As we all know the simplest ideas are the best… and it’s a short leap between being frustrated by by the in air spaghetti spouting ways of your favourite [...]

  The cost of plastic filament, the raw material 3D printers heat and then deposit to fabricate objects has kept the technology out of  the reach of most people.  Over the last two years 3D-printing had a boom, of sorts, and the price has become  more accessible for the average consumer. Here is an excerpt [...]

Scribbles on our fridge door are not longer enough. IF you want to keep the scribbles of your child forever,  you’ve now got  the possibility to make the scribbles of your children immortal! Crayon Creature’s service transforms kids’ art into sandstone objects. Here is an excerpt from theguardian website: You can have your children‘s scribbles [...]

As Thingiverse removed all firearm-related designs in December 2012, the demand for the download files which are required to print the guns, had increased. HOWEVER some of these designs are not really lost. They had been moved to another website, which has received heavy traffic from around the world. Here is an excerpt from TheBlaze [...]

It’s not like phone users needed encouraging to start customising their handsets.. but it’s interesting to see Nokia scrabble around in an effort to capture some of the buzz around 3D printing. Here is an excerpt from some of the Nokia PR blurb on the subject. START PR Nokia’s 3D printing community project is a [...]

After a long and hard journey FormLabs finally raised the 1.8M target they had set to build there 3D Printer the FORM1 but only achieved there goal with the help from Kickstarter. However, 3D Systems has alleged one of its patents was being infringed by the machine. It has also filed a lawsuit against Formlabs itself. The two defendants [...]

  The Afinia’s H-Series clean size and appearance are quite appealing: it sits about 10″ x 10″ x 14″ high, weighs just 111bs, and is both sturdy and robust for transport. It ships fully assembled and takes only a few minutes to set up. Loading the filament, levelling the platform, and calibrating the machine are easier than [...]

  There is a new style of learning out there for kids and its called KIDE. Kide encourages children’s creative thinking and designing skills that is all learnt though playing. The founder of Kide is Dejan Microvic, originally from Serbia, after he graduated from the Royal College of Art and the Imperial college of London where he acquired his masters in innovation Design and [...]