At Disneyland Paris, French fashion house Coperni presented a gel bag produced using Rapid Liquid Printing (RLP), a technology developed by the Self-Assembly Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech…
Aectual and Pragma 3D print recyclable exhibition pavilion
Dutch sustainable architecture firm Aectual and UAE-based architecture studio Pragma have worked together to fabricate a 3D printed recyclable pavilion for the Floriade Expo 2022 in The Netherlands. S…
Aectual 3D prints limited edition ‘mussel’ planters from recycled beach waste
Dutch sustainable architecture company Aectual has used plastic collected along the coast of a Belgian beach to 3D print a unique range of mussel-shaped plant holders. Developed alongside fellow…
Interview: Andrew Ainsworth – the man behind the Original Stormtrooper design
The year is 1972, and British industrial designer Andrew Ainsworth has just set up Shepperton Design Studios where he manufactures his own motor cars. Four years into his business, he meets Star Wars …
3D printing news Sliced, Black Panther, Disney, Ford, BASF and Continental
How is the fictional Kingdom of Wakanda funding 3D printing across the US? Which university has managed to build the world’s first 3D printed titanium internal combustion engine? And who has the Air F…
Disney Research uses 3D printing to bring animations into the real world
Disney Research has developed a method to bring animated characters into the physical world. The researchers used 3D printing to create a number objects which were animated by mechanized cables and jo…
Disney makes nature’s machines using a 3D printer
Prototyped on a 3D printer, new toys from Disney Research demonstrate the use of a digital design tool to generate compliant mechanisms. The mechanisms take inspiration from natural tendon and cartila…
3D Printing News Sliced: Disney Research, Pier 9, Mitsubishi, Robo 3D
News that has made it through today’s slicer features: Disney Research, University Rey Juan Carlos, Autodesk’s Pier 9, the Traveling Museum of the Paranormal & Occult, the Odd Cat Sanc…
Create it REAL creates encryption platform for 3D printers to prevent intellectual property losses
Danish 3D printing research company Create it REAL has developed a new platform for 3D printers with a focus on IP protection. The platform allows users to 3D print files without actually having acces…
Disney publishes patent for anti-scanning filament 3D printing method
The Walt Disney Company has published a patent outlining a proprietary method for 3D printing objects that are unable to be replicated by 3D scanning. Disney characters and figures are popular in the …