Merging electronics with human tissue, scientists have used 3D printing tools to build a functioning ear. Researchers at Princeton University reported that they created a functioning ear that that can "hear" radio frequencies beyond the ...
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With low footfall, rising rents and online competition, running a High Street store is more challenging than ever. So, why not open one just for a month or a week? The toy industry has already dabbled in pop-up shops over the past few ...
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MakieLab the only UK tech firm invited by the Prime Minister's office to showcase unique dolls. 3D-printed doll company MakieLab is moving up in the world fast after handing custom Makies to HRH Prince Harry and Prime Minister David ...
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Often times the homemade tools we find are more interesting than the actual tools they are meant to mimic. Such is the case with a rotary tool design that is powered by the suction of a vacuum and has the secondary effect of cleaning up ...
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3D printing has been attracting more attention in recent months as a tool to create gadgets, toys and miniature works of art. Now President Barack Obama thinks it can also play a role in strengthening the military and America's sagging ...
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Defense Distributed, the company that developed the Liberator 3D printed gun, today released a YouTube video demonstrating its first test firing of the weapon. With dramatic orchestral music setting the tone, the video shows a man firing ...
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MakieLab also picks up an Entertainment and Gaming award. Over 100,000 digital Makie doll characters have been created to date. The news comes as creator of the 3D printed dolls, MakieLab, is honoured at the SXSW 5th Annual Accelerator ...
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3D printing's capabilities in art, sculpture and toys have generated considerable buzz at South by Southwest Interactive over the past few days. But one Austin, Texas-based group has a more controversial application in mind: guns. "When I ...
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Sceptics and enthusiasts alike have discussed, agreed on, contested and disputed the various issues surrounding the potential of 3D printing - and it seems the lighting industry could be no less immune to the possibilities created by this ...
Tags: 3D Printing, Future Lighting Design, Still Lighting UK
Customers can now use the app to create tailor made dolls for free. MakieLab has announced the launch of its new app Makies Doll Factory. This allows users to design and order customised 10-inch dolls from their iPad. Customers can ...
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Makies have become the world's first 3D printed toys to feature the CE mark. This means the dolls, which can be designed and customised by users online before being transformed into a real product, are now CE-certified EN71-compliant ...
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Parents can now have their offspring's favourite drawings immortalised in a physical form with 3D-printed Crayon Creatures. The service,which currently costs€99,lets people send a scan of a child's drawing to receive it as a ...
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3D Systems, a provider of 3D content-to-print solutions, has developed new 3D printed hand brace devices to provide superior care for patient with musculoskeletal disorders. For the development, 3D Systems has integrated its recently ...
The Autodesk 123D Catch for iPad is a new free app that lets users take images from their iPad camera and upload them to the Autodesk cloud service that transforms the images into a 3D model. Complementing the desktop and newly released ...
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