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Scan The World Initiative, with Jonathan Beck

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Today, we're going to take a deeper dive into scanning, and in particular 3D scanning art, and on an initiative that is really trying to scan the whole world in reality. It's pretty ambitious. We've got Jon Beck on the show. He's Project Manager at MyMiniFactory for the Scan The World project. It is very cool. It is the idea that they're going to scan sculptures around the world in hopes of 3D print art preservation and 3D scanned art preservation of course. Also, to really make these 3D scans … [Read more...]

Feetz Custom 3D Printed Shoes, with Lucy Beard

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  Today, we are super excited to interview Lucy Beard about Feetz Custom 3D Printed Shoes. We had the opportunity to hear Lucy speak in San Diego at the Inside 3D Printing conference last December. We were really impressed, and went up to her after her talk to ask if she would be a guest on the show. She was more than happy to do it. She was also requested by Eduardo Martini via Facebook, who saw the online promo video for their shoes and suggested her as a guest. We've been looking … [Read more...]

Mixed Emotions (Or Emojis) With Austin Robey Of Make Mode

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  Is anybody making money selling 3D printing products? In this episode, Austin Robey of Make Mode talks about his company, a creative 3D printing studio based in Brooklyn, New York, and testing the waters of the 3D printing market through 3D printing mixed emotions emojis. Austin shares how they got the idea of printing 3D emojis to test the market through Shapeways and if it would be profitable for them. Together with Tracy and Tom Hazzard, Austin discusses the organic buying traffic … [Read more...]

Adaptive Manufacturing of 3D Print Wearables with Shamil Hargovan of Wiivv Wearables

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Additive manufacturing is turned on its head with adaptive manufacturing in the case of 3D printed insoles by Wiivv Wearables. CEO and Co-founder, Shamil Hargovan, explains the mind blowing process that brings these custom fit orthotics to life through 3D printing with unique materials and marrying adaptive manufacturing techniques with traditional ones. We dive into how custom 3D printed products fit into the marketplace, where to put the price point at to stay and remain competitive, while … [Read more...]

3D Print Netflix with Hector Berrebi of 3DShook

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Listen to the podcast here: 3D Print Netflix with Hector Berrebi of 3DShook With more time to kill during these long winter and holiday months, there's more time to 3D print some fun and clever items from 3DShook's Netflix-like catalog of 3D print decor pieces. We have been fans of their curated designs for quite some time now, you can hear our thoughts in our first conversation with Hector here, and we remain impressed by their high design standards, as well as their partnerships with major … [Read more...]

Brick and Mortar 3D Print Retail

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Brick and mortar stores are missing opportunities for 3D print retail because of a lack of internal infrastructure. John Hauer of Get3DSmart shares why major retail stores are not adopting this technology despite having been initially intrigued and excited about 3D printing. Looking at how major brick and mortar retailers can stay ahead of the tech wave of 3D printing and make brick and mortar stores relevant again with good product and good business consulting guides. We're going to talk … [Read more...]