With the emergence of a 3D printed gun, it comes as no surprise that testing has been done on the creation and use of 3D printed bullets. Tom and Tracy Hazzard question what this means and could mean for warfare, safety issues, and users that choose to print these items at home? Listen to the podcast here: 3D Printed Weapons: Russian 3D Printed Bullets We've done one episode I think in the past where we really treaded into the 3D print weapons category. Today, we're going to really talk … [Read more...]
Controlling 3D Print IP
It's still debatable that 3D printing is rocking the world but when it comes to 3D print IP it is definitely shaking things up a bit. Author John Hornick shares examples of how the two sides of the 3D print industry is disrupting the status quo. The 3D print IP world is still the wild west in terms of control and we take a look into the serious need for file and 3D printing safety and creation of 3D print product standards. We have an interesting interview today with IP lawyer and author of … [Read more...]
3D Printing in Pop Culture – How Hollywood has Caught onto the Technology
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have seen 3D printing in pop culture. Whether it's been on the big screen or small screen, 3D printing has been used in growing numbers of movies especially in the sci-fi and action realm as well as been referenced to in many television shows. Much of this 3D printing is done at a very high level and not typically what you could do with your desktop printer at home, but recreating some of these items is possible as we have discussed before. We have … [Read more...]