Reaching 100 WTFFF?! Podcast episodes is a milestone for us and to commemorate it, 3D Print Metal additive manufacturer, Addaero printed the Angel design that started it all for us, only this time instead of PLA, it is printed in Titanium. Using Electron Beam Melting or Powderbed Fusion Technology, 3D Print Metal manufacturing is changing the geometric constraints on … [Read more...]
Back to School 3D Prints
Back to School 3D Prints picks to download and print need some remedial education. For the most part, the back to school 3D prints and download need to go back the chalk drawing board. Just because many of these are for kids doesn't mean they need to be basic. If we let our 6-year old daughter have a say, there would be no pick list. She did not like any of them. She especially did not like the color choices shown. Like mother, like daughter! Let kids guide back to school 3D prints more and … [Read more...]
3D Print Education Revolution
Brian Federal is a documentary filmmaker on a mission to revolutionize 3D Print Education. Initially he started out just want to document the emergence of 3D Print economy but quickly realized that lack of education is what is holding the revolution at bay. His passion for the technology and spreading the word should get you into your local schools or looking for … [Read more...]
3D Printables for Dads – WTFFF are the Designs?
See our picks for the few good last minute 3D Printables to download and print for Dad! Waited until the last minute to think of a gift for Dad? Why not give your tech geek Dad a 3D Print? We've taken care some of the searching required to find good 3D Printables perfect for Dad. There are also sites like Etsy, Amazon's 3D Printed Product Store* and Sculpteo where there might still be time to rush delivery on a print for some of their 3D Printed products like this 3D Printed "I Love My Daddy" … [Read more...]
Mobile 3D Printing Amazon Trucks – Accidents Waiting to Happen
Now we are vocal proponents of 3D Printing and want to see the technology adopted and used as widely as possible, but when we learned that Amazon had filed a patent for Mobile 3D Printing on their delivery trucks, we knew from experience that mobile working of any kind is navigating a very bumpy road. Mobile 3D Printing = Mobile Office Vehicle 3D Printers are hard enough to operate to get predictable results in the best of conditions. Now add the complications of vibration, the G-forces of … [Read more...]
3D Print Gifts for Moms – Any Good Designs?
See our picks for the best last minute 3D Print Gifts to download and print for Mom! Stumped for a Mother's Day gift this year? We've taken care some of the hunting required to find good 3D Print Gifts for you. Keep in mind that all of our recommendations are download-to-print 3D Print Gifts because face it, you waited until the last minute, but there are also sites like Shapeways and i.Materialise where there might still be time to rush delivery on a print for some of their 3D Print … [Read more...]