Ebay is hopping on the 3D printing bandwagon. This morning, the company announced the debut of a new iPhone application called eBay Exact which allows users to browse and buy customizable print-on-demand merchandise from three top 3D printing companies: newly acquired MakerBot, Sculpteo, and Hot Pop Factory. The app features roughly 20 categories at launch, mainly jewelry and tech […] 
At the dawn of rapid prototyping, a common predication was that 3D printing would transform manufacturing, spurring a consumer revolution that would put a printer in every home. That hasn’t quite happened—-and like so many emerging technologies, rapid prototyping has found its foothold in a surprisingly different field: Medicine. The following studies and projects represent some of […] 
Just two weeks ago we wrote about the Fuel3D, a device for scanning 3D objects so you can replicate them on a 3D printer, with a proposed price tag of around $1,000. Now MakerBot, the leading maker of desktop 3D printers, is launching its own 3D scanner next week, and Signe Brewster at GigaOM is betting it will cost just […] 
You can run into some weird dudes on the subway, but for the most part it’s a pretty normal experience. That is, unless you record it with a digital scanner; then it turns into a glitched-out digital funhouse. On acid. Metro is Chris Coleman’s daily commute on the Denver Light Rail as seen by a handheld digital scanner […] 
Technologie : L’établissement public entend faire découvrir cette nouvelle technologie et pourquoi pas devenir à terme un lieu incontournable pour effectuer des travaux d’impression en trois dimensions à distance. L’expérimentation est lancée avec Sculpteo. La Poste diversifie encore un peu plus ses activités. Après le mobile, le groupe entend aujourd’hui se positionner dans le secteur hautement […] 
Le constructeur américain va se lancer sur le marché de l’impression 3D en 2014. Il n’envisage pas de rachat mais compte sur ses propres ressources pour s’imposer. Les systèmes d’impression 3D pourraient bien être un véritable relais de croissance pour HP. Après avoir indiqué en octobre sa volonté de rentrer sur le marché de l’impression […]