Years after it was revealed that HP’s printer ink was more expensive than actual human blood, printing photos at home on an inkjet is still a ripoff. You’re better off having them printed professionally at a photo center, or, by recycling a bunch of old electronics into a home-made printer that uses a tapping pencil… Continue reading Printer That Draws Images Can Save You Millions on Ink [VIDEO]
Adding to the line-up of dental-focussed 3D printing technologies launched at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2018 from the likes of 3D Systems and DWS, Stratasys unveiled a new machine, material and support removal technology aimed at boosting adoption of professional-grade 3D printing in dental laboratories. Leveraging its PolyJet triple-jetting technology, the new Stratasys Objet260 Dental… Continue reading Dental 3D Printer From Stratasys
Engineers at Xerox have made a bold claim for their skills at unclogging printer jams: their expertise was responsible for a drop in Chicago’s crime rate during the mid-Nineties. The story of how they unclogged a city’s broken criminal justice system is told in the latest edition of The New Yorker, and a spokesman for… Continue reading Fixing Printer Jams Lowers Chicago Crime Rate, Xerox Engineers Say
Xiaomi’s latest crowdfunded product has been announced and our guess was right. The XPRINT Pocket AR Photo Printer is its 153rd crowdfunded item and it does more than just print pictures. Lately we have seen manufacturers release pocket printers as a way to bring back the instant cameras that reigned decades ago since most people… Continue reading Xiaomi XPRINT Printer with Augmented Reality
Three-dimensional images that we can see from all directions are the next step up from holograms. To move us toward that goal, researchers from Brigham Young University have developed a new method to create such a 3D display. The approach is called a free-space volumetric display and uses a technique called optical trapping. As reported… Continue reading Images 3D Printed With Light [VIDEO]
We all got used to the idea that when you buy a printer you actually putting yourself into rat race of endless cartridge replacement. You can get a printer almost at no cost upfront, but pay pretty money for the ink later on. The Japaniese printer manufacturer, Epson, some time ago started to change the… Continue reading New Type of Printers: No Refill for Two Years [VIDEO]
Casio’s new Mofrel system does something truly innovative: it can add 3D textures to your printouts, turning flat paper into faux leather, stone, wood, and even simulate embossed stitched fabrics. The paper you feed into the Mofrel isn’t the same stuff used in the Xerox copier at your work. Each sheet costs around $10, and… Continue reading Casio Printer Turns Paper Into Faux Leather or Wood
Ever dreamed of making a custom T-shirt with a cool slogan or fresh meme on it at the snap of a finger? You can do so pretty soon with Ricoh Ri 100 coming to the US in the Spring. Printing on fabric is technically challenging — as with 3D printing it requires special consumables, faces… Continue reading T-shirt Printer on Your Desktop
This one is for the lades. 3D printing is conquering ever more aspects of our lives, even those you wouldn’t immediately think of. Researchers in the U.K.’s Cosmetic Science Group at London College of Fashion have been exploring the use of additive manufacturing for a whole new industry and application: makeup.
Additive technologies have been developing for years, but it is in 2017 that they made a breakthrough. MIT Technology Review made a list of 5 most amazing thing produced on 3D- printer. 1. Runnings Shoes In April, Adidas launched mass-production of 3D-printed running shoes Futurecraft 4D, which would start selling in 2018. To apcoplish this, the… Continue reading 5 Best 3D-Printed Things in 2017, According to MIT Technology Review