Printing

Cars

ZOMG One Tyre On The Paper Mustang Took Three Months To Construct

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11:00AM January 11, 2012 | Angus Kidman

We showed you the guy who built a full-scale replica of a ’69 Mustang from paper last year, but it’s the details which really highlight just how psychotic a project this was. Like this one: the design for a single tyre involved more than 60,000 polygons, and took artist Jonathan Brand more than three months to build. More »

Computing

HP Wants You To Print Magazines With Your Home Printer

1:45AM October 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

Two wrongs don’t make a right. I think I learned that as a four-year-old. Apparently, HP and Condé Nast skipped out on that life lesson because they’re combining two dying things — print media and printers — to create the unholiest of unions: your HP printer at home will print out Condé Nast magazines for you to read. More »

Computing

New HP Printers: 3D Scanning, Style, And Printing Apps

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3:00PM September 8, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Reporting from Shanghai: HP’s new range of printers include customisable ePrint addresses, a new white design for the Envy range, an app-centric approach, as well as a laser-capable 3D scanning printer. More »

News

Here Is The Most Depressing HP Memo Of All Time

8:06AM September 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

I wonder what it’s like to work on the webOS team? Or, I should say, the team that used to develop webOS, and is now probably huddled around a bottle of gin, weeping. Why? Read this. More »

Geek Out

This Dog Photo Is Made With Her Own Ashes

5:10AM August 18, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This photo of a dead dog named Sussie was printed using her ashes. It’s really creepy, but I kind of want the same thing done to me when I die. More »

Geek Out

Man 3D-Prints Spare Part To Avoid Huge Ripoff

9:35AM August 5, 2011 | Lily Newman

Getting a spare part has got to be the biggest pain in the arse known to the IKEA-loving world. But one man, who goes by dscott4 on Instructables, has stepped up. More »

News

Why Snail Mail Should Just Die Already

12:57AM July 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

You’d think the UK government would be able to at least afford A4 paper for its printers, considering the amount we pay in taxes. But according to the UK Telegraph, the HMRC forgot to order enough paper to print tax reminders. More »

Geek Out

The Lithoman Can Encircle Arizona’s Meteor Crater With Print In One Minute

1:30AM July 20, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Print media is slowly becoming more like the trees they’re printed on: dead. Yet the Wall Street Journal alone commands a daily circulation of 2.1 million. That’s a lot of pulp and ink. Or about five hours of work for the Man Roland Lithoman. More »

Science

3D Printer Harnesses The Sun To Transform Egyptian Sand Into Glass

1:00AM June 27, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Markus Kayser – Solar Sinter Project from Markus Kayser on Vimeo.

After starting off with what looks like a jaunt through the dunes of Tatooine, this video from Markus Kayser will eventually bring you to a 3D printer that uses the immense power of the sun to turn sand into glass. More »

Computing

Start Your 3D Home Printing Business For Less Than $US500

1:00AM June 13, 2011 | Jack Loftus

One day in the distant theoretical future, we will want for nothing, as the Great American Dream will forgo a chicken in every pot for a 3D printer in every home. More »