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Finally! A 3D Printed Bikini!

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11:30AM June 8, 2011 | Nick Broughall

3D printing has been mind blowingly awesome for years now, but now it’s reached new heights, with 3D printers Shapeways printing the world’s “first completely 3D-printed, ready-to-wear, item of clothing”, the N12 bikini. More »


3D Printed Vase Made From Glass Is A Miracle

8:40PM November 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

While this vase is probably more attractive to your granny than you, would she understand just how much technology was used in its creation? Custom 3D-printer guys Shapeways made it from glass, which is no small feat for 3D printing. More »


Shrinking A Rubik’s Cube Only Makes It Harder To Solve

2:00AM October 17, 2010 | Casey Chan

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/Zqj0QrVcBmo&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Somebody got the bright idea to shrink a Rubik’s cube down to 10mm—that’s less than half an inch. The cube is fully functional too, so for fat fingered dummies like me, it’s that much more impossible to solve. Thanks. More »


3D Printing Now Available In Stainless Steel, Adamantium Next?

11:20AM August 7, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

When Jay Leno replaced car parts, he could only print plastic moulds in 3D. Life’s easier now, because moulds are unnecessary in the creation of custom desk kitsch and car parts as 3D printing got a stainless steel upgrade. More »


New Printing Technology Makes Your Home Photos Into Spooky 3D Images

12:00AM March 10, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

newVideoPlayer("/tabletphotolight_gizmodo.flv", 506, 423,""); This one is creepy: The new Shapeways’ Photoshaper is the latest “printing” technology, turning any home photographs into a 3D plate which—when looked through light—will reveal the original image with a spooky ghost effect.

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