Creative Fabrication

We are curating a growing selection of inspiring articles, products, events and inventions related to additive manufacturing, digital fabrication, mass customization and creative code.

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The Future of BioPrinting | infographic

Bioprinting promises a future in which we are able to manufacture human organs for transplant, making transplant waiting lists a thing of the past. Infographic of at the past, present and future of bioprinting.
read more at printerinks.com

A tack bike frame with 3d printed lugs | by Ralf Holleis

VRZ 1. is a track bike frame with 3d printed stainless steel lugs glued together with carbon fiber tubes. This method allows to build custom frames in a short period of time. You could change the geometry to what ever…
read more at ralfholleis.com

Chopper: Partitioning Models into 3D-Printable Parts

Chopper partitions a given 3D model into parts that are small enough to be 3D-printed and assembled into the original model.
read more at princeton.edu

MeshUp: Mashup for meshes | Uformia

Super simple, always watertight, 3D modeling mashup tool for meshes, designed for painless and direct 3D printing. MeshUp is the first real volume modeler for meshes. We want to make life easier for 3D printing and for creators. At Uformia…
read more at kickstarter.com

Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing | Lithoz GmbH

Austria-based Lithoz, a spin-off of the Technical University of Vienna launched their CeraFab 7500 ceramic 3D printer capable to 3D print ceramics with high accuracy, fine detail and high density and strength.
read more at lithoz.com

infographic | 3D Printing – How Long till the revolution?

3D Printing – How Long till the revolution – An infographic by the team at Newark.com…
read more at Newark.com

Cheaper accessories: CAD files available to 3D Print replacement parts

Company responds to criticism about the high cost to buy and ship its accessories by letting customers ‘3D print’ their own parts:
read more at http://teenageengineering.com

3D Printing music for a 70′s record player toy

UK-based Fred Murphy got his hands on some of the original units of Fisher-Price Record Players and decided to make his own records.
read more at instructables.com

Pocket Tactics | open source games

Watch your back Hasbro, 3-D printed games have arrived | The team at Ill Gotten Games is creating Pocket Tactics, the first open source miniatures game designed to be manufactured on a 3-D printer
read more at wired.com

3D Printing & stop-motion animation | ParaNorman

The 3-D printers build up each character’s face by depositing hundreds of layers of fine white plaster-vinyl powder, which is then sprayed with ink.
read more at engadget.com

Stone Spray | by Anna Kulik, Inder Shergill, & Petr Novikov | Iaac

Researchers have created a 3D printing robot that uses organic materials to build some truly stunning sandcastles. The Stone Spray project, created by Anna Kulik, Inder Shergill, and Petr Novikov under the supervision of Marta Male-Alemany, Jordi Portell and Miquel…
read more at stonespray.com

Web based GCode Viewer | Joe Walnes

Processing a model for 3D printing on a hobbyist device does not always go smoothly. There are a variety of toolchains, each with their own quirks. Sometimes it’s necessary to double-check the final GCode output before sending it off to the printer.…
read more at ponoko.com