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Writing For Shapeways & Exploring The Potential of 3D Printing
Hello Shapeways Community, When Duann posted "Do You Want to Write for the Shapeways Blog?" I jumped at the chance - now I'm excited to be sharing my passion for 3D printing with you all. I'm Paul...
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Disruptive Tech in the Arts at EYEBEAM
The New York Arts, Culture and Technology Meetup group is hosting an event at EYEBEAM to discuss Disruptive Tech in the Arts this Wednesday the 2nd of May. Speakers at the event will include Carter...
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Introducing Shapeways New Community Manager, Natalia Krasnodebska
We're REALLY excited to officially welcome Natalia to the team as our new Community Manager! Natalia has been an active community member for some time now, is an awesome 3D designer, rides her bike...
View Article3D Printed K5 Programmable Auto-Kalimba is a Hand Cranked 16 Step Awesome...
This is the first 3D printed prototype of the programmable kalimba sequencer. Pegs can be set to produce different 16-step sequences of 5 tones. Truly awesome....
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Have Your Say in a 3D Printing Community Survey
Discussion around peer production has been active during recent years yet empirical information about communities has been minimal. Some scholars have undertaken hacker interviews but statistical data...
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Shapeways 3D Printing Factory Tour: Eindhoven, Friday June 1st
Would you like to see how the 3D printed magic actually happens at Shapeways? You're welcome to come over and take a peek in our Eindhoven facility every other month. On top of that, you get to ask...
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3 Dimensional Greetings & Salutations!
Howdy, I'm Joshua. If you haven't already caught one of my recent blog entries I am happy to announce that I'll be adding my 2 cents here. Big thanks to Shapeways for the opportunity to contribute....
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Shapeways Community Meetup in London
What do you get when a successful Shapeways designer invites 3D printing lovers in London? A pub that's bursting at its seams! Over 50 people joined us in London last week at our first European...
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Aerodynamic Wind Powered Outdoor Lighting
Aerodynamic design and modeling has been a mainstay application of 3D Printing for a long time. Only recently, as costs have decreased, are we starting to see this applied to the design of consumer...
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Intro to Design for 3D Printing with Shapeways in NYC
We are running a Skillshare class at Material ConneXion on how to get started 3D printing on Wednesday May 9th at 6pm. This introductory class will cover the basic principles behind design for 3D...
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Shapeways at MakerFaire and Meetup in the Bay Area!
We're coming to the West Coast next weekend! Shapeways will be spreading the 3D printed love at MakerFaire Bay Area May 19th and 20th and hosting a meetup as well. MakerFaire will sprawl the grounds...
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The Future of Production: May 15: Thema Cafe, Amersfoort
Our community manager Bart will be hosting a talk on the future of production at the Thema Cafe in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. He will briefly touch on the technology behind 3D printing and then move...
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A Beautiful New Palette of Colors for Your Ceramic 3D Printing at Shapeways
Now your designs can be 3D printed in a range of beautiful ceramic glazes with our new pastel palette of colors along with satin black finish to join our existing black and white gloss ceramic...
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Disney World Offers Star Wars Fans 'Carbon Freeze Me' 3D Printed Figurines
Like a scene straight out of Cory Doctorow's Makers, Disney World is offering visitors to be 3D scanned and 3D printed in a Hans Solo style figurine as part of their Star Wars Weekends.. The cost of...
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Tips from Shopowners: How to make your product go viral
In a series aimed at helping shop owners, we're going to be sharing some tips from the community about marketing your products. Today's tip is from Joaquin, the creator of the Seed of Yggdrasil...
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Intro to Parametric Design & 3D-Printed Jewelry
As part of Shapeways School through Skillshare Kevin Wei is teaching a 3 day course entitled Intro to Parametric Design & 3D Printed Jewelry. Together we will create an extraordinarily...
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Amazing 3D Printed Atlas from Portal 2 (video)
This is one of the most amazingly detail 3D Printed projects we have seen so far on Shapeways.. Atlas from Portal 2 by PsychoBob... WOW. Take a good look at PsychoBob's blog that has a great step by...
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Friday Finds: 3D Printed Awesomeness from the Shapeways Community
Get ready for the weekend with some 3D printed inspiration from the Shapeways community starting with the much anticipated Raspberry Pi case by MarcoA. ChrisDaMan rocked it with his FIRST EVER RING...
View Article3D Printing: Personalized Production for the Mass Market with MIT/Stanford VLAB
This past April, our CEO Peter Weijmarshausen sat on a panel at MIT/Stanford VLAB about the future of 3D printing. They discussed the future of the industry and the impact 3D printing will have on...
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3D Modeling Stitch Mesh: The Future of Fabric and Fashion?
Cem Yuksel and his colleagues at Cornell have developed a way of producing Stitch Meshes for 3D Modeling Knitted Clothing with Yarn-level Detail. The top row of images is photographs of actual fabric...
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