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Smooth vs Standard Nylon 3D Printing
We introduced Polished White Strong & Flexible Nylon 3D Printing back in May 2011 and have seen your prints coming out looking much more smooth and professional feeling. Those making twisty...
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Reddit LOVES 3D Printed Designs
Over the past few weeks we have seen a number of 3D printed items get a lot of attention on Reddit driving massive waves of traffic to some Shapeways product pages including Little Sad Keanu, Mario...
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Giant Robot-Driven 3D-Printer Makes Stalactites That Can Change on the Fly...
Great video (no sound though) of giant dual-robot armed DLP Printer building some kind of monsterous resin stalagtite. It is called "Phantom Geometry" and is a masters thesis in architecture by...
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Military 3D Printing: Body Parts and Mobile Fab Labs
The Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, located at the U.S. Military's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, is up to some mind-blowingly cool stuff. Researchers at the center are using 3D printing...
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Is 3D Printed Plastic Microwave Safe?
Short answer, no, 3D Printed nylon is not microwave safe. We were testing the water fastness of our dying process, the usual office experiments of soaking it in a glass of hot water for a couple of...
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Very Very Very Small 3D Printed Heads
Shapeways magician Lincoln K used his magical powers to shrink his head and 3D Print it very very small in Shapeways FUD, UV Cured Acrylic resin. Yes that is his fingerprint for scale.....
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Design an iPhone 5 Accessory to win $500 Worth of 3D Printing at Shapeways
Only a few days left to get your entry in to win $500 worth of 3D Printing at Shapeways. We have already received some very impressive entries so the bar has been set quite high but it is always worth...
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Mars Rover Runs On 3D Printed Parts
After this weekend's record breaking sky dive from the edge of space, sponsored by Red Bull, you could be forgiven for thinking that NASA has lost its mojo and is ceding the limelight to Austrian dare...
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Have You Seen the New Shapeways Tumbler on Tumblr?
We are installing a new tumbler to smooth your 3D Prints in our New York City factory and it is SO BIG we used two forklifts to deliver and had to set up scaffolding to install.... Check it out (and...
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One Just One Launches On Kickstarter
Sivam Krish is a busy man. He co-founded Genometri, an early generative design firm which we profiled in 2010, and just last week launched a Kickstarter to fund One just One, his new 3D printed...
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New 3D Printing Material Sample Kits Now Available on Shapeways
We first launched our Material Sample Kit over two years ago and much has changed since then. We have more metals, more colors, more finishes with MUCH more to come. To make room for all of these new...
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Launching New Polished Colors Today at 10% Off
We are very excited to share that we have improved our dying processes and quality and are launching new colors in our Strong & Flexible family! Starting today, you will be able to order 3D prints...
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Mayor Bloomberg to Cut the Ribbon on our 3D Printing Factory in NYC
We've opened up NYC distribution, installed a few 3D Printers, and have been growing our team like mad. So it is with great excitement that we mark the beginning of our Factory of the Future in Long...
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Factory of the Future: Our Plan to 3D Print 3 to 5 Million Unique Products...
Shapeways Director of Industrial Engineering Kegan Fisher (@keganfisher) shares our vision for the future of manufacturing as we cut the ribbon on our NYC Factory of the Future. When we opened the...
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Mayor Bloomberg Cuts the Ribbon to The Factory of The Future at Shapeways...
You may have seen from yesterday's blog posts that we were honored to have Mayor Bloomberg cut the ribbon at the groundbreaking of the Shapeways Factory of the Future, with 3D Printed Scissors, of...
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Today is the Last Day to Enter the Design for iPhone 5 Contest
Today is the last day to get your entries in to win $500 worth of 3D Printing from Shapeways. We already have some AMAZING entries but if you get your entries in now you will have a chance to win too..
View ArticlePopular Science Knows that Shapeways 3D Printing is the Future of Everything...
Check out this article by Popular Science as they visit the very seed of our Factory of the Future.. Every 3D model you upload to Shapeways for us to 3D print for you helps it grow....
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Made in the Future: At the 3D Printing Event, Netherlands
On Tuesday Oct 23, 11.15am: Bart Veldhuizen, Shapeways European Community Manager will be presenting at the 3D Printing Event in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. If you are in Eindhoven for Dutch Design...
View ArticleWith 3 Days to go on Kickstarter, Formlabs has Raised $2.3 Million
Wow, With just three days to go on Kickstarter, Formlabs has Raised $2.3 Million from backers, pre-sold over 830 3D Printers and sent some love to Virtox's Gyro the Cube. Many of the levels of backing...
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Your Shapeways 3D Printed Home at Dutch Design Week 2012
This year at Dutch Design Week Shapeways is presenting 'Your 3D Printed Home' with the booth set up like an apartment filled with useful 3D Printed products. From the 3D Printed Tables and chair, to...
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