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3D Printed Penny Board V2 by 3DNA Made with Newly Released Formfutura Apollo X and Titan X Filaments Consumer Products

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3D Printing Media Network member FNTSMN (soon to be aka 3DNA) just released a new video on his latest creation, the 3D Printed Penny Board V2. A few months agos, Simone Fontana, the designer who created the FNTSMN YouButbe Channel, had challenged many skeptics and created a perfectly functional 3D printed Penny Board. Now he surpassed himself and released a new, geometrically intricate board made possible by FormFutura’s TitanX and ApolloX filaments

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GCode.Clay Project by Emerging Objects Creates Clay Vessels and Smart Cladding with Gcode Professional Additive Manufacturing

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The Emerging Objects studio by Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello is possibly the most experience studio in the world in terms of experimenting with materials (and processes) for 3D printing. Initially they mostly worked with powders but recently they have also been experimenting with extrusion. In their latest GCODE.Clay project, they use ceramics and they actually let the machines create the designs.

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The future of 3D printed metal is at the METHESIS Milan Design Week Exhibit Consumer Products

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After Synthesis in 2014 and Arthesis in 2015, this year again we are once again going to bring the state of the art in 3D printing hardware, software and materials to the Fuorisalone Design Week Events taking place around the Salone del Mobile Furniture Fair design in Milan. The future of 3D printed metal is almost here and it means that designers will be able to produced finished high end objects with 3D printing.

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Steam’s New 3D Printable Controller and the Video Game Industry’s Fear of 3D Printing AM Software

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Exactly two years ago, on March 27 2014, in what seems like ancient history in 3D printing evolution time, I wrote an article about videogame industry leader Valve’s desire to release a customizable Steam’s new 3D printable controller for its online gaming platform. Exactly two years later Valve has done just that but the “weird” approach that videogame companies and videogame media take toward 3D printing – in that they seem to want to ignore it as much as possible – has not changed a bit.

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IP, Make It Leo Makes 3D Printable Designs into Limited Editions AM Software

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MakeItLeo is a new cloud service that allows people to upload their 3D models, share them, sell them, and control their distribution in a global market. In a world where the most advanced designs are created digitally, the paradox is that the most unique IP (intellectual property) could be reproduced an infinite number of times. Several solutions are in development in order to retain a certain amount of control over the number of 3D prints per design, with Make It Leo being the one that focuses most on the file itself as well as the designers’ needs.