Many of you might already know that 3D printers from botObjects are first one to invent full color 3D prints. Their next ProDesk3D printer is also in market but was not getting much fame because no print samples or specifications of machine were given by the company. Recently, BotObjects have uploaded all required information about their new printers on their site. This includes technical specifications as well as the sample print images.

If you have a look at this image given below:

botobject print sample 1

According to BotObjects:

The vase was printed at 150mm per second, yet the ProDesk3D can print up to 175mm per second – lightning pace with stunning results. Also posted are images of a multi-coloured bi-pedal robot and a colorful recorder for music.

 

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That is not the end of inventions by BotObjects as they recently invented ProDesk3D Blue limited edition. BotObjects explained:

Only a few ProDesk3D’s will be made in this gorgeous color. This product will also come with 2 additional 5-color cartridges and 2 additional support material cartridges. explained BotObjects.

If you are impressed enough and want to book this ProDesk 3D Printer now, you can order it on $2,849 and also order ProDesk3D Blue for $3,349. Click Here to Place Order.

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Having a good scanner can make your work easy when you want to practice 3D scanning and 3D printing. A good scanner is one that accurately captures an object’s image from all dimensions.

Benhard’s of VirtuMake has been working on his latest project which is a DIY LIDAR Time-of-flight-Scanner. This scanner works similarly to how a laser can reach out to an object irrespective of the distance, then it reflects back to a sensor when capturing the object’s image.

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The scanner uses a hacked Fluke Laser rangefinder which is readily available in stores and it also has a USB interface. For you to accurately scan using the Time of flight scanner, it is necessary to mount it on stepper motors like he did. There is an Arduino and a Python script that controls the motors by moving the range finder. From here, it calculates a point cloud and saves it in Ply format which you can easily view in Meshlab.

If you have been hearing about 3D printing for quite some time now and you want to know if there is a chance for you to start it as a business. Well most of you might ignore this because they do not own a 3D printer or they cannot design a file but not anymore. Here is an amazing solution for all those who are looking forward to earn some money out of 3D printing technology. All you need to know about is 3D Printer Profits!

3D printer Profits

Here is a guy named Sam Frlan whose story is quite an inspiration as he started his business from zero and took it to half a billion dollars in a year. That guy started his business with a little entry level 3D printer of only 290$ and printed his iPhone cases which was highly appreciated by his friends and colleagues. He made same iPhone cases for his friends and earned the money for the 3D printer he bought week ago. This was indeed motivational for him to start a business.

entrylevel printer

As Sam was not a 3D designer so he limit his business to only iPhone cases and selling them online. First month he earned $100 per day which was improved to $1000 in almost no time. The guys is earning way beyond your imaginations with little knowledge of 3D printing. The best thing about him and his story is that he has a generous option for all those who want to earn fortune.

He has started a platform for those who are inspired by his story and has released 3D printer profit System under which there will be a useful course. This course is a step by step guide which is given by Sam himself where he will teach his students how to earn profit out of very little knowledge of 3D printing technology.

iphone cases

According to Sam:

I will give you a complete starter kit on how to set up your own online store that sells 3D printed cases for iPhone, Samsung, iPad, and other smartphones and tablets. It’s a complete solution, you’ll get everything you need to have your store up and running in 10 minutes or less. And once you easily set it up, I’ll show you exactly how to get customers to visit your store and buy your products without you having to spend a dime on traffic.

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This is indeed something interesting and if it actually workout, it can earn you lots of traffic. It is not necessary that you keep printing iPhone cases because if you learn a little bit of designing, you can print almost anything and earn almost any good money!

When there is a fire in your area, the first thing which you want to see is a Fire Brigade. If there are some people stuck in the building, then firefighter are the only ones who are considered as life savers. But at the end of the day, they themselves are human beings and their safety should also be kept in mind. There are two main things which assure the safety of a firefighter: one how well they can see and second how well they may breath. Though the gas masks used by them are of very good quality but there is always a chances of improvement.

design reality 3d-printing

There is a UK based design consultancy named as Design Reality who has designed the prototype of an improved version of gas mask. They used the Objet260 Connex multi-material 3D printer and this was designed by US Fire Services and UK Ministry of Defense. According to new safety standards in the US, they wanted to improve the security situation for their firefighters by introducing better gas masks. Their aim was to minimize the Carbon Dioxide re-breathe levels down to only 1% and it became possible with Design Reality 3D printed Gas masks.

Team at Design Reality took very accurate measurement to bring out best gas masks ever. Every single part of the mask was prototyped very carefully.

connex respirator

As according to Stratasys:

And these rubber/rigid parts were printed together as a single homogenous piece – thereby eliminating the work of separately printing and gluing the different material elements of the mask by hand!

The new 3D printed gas masks respirators are easy to use and has amazing view ability. They have reduced the CO2 re-breathe levels to 0.75 %.

The Minister for Defense procurement, Lord Bach said:

The respirator is no mere gas mask. It will give our troops unparalleled levels of protection in the field from all manners of threats.

 

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How many of you have heard about Optomec, Incorporation? They have invented 3D printed Antennas for mobile devices which has wonderfully reduced the production cost and increased the efficiency as well. The company recently announced their development of new antennas to be used in mobile devices.

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The process used for the development of these antennas is based on Patented Aerosol Jet Printed Electronics technology by Optomec. This technology is used  in order to print electronic devices on planar and 3D surfaces. The Aerosol Jet printing uses aerodynamic focusing in order to produce nanomaterial fine circuitry. The components were created without the use of patterns or any mask. This technology was also used to print conformal antennas but the process was successful as it could correctly controls the geometry, location and thickness of deposits. All this added to better antenna performance  and the good thing is that no environmentally harmful stuff is used in this procedure.

aerosol jet process

The Aerosol Jet process have been used in order to print mobile device antennas – many of them starting from WLAN to LTE, GPS, NFC, BT and Wifi. The performance by these antennas is equal to those which are made by other methods. As far as Optomec’s 3D antennas are concerned, they no doubt have reduced the manufacture cost and increased the efficiency; all because of 3D printing technology.

aerosol jet optomec

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3D printing technology is no doubt getting fame every coming day but still there are many who cannot afford to buy a 3D printer for their personal use. To solve this problem, a Dutch 3D printing service named as 3D Hubs is building a network. This network consists of 3D printer owners who are willing to let 3D print parts for other people with their own printers. Of course they will be paid for that.

3d hubs antwerp

3D Hubs Amsterdam was opened back in April, 2013 which was made up of 15 3D printing hubs. It indeed provided an efficient and affordable printing service to people around them.

According to 3D Hubs:

3D Hubs is all about local 3D printing, so we can cut out emissions from shipping and bring out the social side of making.

The successful operation of 3D Hubs in Amsterdam motivated the company to open the network in another city; this time they chose Belgium. In almost no time, 18 3D printers registered themselves to 3D Hub so the network is now ready in Belgium as well.

3d hubs network

Co-founder of 3D Hubs, Deepak Mehta said:

Antwerp is a breeding ground for the creative industries. Therefore there are also a considerable number of 3D printers installed. With these sixteen locations now everyone can get an access close by to print out with your own design.

How Network Operates?

If you want to place an order for 3D printing, you will need to upload the .stl file to the official website of 3D Hubs and choose your most convenient hub store. Your order will be ready in two days and the price varies from one order to another. Of course the price will depend on the size of your order and also which material you want them to use. In addition to that, you will also have to pay a start up fee of 7.50 euros. 15 % of your total bill will be paid to 3D  Hubs as commission.

3d hubs antwerp order

Well Belgium and Amsterdam are just the beginning as 3D Hubs is working to open this network in all big cities of Europe. The Co-founder of company told media that their main aim is to bring back production to Europe. Lets see how they will make it possible!

You may visit their official website to experience their service personally.

If you want to have a look at delta-style 3D printer, you should check this one which has been created by Polish Maker Arkadiusz Śpiewak. This printer is created on the basis of delta style Rostock. He first created the basic design of this printer and then tested its movement in Blender. After it has been successfully tested, the external frame of the printer and parts were added into it. He order the parts and meanwhile started working on the frame of the printer. In order to give a proper structure to the three pillars of delta, a board was designed by him and all linear actuators will be mounted on him.

delta 3d printer

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With the help of fixing external frame and other electronics into the structure, Arkadiusz’ first prototype of the printer was ready. But the first test did not went much successful as the structure was not erected with complete stability and vibrated too much while testing. In order to overcome these problems, a separate part for the platform and for holding arms in Blender were designed and welded with the help of aluminum. This brought enough improvements as giving stability to the platform and helping it to work properly.

delta 3d printer final

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A sub 3D printer worth $400 has been launched by Pirate3D on 30th May. The fund raising campaign for this 3D printer has reached their set goal of $500,000. This new 3D printer is named as The Buccaneer by company. The company announces to donate 10 units of these new 3D printers to spread awareness of 3D printing in some selected African institutes. Pirate3D will held several training sessions and will also organize design and apps development workshops to teach additive manufacturing technology to more and more people in Africa.

Pirate 3D has different programs and one of them is corporate social responsibility program. Under CSR program, Pirate 3D has planned to work with professor  Calestous Juma of Harvard University to spread awareness of 3D printing in people especially youngsters of Africa. Harvard University is one of the best institute in area of science and technology.

pirate3d 3dprinter kickstarter

Professor Calestous Juma from Harvard University said:

It is important for developing countries to recognize the disruptive effect of 3D printing technologies, and be prepared through awareness, education and training. Youths should be given the opportunities to appreciate emerging technologies such as 3D technologies and apply their creativity to develop innovative products.

According to him, it is very necessary for under developed countries to have good awareness of progressing 3D printing technology. Pirate 3D team is determined to continue this project to other under developed countries if it went successful in Africa. Of course they will need more funding to hire more staff and get more equipment.

There are some people who are not happy with 3D printing being able to produce plastic undetectable guns. For those people, here is some satisfactory news as now 3D printing will be used to fight crime. Now 3D printers are being used to help print replicas of bullets. Recently, “Officer Blue” episode of CSI: New York which was aired on 12 November 2005 showed a Zprinter 310 from ZCorporation to print 3D replica of bullet.

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With the help of additive manufacturing technology, the manufactruing process can be achieved with less money and more efficiency. But now it has moved ahead and it can be used to solve crimes. Even the Tokyo Police Department has used 3D printer to 3D print the model of crime scene. This will definitely help them in solving cases more easily. Instead of visiting crime scenes over and over again, they can create 3D models of these scenes at their stations.

Not only crime scenes, in University of Alabama at Birmingham, students successfully printed a footprint. These photographs were created using crime-scene photographs.

Jason Linville, a member of CIA said:

Once you have footprints as digital images, you can easily compare them with one another to generate a more objective match than you could by relying on the judgment of a human analyst,” he says. “Then because you can print an impression that doesn’t require handling, like a plaster cast, you can create multiple copies that are exactly the same.

No doubt preservation of these crime evidence will help increase the situation of fighting crimes.

Check out this new foot wear made just for your foot ! It will change the way you look at shoes with its health effects and the intricate design that suits you.

According to Daniel Lieberman, professor of Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, we are losing the physiology with or own feet as we use shoes in our modern society. These modern shoes affects our body as it receives the impact from the ground as we use our footwear. This made Earl Stewart’s XYZ shoe series an interesting design for a healthy foot wear. This series will make you understand the importance of custom-made shoes.

Earl Stewart pursued his contemporaries by creating 3D-printed shoes  that is customized for the wearer’s foot. The main purpose of this product is to produce something that ensures maximum comfort, stability and foot alignment. He uses Microsoft Kinect to scan the foot of the client and print something that will mirror its contours. After the scanning procedure, he uses Objet Connex multi-material printer to print different densities of rubber and plastic on a given layer to fabricate a custom shoe that both looks like an art piece and actually provides support.

This new knowledge allows us to be more aware of what’s good for us especially with our feet. It delivers us to a conclusion that we cannot only make custom-made home decors wth 3D printing machines but we can also create our very own footwear that brings wealth to our health.

If you live in Hong Kong, you might have witnessed this giant rubber duck made by artist Florentijn Hofman which floated in the sea of HK on 2nd May 2013. According to the news, the duck will be floating outside the ocean terminal around 9th June, 2013.

duck hong kong

What’s more interesting is the response given by Hong Kong’s largest toy store Toys R Us who arranged a ‘Bye Bye Duck Party’. They work with 3D Systems to print 3D printed consumer products. So, mini ducks of size 6cm x 5cm x 5cm were printed out of cube 3D printers and these ducks were sold on Tsim Sha Tsui branch shop for HK $488 along with a nameplate and birth certificate.

Bye Bye Duck Party

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CUBE 3D printer

On site mini duck, with size of 6cm x 5cm x 5cm, were printed on 3D Systems’ Cube 3D printers. Each 3D printed duck was sold for HK$488, with a “dim sum steamer”, a nameplate and birth certificate.

Micro-3D Printing is not a new term but making it effective on human body would definitely be something new. In order to make electrochemical reactions effective on human body, controllable conductive material needs to introduced in this process and send current when required. Make sure the electric current is very small so they do not disturb any natural process. To check the experiment, some researchers in Japan tried conductive and tiny 3D printing.

Chemists and Physicist at Yokohama National University, started working on this task of creating 3D objects with the help of conductivity. There were two main methods which were used to make it all possible. In first method, Ultraviolet light was used but it did not went successful because laser beat it. After the research and experimentation, it was decided that 3D models when left at high heat would turn into carbon which itself is a conducting material. But this much heat would change the shape of the models so to avoid this, a special material named as resotcinol diglycidyl was added to the resin. In short, the whole process will be like that: The photopolymer can be made hard to take different shapes with the help of laser and then this will be baked to take a carbon layer and no change in the shape will be noticed.

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The main theme of this research published in Optical Materials Express expressed in following words:

Potential applications of the new photopolymers include 3-D carbon electrodes for fuel cells or batteries and interfaces for biosensors.

If this research could be implemented in reality on commercial and industrial basis, this will definitely give a new worth to 3D printing all around the globe. If you want to read more about this Micro 3D printing researched, read here.

The new version of free 3D scan app, SCENECT 5.2 has recently been announced by FARO technologies. 3D printing industry is always looking forward to advancement in 3D scanning and many upgrades have been introduced till now.  Though the prices of 3D scanner range from $500 to $1000 and for private users, these ranges are even higher.

faro SCENECT

How SCENECT works?

With the help of SCENECT, every user will be able to do laser scanning on daily basis. SCENECT will convert the motion sensors from your XBOX Kinect or Asus’ Xtion Pro Live into 3D laser scanner and produce 3D models out of a 3D printer. As SCENECT is a completely free application, so millions of 3D users are experiencing this process and implementing it in their own unique ways. The 3D models created out of this new version of 3D scan app are more efficient and professional.

scenect 3d scanner app

In order to scan any object, all you have to do is connect your Kinect or XTion Pro LIVE (whatever you have) with the laptop and and turn on the software. Use the sensor around the object to start scanning. Meanwhile the 3D point cloud is displayed on the screen and you can view the object being scanned.

faro scenect 3dscanner

The 3D scan app analyze the depth and color of the image and provide this information to the system. User can also rotate the image from all the sides on the screen with the help of keyboard or mouse. SCENECT came with more better options like now users can also calibrate their motion sensors according to their desires. They can record any self-printed test pattern from different angles and the software will auto correct the recordings.

faro new 3d scanner

These results are more accurate and also overlaps with already scanned areas thus creating a better and improved scanned image. As soon as the scan is complete, this file can be used in any other file for example Auto CAD or much more where it will be ready for 3D printing. If you want to give it a try, you may download your free app from the Faro’s official site and also get more information about the topic here.

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Artec Spider is a 3D scanner which has been designed for CAD users and is very light in weight. The release of this Artec Spider has recently been announced by Artec. This scanner is good enough in scanning objects with minor details for example, coins, molds and engravings. The Artec Spider is capable of scanning with an accuracy of up to 30 microns and resolution of 100 microns.

artec spider 3dscanner

As far as features of Artec Spider are concerned,there are many good to consider. The scanner is able to reconstruct thin ridges, sharp edges and shiny objects. It offers real time scanning and fusion. As far as weight of the scanner is concerned, it is not heavy than 1 KG and no marker or alignment is required during post-processing. The scanner can capture colors and up to 7.5 frames per second.

The Director of business development at Artec Group, Anna Zevelyov said:

The handheld Spider is like using a video camera; you just walk around the object and record the data. It takes only a few seconds or minutes, depending on the object. Scans result in a polygonal mesh, similar to a point cloud but better. That mesh can be exported into a variety of data formats such as OBJ and STL.

The Spider 3D scanner is available on a rate of 20,772 dollars. If you want to know more about this 3D scanner, read here.

Artist Cosmo Wenman has been working in many art museums getting 3D scans of artworks. He was determined to use these 3D scans in order to 3D print life-size sculptures. He is generous to share these STL files with people online so that anyone who is interested can download these files to take prints from their domestic 3D printers.

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According to Wenman:

It’s been a labor of love for me. I’ve been doing it for myself, for other art lovers, and for students and educators—for anyone who’s dreamed of owning fine sculptural art, but hasn’t had the means until now.

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Wenman is determined to create 3D printed designs of every cultural sculpture present in the world and he believes that one day all these 3D printable designs will be available to everyone. He started his work from a museum in Switzerland, the Skulpturehalle Basel museum because the authority allowed him to take 3D scans of art sculptures in their hall. He was also allowed to share these 3D printed designs with anyone. This Switzerland museum has a collection of around 2000 high quality art sculptures from Greece and Rome but Wenman decided to start off with only 20 art sculptures.  To implement a project this bog, Wenman of course needed fund so he launched a project on Kickstarter and started a campaign to raise funds.

With the help of this fund, Wenman will be able to stay in Switzerland for weeks and perform photography, scanning and other post processing and 3D printing functions without any hesitation. Of course all of this requires  money and an artist alone cannot do it without all of your financial support.

Wenman shared his plans:

I will 3D scan a selection of plaster casts of important, archetypal sculptures at the Skulpturhalle and publish the scans and 3D printable files into the public domain, copyright-free, so that anyone, anywhere, can download, alter, adapt, or 3D print them for themselves.

All the 3D printable files prepared by Wenman will be available at Thingiverse for anyone who wants to take advantage of them. If you want to donate some money for this project, go on Kickstarter page.

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Here comes another RepRap 3D printer named as Simpson. All of you may know about the Quantum Evolution according to which evolution can happen in abrupt burst. The printer is specified to show its quick divergence from other existing designs. This guy Nicholas Seward started working on his mission t make a new 3D printer which has no linear rails and has low center of gravity. This will be fully printable except for bolt, bearings, bed and electronics.

People are actually loving the design and the proof is so many suggestions, ideas, and encouragement on the Simpson’s development forum. Only during a month, design has been improved from just an idea to 3 prototypes so soon we can expect a complete working machine.

simpson delta printer

Lots of initial designers were proposed by Quentin Harley’s Morgan and Johann Rocholl’s Rostock and after some iterations a delta architecture was finalized. Traditionally, a delta robot has arms connected above the work envelop while Simpson has them connected below in order to eradicate any support structure and of course to keep the center of gravity low. There is another major difference between traditional delta robots and Simpson is the joints; Simpson drives elbow joints rather than shoulder joints. With the help of this, a huge reduction in the inverse kinematic equation could be observed.

simpson reprap 3dprinter

Robotics professor, Ilian Bonev think that design is truly original and innovative. This printer can be made ready in less than $400. Though it is only in the prototype stage till now but it is expected to be released on 15th June 2013.

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If you want to have more information about the working of this new Delta Printer, you must check the development forum.

Usually any automaker company introduce new designs of any vehicle after a period of 3 – 4 years but things are definitely changing with additive manufacturing technology. Now automakers can perform car designing and manufacturing more effectively and with an increased speed.

The 2013 model of Chevrolet Malibu faced some criticism, so General Motors decided to completely redesign it. With the help of 3D printing, redesigning of the interior and exterior of 2014 Chevrolet Malibu was made possible only in few months.

Pininfarina Sergio

This was indeed inspirational for other car manufacturing companies. Recently, another Italian car design company, Pininfarina has announced that they are using 3D printing technology in order to design their new car. The concept car is named the sergio after honorary chairman of Pininfarina, Sergio Pininfarina and it is designed in only 4 months which is pretty extraordinary as compared to usual automotive time scale.

Pininfarina automakers used advanced 3D modeling software which they got from French aerospace-tech gurus, Dassault Systemes. The best thing about this technology is the experiment facility it offers to its designer at the very early stages of development. Not only does it increase the production speed but also reduce the manufacture and material cost. With the help of this digital technology, designers were able to design and verify their production at different levels in 3D. Most appealing fact about this technology is that all of the amazing ideas by designers about color, texture and other technical features were added in one vehicle model.

Sergio

Features of Sergio:

The Sergio features are inspired by the Ferrari 458 so you can observe light-weight carbon-fiber body and stylish design. The manufacture and material cost was comparably low because of Pininfarina using digital tools in the manufacture process.

According to the design director of the car, Fabio Filippini:

Our search for purity, performance and emotion are the very values that Sergio has transmitted to us throughout his career. Concept modeling, focused on these three core values, is our forte and Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE design solutions help us transform our ideas into reality.

According to the company, 5 Sergio will be ready for sale in 2015 on $2 million each.

China is third in the race of  using technology for space facilities and supplying manpower and necessary stuff to orbiting module with the help of different docking methods. Recently Northwest China’s Gobi Desert  launched Shenzhou 10 spacecraft on Tuesday. Scientists have spent many years to invent such equipment which will make life easier for astronauts but the jump 3D printing has offered is not provided by anyone else.

seat 3d printing astronaut

According to the Professor Cui Guoqi, the research team in Tianjin University has started developing seats for Chinese astronauts. These bath-tub like seats were also installed on Shenzhou 5 – 9 spacecrafts since year 1998.

Cui said:

During launch and landing these specially designed seats could protect the astronauts, especially their backbones, from being hurt by the jolt during acceleration. Physical data from the astronauts are required to make 3D model of these suits.

 

seat 3d printing astronaut

The 3D measurement was increased from 800,000 pixels to 2,000,000 pixels and with more precise data, better seats can be created. After the date is collected, it is then processed and passed to a 3D printer. With the help pf 3D printing technology, engineers were able to create special seats for every astronaut according to their requirements. Before the seat is finalized, it has to be tested by that individual astronaut for all adjustments.

If any of your remember history, you could recall sinking of Henry VIII’s favorite warship, ‘the Mary Rose’ which caused death of around 500 crew members. The ship was recovered from the depth of ocean in 1982 and around 100 skeletons were also taken out of the water. Ten skulls of those recovered skeletons were sent to the University of Swansea for research and analysis.

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The team at Swansea University did not only stop on analysis but they worked with Swedish facial reconstruction expert Oscar Nilsson to reconstruct the face of one of those recovered skeletons. Of course 3D scanning and Printing technology was used in making this method successful. These skulls were analysed properly by the team and a 3D model of them was created. Then this model was used to build man’s face muscles very carefully. Nilsson is already working with the Police department in reconstructing the faces of unidentified bodies.

3d printed skull

You might be wondering where did they get all this information. As he was an anchor so the skeleton was already showing signs of stress injury from pulling heavy and longbow. All other signs could be taken from his recovered skeleton as silver ring and ivory armguard was taken out of the water. He was a young fellow, not more than 20 – 30.

This is indeed a very exciting invention because now people whose faces no one has ever seen can be brought to shape. Now, we will be able to see the faces of not only wealthy and famous people but also whoever we wish to!

swansea university 3dprinting

According to Nick Owen from the university’s College of Engineering:

This is a face of an ordinary man, albeit in a crack regiment, and he hasn’t been seen for almost 500 years. Thanks to 21st century technology and expertise, we can bring him vividly back to life, and understand more about his world.

According to the Engineers and Nilsson, the main aim was to reconstruct replica  of the skull without damaging it which was performed quite successfully with the help of 3D laser scanner. Then this image was given for 3D printing where it was printed in only 2 days. The reconstructed face, along with many other artefacts from the Mary Rose, is now on display in the new Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth.

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There are plenty of 3D printed figurine Apps so now you capturing the moment is not a tough task to achieve.  Recently a Japenese Company Omote 3D has started another 3D printing service. They have opened up a 3D printing photo booth which is getting fame throughout the world. At this photo booth, you can have yourself 3D scanned and 3D printed your figurine.

twinkind 3dprinted figurine

Another German 3D printing shop in Hamburg known as Twinkind has started service of more realistic 3D figurines. At this shop, you can get custom-made mini twins with the help of 3D scaner and 3D color printers. What makes this photo booth different than others is the quick service. You do not have to wait for 15 – 20 minutes at the shop because according to Twinkind their 3D scanning process works really fast.

3dprinted figurine

According to the company:

Part of the technology is similar to what many know from the Matrix Effect. The multi-camera system is based on photogrammetry principles.

Once you once Twinkind, you may have a visit in their studio and select from different options. Once you get yourself photographed, then your scan will be ready in almost no time and the 3D image of your scanned image will be sent to printer for printing of a 3D model in full color.

twinkin figurine

twinkind 3dprintedfigurine

As far as cost of these figurines in concerned, it varies from one scale to another. Usually there are 7 different scales and heights to choose from. The smallest model is 15 cm tall and you may get it in $300. Once the figurine is printed, it will be sent to you on your door step.