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The New Ultimaker 3
Ultimaker, the leading open source 3D printer manufacturer, announced today the global availability of the next generation of its 3D printing product line, the Ultimaker 3 and the Ultimaker 3 ExtendedWith Ultimaker 3’s advanced capability to print complex geometries using industrial-grade materials right from the desktop, users gain freedom of design never before accessible in the professional environment. Fully integrated hardware, software and materials configuration, as well as full settings alignment, ensures both efficient workflow and precision print results. Ultimaker 3 New Features With the Ultimaker 3, professional and reliable 3D printing is now available for multiple users across the...
Food Safe 3D Printing
Nothing captures the imagination like the idea of 3D Printed Food. The awe-inspiring idea of 3D printed food perhaps was best captured in the 80s by the classic cartoon The Jetsons. Who remembers how Poor ol' loving mum, Jane Jetson "slaving" away in the kitchen by simply pressing a few buttons to cook up instant dinner for the family? Jetsons by Hanna-Barbera / via Google Image We were inspired to write an article about food and 3D printing after coming across an Ultimaker user's new food startup called Dreampops in our previous post. Food safety in 3D printing is actually quite complicated...
Future Learning Spaces
Last month we were invited by organisers at Education Changemakers 2016 to set up a little makerspace for a Teacher and School Leader's event at the NAB village National Bank of Australia HQ in Docklands Melbourne. We were asked to see if we could develop something involving 3D Printing that would engage the Teachers attending the event. We started exploring an idea of making use of one of our Curriculum kits called the Kidville. We thought that the kit, which is actually designed to help to inspire and guide teachers and their student to reimagine cities they would like to...
Ultimaker used to bring 2000 year old Egyptian Mummy back to life
We get very excited when our Ultimaker users make groundbreaking work with their Ultimaker. Cue in University of Melbourne who recent received a lot of press around their recreation of a 2000 Year old Mummy. Stacey Gorski and her supervisor, Dr Varsha Pilbrow, with part of Meritamun’s 3D printed skull. Picture: Paul Burston. A team of experts at the University of Melbourne have been able to create a lifelike replica of a 2000 year old Egyptian Woman's Head, using new technologies including CT scanning, an Ultimaker 3D printer and forensic facial reconstruction, combined with good old-fashion Egyptology. This was...
Introducing Innofil3D Pro1 Filament
Innofil3D describes their new Pro1 filament as: A high-speed engineering thermoplastic that prints as easy as PLA at speeds previously considered unusable and yet it retains far better mechanical properties that exceed printed ABS objects, something that the most demanding users have always had to make a compromise on prior to PRO1. The special filament offers major advantages in speed, strength, versatility and consistency - the perfect combination for professionals. You can purchase this new filament from Imaginables. We printed out 2 vase designs, one with regular PLA and one with Innofil3D Pro1. We used a standard print speed setting of 50mm/s...