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July 29

 
 

3D Print Weekly celebrates a whole year of editions with this issue! Thanks for your support and enjoy the latest handpicked articles below! <3

 

Inventions

 

IndieGoGo Campaign The Touch-Up Promises to Smooth 3D Printing

"The Touch-Up is a product used to smooth and polish rough edges due to the 3D Printing process. Achieve amazing results using various print layers. Imagine a finish you can see yourself in! Literally! Stop wasting time hand sanding and hand polishing your 3D printed ABS models. Let The Touch-Up do it for you!"

Read more at Onm 3D Printing

 

Meet The 17-Year-Old Who Created a Brain-Powered Prosthetic Arm

"If traditional systems aren’t providing what you need to accomplish your mission, then break away--break away from your 9-5 job, break away from the agenda that’s set by conventional mind-sets. Easton broke away from the limitations of the public education system and taught himself what he wanted to know."

Read more on Fast Company

 

Ford's 3D-printed shift Knob teaches how to drive a manual

"Ford Engineer Zachary Nelson uses a haptic vibration motor from a Microsoft Xbox 360 game controller to create an OpenXC shift knob that vibrates when a driver shifts gears in a Ford Mustang. The motor is then stuffed into a custom shift knob he printed on a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic so whenever the driver should shift the shift knob will vibrate."

Read more on 3ders

 

New Materials

 

Introducing Gold Plated Brass: Bling it On

"Today [Shapeways] is proud to announce a new material... Gold Plated Brass! 

Gold Plated Brass is a rich, highly polished material that’s perfect for jewelry and precious objects. The base is solid brass, and the gold plating gives it a smooth, beautiful finish."

Read more on the Shapeways blog

 

See you next week!

 

In This Issue

  1. Inventions
  2. New Materials

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