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May 13

 
 

Good morning!
Edition 41 of 3D Print Weekly brings you everything from patent talk, to software, and a little video game nostalgia.

Enjoy!

 

Discussion

 

Technology is a tool: We can print guns, but we can also print prosthetic limbs

"At a point where plenty of people are worrying about the IP infringement implications of 3D printing, such as printing out a proprietary design such as LEGOs or the dangers of evading regulations by printing harmful devices such as guns, this story is a reminder that people will use 3D printing for good as well."

Read more on Gigaom

Submitted by @purrsikat

 

Innovation

 

VRZ 1. a tack bike frame with 3d printed lugs

"VRZ 1. is a track bike frame with 3d printed titanium lugs glued together with carbon fiber tubes.

This method allows to build custom frames in a short period of time. You could change the geometry to what ever fits you best, then the lugs gets generated by a software."

Read more

Submitted by @purrsikat

 

Legal

 

KraftWurx's Patent Application Available

"What does this mean? We believe this could be interpreted as a method to customize a partial design in order to build unique, one-off 3D objects. This is precisely what several other popular 3D print services do today..."

Read more on Fabbaloo

 

Software

 

Autodesk's 123D Design now available in your browser

Sad that Tinkercad is shutting down? We may have found you a replacement. Autodesk 123D is now freely available in any browser that supports WebGL.

The toolset is very similar to Tinkercad, with intuitive techniques such as compound grouping and easy 'hole' objects to subtract sections of your model.

Check it out 

 

See you next week!

 

In This Issue

  1. Discussion
  2. Innovation
  3. Legal
  4. Software

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