Sintratec launched their SLS desktop 3D printer on Indiegogo back in November. Selective laser sintering is completely foreign to desktop 3D printing, and certainly hasn’t been anywhere near affordable. Sintratec, whose printer goes by the same name, changed all this when they offered the world’s first desktop SLS printer for under $4,000. Continue reading “Laser Sintering 3D Printer, Sintratec, Reaches CrowdFunding Goal, Announces New Materials”
New Indiegogo Campaign Promising Low Cost PET 3D Printing Filament (VIDEO)
The high cost of 3D printing isn’t just the cost of the machine itself, 3D printing filament is a frustratingly expensive and prohibitive cost for most potential users. But the low cost PET filament currently being offered on Indiegogo may just change that. Continue reading “New Indiegogo Campaign Promising Low Cost PET 3D Printing Filament (VIDEO)”
Squishy robots: Phase-changing material could allow even low-cost robots to switch between hard and soft states
In the movie “Terminator 2,” the shape-shifting T-1000 robot morphs into a liquid state to squeeze through tight spaces or to repair itself when harmed. Now a phase-changing material built from wax and foam, and capable of switching between hard and soft states, could allow even low-cost robots to perform the same feat. Continue reading “Squishy robots: Phase-changing material could allow even low-cost robots to switch between hard and soft states”
Low-Cost Titanium Powder is the First of its Kind (VIDEO)
Sort of a like a camper’s grainy footage of Bigfoot sauntering between trees in a forest, a Cambridge University spin-out company, Metalysis, has put out a video demonstrating the 3D printing of low-cost titanium powder, as part of a University of Sheffield project: Continue reading “Low-Cost Titanium Powder is the First of its Kind (VIDEO)”