Which country celebrated a century of freedom by sending a 3D printed gnome into space? How did one grandfather raise thousands to help his local school buy a 3D printer? How did 3D printing change one rescued dog’s life forever?
该版本的3D印刷新闻切片功能更新来自Kodak，Zortrax，Octobre71，Sculpteo，Bhartiya Skill Developpment University，AHA3D Innovations，Igus，Igus，Igus，Missouri大学，Petrus，Energica，Energica，Energica，CRP Group，ECA Group，ECA Group Group Group，Group Group Group Group，University groust，Missouri of Missouri，密苏里州，密苏里州，密苏里州，物质，Adafruit，BSDU，Amao Chan，Shisan，Bhartiya技能发展大学，狙击艺术与设计学院Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
Full-color 3D printing and new filaments
I.Materialise，基于比利时的3D软件公司Mitalizize的服务局部门现在向所有客户提供多色+高质量的全彩3D打印，这是Mimaki的一项技术，可利用高达1000万种颜色。
3D打印机制造商EOS添加了三种新材料，ALM HP 11-30（碳增强聚酰胺11），ALM FR-106（抗火焰的聚酰胺11材料）和ALM PA 640-GSL（聚酰胺12材料，填充了空心玻璃微粒材料和碳纤维）的投资组合。
Business
Learnbaylayers, aneducational resource for teaching 3D printing向学校的学生同意与Kodak 3D印刷建立合作伙伴关系，并将看到其课程套餐与Kodak Portrait 3D打印机一起提供。
“This partnership with one of the most recognizable brands in the world will mean even more students will have access to a high-quality standards-driven curriculum,” said Learnbylayers founder Philip Cotton.
彼得鲁斯, a global Oil & Gas services group has partnered with ECA Group, a subsidiary of Group Gorgé, to offer inspection and surveying capabilities using anA18D AUVAutonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). This AUV is capable of carrying out3D mapping missions and inspections without human guidance.
意大利3D打印机制造商机器人在美国市场的强劲需求之后，在伊利诺伊州芝加哥附近的内珀维尔开设了一个新办公室。该设施将用于研讨会，会议和一般业务。
软件公司3 Yourmind还通过新的法国办公室扩展国外。该公司的新巴黎网站将为法国客户和法国迈向工业4.0的行动。
CRP组, an Italy-based rapid prototyping service bureau has partnered with engineering companyEnergica, and will help it develop the Ego Corsa electric racing bike for the FIM Enel MotoE World Cup.
工业和时尚的创新设计
加性世界的决赛选手Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2018have been announced. In the professional category, the three finalists are the ‘Avionics System’ from India’s Intech DMLS team, the ‘Medical Part Gripper’ from France’s 3D-medlab team, and the ’Hydraulic Manifold’ from Italy’sAidro Hydraulics团队。
The finalists in the student category are the ‘Gasification Burner’ from Philipp Kaindl of theTechnical University of Munich，来自Yogeshkumar katrodiya的“功能整合的轴和齿轮”Fraunhofer IGCV, and the ‘Ultimaker 2+ Hot End’ from Cassidy Silbernagel oftheSilver Cannon Design team at the诺丁汉大学.
理查德·格兰特（Richard Grant）, an engineering designer, has used a drylin W linear system x/y gantry from engineering company igus to create a 3D printer with an extended build volume of 450 by 450 by 1600mm.
“There is no doubt, the igus gantry is incredibly engineered and a rock solid start point for this application,” Grant commented. He now intends to manufacture custom furniture on the 3D printer.
Amao Chan的3D printable pangolin立即成为the maker communitylast year by promoting the cause to save the critically endangered species from extinction. Now, with designs fromDavid Shorey, animal rights activists and cosplayers can be their own pangolin, or other scaled animals by 3D printing onto fabric.
3D printing gets too hot to handle and goes out of this world
Designer Waldemar Plusa and the city of Wrocław commemorated 100 years of Polish independence by launching an SLS 3D printed “krasnal” (gnome), the symbol of peaceful resistance against the Polish communist regime into the Earth’s stratosphere. The project was undertaken with the help of Materialise andtheKlub Łączności Ratunkowej.
波兰3D打印机制造商Zortrax已经为其M200和M300系统发布了一项新的世界外案例研究。位于德克萨斯州休斯敦的NASA Johnson太空中心的原位，M系列3D打印机已用于原型工具，用于在太空行走上使用，包括用于GoPro相机的定制安装座。
衣服已经aming of summer? French product design companyOctobre71has released a range of 3D printed sunnies in partnership with Sculpteo. The stylish CITY Collection is composed of four different styles, 17 different colors, and a €89 (approx. $100) price tag.
The Ruiz Bros, creators of the3D打印的迷你PC，已经发布了一个教程，展示了如何在Arduino上构建一个迷你热摄像机。可以从Adafruit购买必要的电子产品，而在线教程includes STL files for the 3D printed camera housing.
A hard graft and paws for thought
TheHarrisburg University of Science and Technologyin Pennsylvania is currently researching how to 3D print made-to-measure skin grafts with a mixture of collagen and the patient’s cells. Researchers hope to use the technology in conjunction with 3D scanners and to repair vital organs below the skin.
学生在密苏里大学Mizzou 3D Printing Club have successfully made a prosthetic hind paw for Tucker, an Australian shepherd dog, who was born with missing bones in his back right leg. The prosthetic was designed using Autodesk MeshMixer and FFF 3D printed. It fits Tucker perfectly and now helps him to walk evenly.
3D printing and opportunities for creativity
Bhartiya Skill Development University(BSDU), in Rajasthan, India, has announced a deal with 3D printing startupAha3D Innovations. The partnership will see Aha3D Innovations set up a 3D printing lab at BSDU to train students in all aspects of additive manufacturing, and eventually set up a 3D printing R&D center.
Shisan, a 3D printer manufacturer based in Cairo, Egypt, has announced that it will be running a 3D Printer Assembly Marathon atMaker Faire Cairo 2018. The marathon, between one of 4 teams will be set the challenge of successfully building a working aPlakat 3D打印机.
And finally, Chris Brown, a Navy veteran and retired engineer has raised $3,500 for Snipes Academy of Arts and Design in Wilmington, South Carolina after cycling across the US over the course of 52 days. The money will go towards the purchase of a MakerBot 3D printer for the students of the school, 99 percent of whom come from low-income households.
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Featured image shows a krasnal gnome launched by the city of Wrocław in the Earth’s stratosphere.
