News — 3D Design

Taken from 3D Print by Clare Scott To say that Macedonian fashion designerIrina Tosheva‘s work is eye-catching would be an understatement. She works in brilliant colors and bold prints, and several of her pieces appear to have been painted. Tosheva, who graduated from the Accademia Italiana in Florence, Italy, has had twelve fashion shows to her name, and a recent showcase of spring and summer trends for 2016 revealed that she’s not afraid to experiment with technology, particularly 3D printing. The fashion show, which took place in Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo, displayed Tosheva’s new Riza collection, a melding of modern design and...

Taken from Design News. Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly A student engineering team from Poland's Warsaw University of Technology is using 3D-printed plastic parts in its Mars rover designs. The rovers are entered in an annual Mars rover student challenge, and the parts are built on a desktop 3D printer.     The Warsaw University of Technology's Students' Space Association designed and built its Ares 2 Mars rover using 3D printing, which helped reduce its weight for entry in the Mars Society's 2015 University Rover Challenge contest. The students' rover placed 8th. (Source: Students' Space Association/Warsaw...

Taken from Inside 3D Printing Published by Sandra Helsel The Light Rider, the world’s first 3D-printed motorcycle, has been developed by APWorks, a subsidiary of Airbus Group. The motorbike weighs only 35 kg, is about 30-per cent lighter than most conventional e-motorcycles. It goes from 0 to 80 km in seconds and can travel close to 60 km between charges. Continue...

Taken from 3Ders By Kira New research from the 3D printing Lab at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has revealed that 3D printed tactile teaching aids, including 3D printed replicas of historical monuments and maps, can improve the literacy comprehension, and potentially even writing skills, of blind and visually impaired students. For both students and teachers, relying on text-only material to teach complex subjects, from geography to history and even math, can be frustrating, if not impossible. While theories can be tentatively explained, visual aids such as diagrams, illustrations, or even physical models provide a much deeper understanding, and...

Taken from Makerbot JESSICA ADAMS Are you ready to take on a learning journey that keeps students motivated and engaged from start to finish? The MakerBot Learning Team’s got a great collection of 3D printing lesson plans to help get you started. You’ll reinforce complex STEAM concepts with Thingiverse projects that encourage experimentation and innovation. You’ll give your students the freedom to explore, design, and create new things, all in one lesson. Many Thingiverse lesson plans come with step by step instructions, downloadable activity sheets, photos, and more. You’ll keep them engaged with interactive activities like building bridges, designing artifacts,...