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Game Design Contest Sponsored by Robo 3D!! This past year has been great for cosplay with the release of popular games like Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Destiny 2, and Monster Hunter World. For this contest, you're tasked to re-create a prop from a video game of your choice for the chance to win prizes from Robo3D, BQ, and Adafruit. Spin up your favorite game and choose your favorite prop, then design and re-create it using 3D printing. To make your design stand out, use additional techniques like painting and/or the inclusion of electronics. Feel free to add your own...

Voting for the 2018 3D Printing Industry Awards is now open. 3DPI readers have voted, and the Raise N2, Zortrax M200 and the Robo 3D R2 have all been nominated on the shortlist for “Personal 3D Printer of the Year (FFF)”. Vote for your favorite now!!! Click HERE  

One of our younger 3D printer users has accomplished the printing of a complete working violin, and it sounds REALLY good! Some trial, some error, and lots of learning involved, but it was all worthwhile! Congratulations Dane!http://www.tctimes.com/living/year-old-builds-working-violin-from--d-printer/article_f60aaa92-97b0-11e6-af9a-63bf2d828b0d.html

One of our enterprising young 3D printer users, Dane, has printed a working violin on his ROBO3D! Yeas, it really works and yes, it really sounds great to boot! It was a challenging project, involving lots of assembly and some trial and error, but the results of the effort speaks for itself. Thanks, Dane, for sharing your incredible work. So what did you print today? Share your awesome and inspiring builds with us and you may be featured in this space.

Taken from 3DPrint.com by Bridget Butler Millsaps Here at 3DPrint.com we spend a lot of time discussing the benefits of 3D printing and how they are relevant around the world from offering transformation in manufacturing to allowing for incredible self-sustainability in developing nations. Around the globe, thanks to 3D printing, many can look forward to a better quality of life and better healthcare. We can look forward to more independence in making things as artists, designers, and engineers. From saving lives to completing work projects to just goofing off, the 3D printer is a new impetus for creation—and change. One...