First they 3D scanned [Cleopatra’s] shell, and then created a 3D model of it optimized for 3D printing. They printed miniature test models on a MakerBot, and once satisfied printed the entire ...

3D printing has shown off its many different forms of use by means of helping animals, to producing a cost-efficient manufacturing process, to assisting those in the medical industry with transplants ...

The Bambu H2D isn’t just a bigger 3D printer — it’s a laser cutter, pen ... with a strong carbon-fiber laced PETG outer shell mated to ... build plate, spool holder and accessory box. That ...

Please don't jump on Cleopatra if you meet her. She isn't a real life red-shelled Koopa Troopa -- she's just wearing a 3D-printed prosthesis. See, Cleo the tortoise suffers from pyramiding, which ...

Mind you, printing the 3D parts alone took 48 hours, according to Noki. But even that spread presumes that you're starting from the obvious familiarity Noki has with all his printers, cutters, and ...

An artist even hand-painted the outside of the shell so that it blended in with nature. Moraes said his group previously created a 3-D-printed toucan beak, goose beak, parrot beak and macaw beak.

Constructed atop cheap RC trucks, the Shell Racers require 20-some odd printed parts apiece, but looking at the final results we think the time and money spent would be well worth it.