3D TV format has received another major blow. This time it’s the announcement of BBC’s taking a break from 3D TV space. BBC’s head of 3D, Kim Shillinglaw, spilled the beans to British TV guide Radio Times.
A plastic 3D printed hand-gun could become the biggest nightmare of administration. Recently, journalists from Israel’s Channel 10 have tested traditional methods of perimeter security by bringing a 3D printed plastic gun and managed to walk in the highly-secured Knesset compound twice.
Earlier you might have read that drones are being prepared to deliver newspapers or drones are getting ready to protect trains from being defaced. Here’a another buzzing news for you. Some researchers at the University of Southampton are building 3D printed drones which they believe would be able to hunt down drug-running boats at sea.
3D printing is on the news again. This time for an acquisition we reported about one and a half week ago. Just like we expected, the industrial 3D printing company Stratasys has acquired consumer 3D printer maker MakerBot.
The 3D printing industry is hot this week with two new developments. One is the opening of a 3D printer section by Amazon.com. Another is the rumored acquisition talks between Makerbot and Stratasys.
It seems NASA has deeply inclined to 3D printing technology. Earlier, we have seen NASA donating $125,000 fund to develop a 3D food printer that would be able to create a variety of edibles from common materials. Lately, NASA has announced that it plans to launch equipment for the first 3D microgravity printing experiment on the International Space Station (ISS).
Without fingers, nothing can be gripped. But many people have lost their fingers in accident. South African carpenter Richard van As is trying to change the lives of youngsters born without fingers or who have lost fingers with the 3D-printed Robohands.
Have you ever seen a food ad on TV so compelling that you began craving that particular dish or snack? With the help of 3D printer innovations, one day that dream could be a reality. Recently, NASA has donated a $125,000 fund to mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, head of Systems & Materials Research Corporation, to develop a 3D food printer that would be able to create a variety of edibles from common materials.