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World's first 3D-texture UV printer for consumers now available for pre-order — prints onto 'nearly any surface'

Anker Innovations has just kicked off pre-orders for what is claimed to be the "first 3D-texture UV Printer designed for personal use." This style of printer enables detailed color textured printing ...

Creative Fabrica Enters the Third Dimension: New AI Tools Turn Text into 3D Print Models Instantly

The 3D Print Generator and 3D Model Viewer are available immediately for all Creative Fabrica’s AI Studio users. To try it ...
New Atlas

3D-printed materials that change texture on demand

When it comes to creating surfaces, it's a simple task to either make ones that are smooth or ones that are bumpy. But now researchers at MIT have created one that can be both. The 3D-printed surface ...
Machine Design

Surface-Texture Cilia 3D-Printed to 50-Micron Resolution

1. Cilllia software leverages the micron resolution of an Autodesk 3D-printer to generate hairy and texturized surfaces. MIT’s Tangible Media Group presents intuitive software that enables 3D-printing ...
Engadget

Casio's '2.5D' printer can mimic leather and fabric

It's safe to say that we're all familiar with the term "3D printing" by now, but "2.5D printing?" As silly as it sounds, this may be a game changer for all the industrial designers out there. At ...