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  Staples Easy 3D Offers Commercial 3D Printing In-Store

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  The era of cheap 3D printing is upon us.  That is, if you’re willing to make do with the less-detailed and size-limited results that can be produced with home 3D printers.  If you want industrial-quality creations, you’ll still need an industrial 3D printer.  Soon, you might be able to get just that from your local office supply store with the Staples Easy 3D. A new partnership between the office supply chain and MCOR Technologies, it seeks to make getting a [...]

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  Sony HMZ-T1 Puts 3D Right In Your Face

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  I am not a big fan of 3D movies.  Partly because it’s unnecessary extra cost.  Mostly, though, I really just can’t sit through one without throwing up (hence, my unadulterated love for 2D Glasses).   The Sony HMZ-T1 “Personal 3D Viewer” might leave me a convert, though, with its promise of 3D minus the headache-inducing crosstalk. Instead of wearing stereoscopic glasses, you wear that monstrosity on the picture over your face.  The first of its kind (according to Sony, anyway), the [...]

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  BFB 3000 Brings Affordable, Fully-Assembled 3D Printing

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  While some companies have built home 3D printers for cheap, they’re far from the robust plastic-shaping machines that $50,000 commercial versions usually are. Bits From Bytes is the latest company to bring the function to consumer homes with the BFB 3000, a fully-assembled 3D printer designed for schools, hobbyists and small businesses. How affordable is it? The printer itself retails for $3,000, which is considerably cheaper than what similar things are normally selling for. If that still sounds too steep [...]

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  Cupcake CNC Gives You A 3D Printer For $700

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  How cool would it be to have a 3D printer at home?  Can you imagine the kind of buffoonery you can concoct with one of those things in tow?  Assuming you’re the kind of dork who likes to design 3D models, you can literally be printing your own batch of plastic toys right from the comfort of your own garage (or your mom’s basement, whichever the case may be).  Maybe, you’ll even end up with one cool enough to get [...]

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