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3D Printing Stocks: Taking Investing Lessons From Apple NASDAQ Apple ( AAPL ) is by many counts one of the most successful brands of all time. After dark days during the '90s, Apple re-emerged to pioneer new products like ... See all stories on this topic »
NASA targets 3D printing for astronauts, cheap satellites Computerworld Computerworld - SAN JOSE --- NASA contractors have created 3D printed satellites -- tiny wafers that could be deployed by the hundreds from a mother ship to ... See all stories on this topic »	Computerworld
3D printing techniques will be used to construct buildings, here and ... Computerworld Computerworld - SAN JOSE -- Within a couple of years, researchers at the University of Southern California believe 3D printing techniques will be used to ... See all stories on this topic »
Inside The Inside 3D Printing Conference Forbes Jonathan Schwartz's first Inside 3D printing conference earlier this year in New York City surprised him. "I thought to myself, "Wow, This is really small," says the ... See all stories on this topic »
Slideshow: 3D Printing in the Medical Cloud Design News The cloud is being used for lots of things these days, such as storage, design collaboration, editing code online, and manufacturing quantities as low as one. See all stories on this topic »
3D printing in pole position Engineering Capacity Nazeing-based Industrial Plastic Fabrications (IPF) is supporting car and bike race teams at every level with 3D printed parts for a variety of on-vehicle and ... See all stories on this topic »	Engineering Capacity
3D printing advancing into medical field Arirang News 3D printing advancing into medical field. Kim Min-kyoung, an office worker in her late 20s, recently decided to get double jaw surgery. She was very hesitant ... See all stories on this topic »
Designer Camilo Alvarez Creates Spring/Summer 2014 Collection ... Azom.com The ability to print with multiple materials having different physical properties was the most important criteria for Alvarez when selecting the Connex 3D printing ... See all stories on this topic »	Azom.com
3D Printers Arrive in US Stores Voice of America These machines were once only used by universities and big corporations, but now, stores with 3D printing services are popping up around the United States for ... See all stories on this topic »

Star Trek Meets 3D Printing: Has the Replicator Revolution Started?

Cubify.com announced January 9th that they are partnering with StarTrek.com to offer the ability to print your face on the body of several 3D characters from Star Trek.  According to Scott Harmon, Vice President, Corporate Development, at 3D Systems,  “We will add be adding additional crew characters from more recent series, like The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. And there are other things we hope to do over time, like the customization of accessories, and maybe even ship customization.”

More on this story at StarTrek.com

Can't wait for your replicator to make you chocolate?  Me either!  LifeHacker.com featured an article about an Instructables user who created his own chocolate bar molds using a 3D printer.  The Roland Versa UV was his weapon of choice allowing him to create a custom 3D print to form his own silicone mold. Tasty!

The folks over at the Daily Telegraph featured a story about 2013 Tech Predictions.  You guessed it, one of the predictions is related to 3D printing.  The article claims that 3D printing will kill manufacturing and "will cause turmoil for manufacturers as 3D printing will start to dominate the market." according to Technology editor Claire Porter.  She quotes a Dr. Frey who say it won't be long before we can start to print our own food.  Romulan Ale anyone?

More 3D Printing News: Cubify Capture

CES has been a hotbed of announcements related to 3D printing. A number of vendors have been showing off new hardware and software solutions to make the world of 3D printing more accessible to everyone. Could this be the year that 3D printing goes mainstream? We will have to see. Check out the press release below from 3D Systems:

+3D Systems .  Announces Beta Release of Cubify Capture

3dsystems.com Jan 9th 2013
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today that Cubify Capture, a new portal service that allows users to upload photos and videos from their digital, smartphone or tablet camera to its Cubify.com destination and automatically transform the images into 3D models, will be demoed at CES, January 8th – January 11th, 2013, in the Las Vegas Convention Center in the Main Hall, booth 15447.

The company plans to expand the services of its Cubify Capture portal to include a full suite of thematic scan-to-print web and mobile apps. Users can capture on the go and upload pictures or video to Cubify.com where a 3D model is generated automatically and saved in the user’s Cubify account. These 3D models can be used for further modeling, customizing or fusing with other elements and readied for printing at home or through Cubify cloud printing, in monochrome, durable plastic or full color.

The company plans to develop a series of Cubify Capture apps starting with Cubify Capture: Faces, designed specifically to capture facial features and seamlessly turn them into customized 3D printable memorabilia. Cubify Capture: Faces for mobile will also be demoed at CES.

“We’re thrilled to invite users and educators to explore and experiment with the beta release of Cubify Capture, the first true real-world-to-print capture tool,” said Cathy Lewis, CMO, 3D Systems. “We are excited to see what our growing +Cubify community will capture and print.”

Be the first to experience Cubify Capture at CES.

About 3D Systems Corporation
3D Systems is a leading global provider of 3D content-to-print solutions including 3D printers, print materials and on-demand custom parts services for professionals and consumers alike. The company also provides CAD modeling, reverse engineering and inspection software tools and consumer 3D printers, apps and services. Its expertly integrated solutions replace and complement traditional methods and reduce the time and cost of designing and manufacturing new products. 3D Systems products and services are used to rapidly design, communicate, prototype or produce real functional parts, empowering customers to create and make with confidence.

More information on the company is available at www.3DSystems.com

3D Systems Releases a New Generation Cube 3D Printer

3D Systems has announced a new generation of it's Cube printer.  The new printer offers 1.5 times faster printing times while being much quieter that the previous generation. Additionally, the new Cube offers the ability to print PLA and ABS plastics.  You can now print up to 16 different colors.  The new printer starts at $1,299.

It's looking more and more like 2013 may be the year that 3D printing start to become mainstream.