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You Can 3D Print Your Own Mini Museum
Sketchfab users have uploaded a vast resource of renderings ranging from Egyptian artworks to classical sculptures.
3D Printing
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Japanese Shop Sells Hyperrealistic 3D-printed Face Masks
As if 2020 wasn’t weird enough, a Japanese company is now selling hyper-realistic 3D-printed masks that allow you to practically wear someone else’s face.
In Brief
1,700 3D Models of Cultural Heritage Objects Now Available in Public Domain
In conjunction with Creative Commons and museums like the Smithsonian Institute, Sketchfab launched a virtual collection of rare and mesmerizing artifacts.
Art
Designer Releases 3D-Printed Stamp to Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill [UPDATED]
After the Trump administration balked on plans to put the abolitionist on the $20 bill, Dano Wall took matters into his own hands.
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A 3D Printed House with Humanitarian Ambitions and a $10,000 Price Tag
Austin-based startup ICON revealed an extremely ambitious plan to build a community of 3D-printed houses in El Salvador. (And, hopefully later, in space.)
Art
The Many Faces Made from Chelsea Manning's DNA
While in prison, Manning mailed cheek swabs and hair clippings to artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg, who used them to algorithmically generate portraits.
Art
How Michelangelo and Sebastiano’s Roman Chapel Was Recreated in London
For its current exhibition on the Renaissance artists, the National Gallery collaborated with Factum Arte to create a complex reproduction of one of their most famous collaborations.
Art
A Yearlong Public Art Project to 3D Print 2,017 Roosters
Over the course of 2017, Chris Templeman's "Make and Take" installation in Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway is 3D printing over 2,000 free roosters to celebrate the Year of the Rooster.
Art
Recreating the Face of a 9,500-Year-Old Man
A 9,500-year-old human skull at the British Museum may help visitors connect to our human ancestors.
In Brief
Court Rules Artist May Print Models of Her Own Vagina but Can’t Share Data
Over the past two years, Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi has faced charges for distributing data that could be used to make 3D models of her vagina and for creating a yellow, yonic kayak, as well as small vagina-shaped plaster figurines, that she displayed in a Tokyo sex shop.
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A Speedy 3D Printer for Huge, Industrial Objects
Since 3D printing went mainstream, there's been much buzz about a future filled with 3D printed buildings, cars, and airplanes.
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Study Finds Some 3D Printers Emit Toxic Particles
In recent years, as 3D printers have become more affordable and mass-produceable, they've become commonplace in schools, homes, and creative studios.