Public Libraries, 3D Printing, FabLabs and Hackerspaces - StumbleUpon. Thing-O-Matic 3D Printer Kit - MakerBot Industries. Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects. Jay Leno's Popular Mechanics article on Dimension 3D Printers. Passionate about creating. High-end 3D printer art - Boing Boing. 3D printers are great for complex engineering projects, but what happens when you try to get creative with it?
Most artists obsessed with digital fabrication opt for milling machines or laser etching–which are cheaper and easier to access–but some have stuck with rapid prototyping (aka rapid manufacturing) because building ultra-precise objects out of nothing is undeniably awesome. Can you imagine if Torolf Sauermann tried to make this snail shell-esque math art using a pottery kiln? (He actually designed it using TopMod, an open source 3D topological mesh modeling system, and then sent the image to a printer for conception.)
Sculpture through Rapid Prototyping. The Pirate Bay - The galaxy's most resilient bittorrent site. NextEngine 3D Laser Scanner. ExtremeTech.