30 Coolest Things People 3D Printed
Here's an interesting fact you probably did not know - 3D printing is actually almost 40 years old! The first prototype 3D printer was invented all the way back in the 80s and as technology advanced and the prices of printers dropped, they started becoming available to more and more people. That led to users getting creative with this new technology, coming up with unique and ingenious creations that wouldn't be possible to create using conventional methods.
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Here's an interesting fact you probably did not know - 3D printing is actually almost 40 years old! The first prototype 3D printer was invented all the way back in the 80s and as technology advanced and the prices of printers dropped, they started becoming available to more and more people. That led to users getting creative with this new technology, coming up with unique and ingenious creations that wouldn't be possible to create using conventional methods.
Casts, rims and even full-size houses - check out the most interesting things people created using 3D printers in the gallery below!
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#1 Toucan With A Reconstructed Beak Done Throughout 3D Printing
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#2 See-Through Prosthetics 3D-Printed From Titanium
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#3 3D-Printed Classical Paintings That Let The Blind “See” Famous Art For The First Time
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#4 A Prosthetic Arm I Made For A Friend
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#5 A Neighbor 3D Printed A Walker For His Crippled Little Buddy
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#6 I Came Back To My Apartment To Find That My Roommate 3D Printed A T-Rex Shower Head
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#7 My Brother Is In A Wheelchair And Is Starting His First Job At Google Next Week. People Said I Should Make Him The Google Logo, But That’s No Fun So I Made This For His Desk
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#8 3D Printed Shell For An Injured Tortoise
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#9 3D Printed Doorstop
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#10 My Moms 3D Printed Cast. She Can Take A Shower With It!
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#11 Chloe's 3D Printed Walking Assistant
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#12 A Friend Nailed Halloween And 3D Printed His Own Face
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#13 3D-Printed Plastic Cast That Uses Ultrasound To Heal Broken Bones Faster
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#14 Cubone Corgi
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#15 Our 3D Print Failed Half Way Through. This Is How We’ve Been Using It
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#16 3D Printed Violin
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#17 Student In My Country Made Mostly 3D Printed 1:1 Moveable Bb-8 Model As Her Engineer's Thesis As Final Work Ending Her Studies. She Also Programmed An App Which Let You Control The Robot
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#18 As A 16 Year Old Guy With Nosy Parents, This Has By Far Been My Most Useful Print
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#19 3D Printed And Painted My Cat
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#20 Not Inherited, But 3D Printed
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#21 3D-Printed Vases That Give Plastic Bottles A Second Life
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#22 Darth Vader Pen Holder
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#23 Friend Made A Luggage Tag With Her 3D Printer
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#24 My Friend Made This Costume For Dragoncon... With A 3D Printer
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#25 3D Printed ‘Game Of Thrones’ Lamp
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#26 Proof That Perseverance Pays Off... My Full Iron Man Suit, Printed In Many, Many Pieces On My Tiny Up Mini Over 6 Months
Image source: JayLuvLL
#27 Fully-Articulated 3D Printed Mesh Gown, Worn By Burlesque Icon Dita Von Teese
Image source: Michael Schmidt
#28 I 3D Printed My Son's Brain Using Data From His MRI
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#29 3D Printed Rims
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#30 This House Was 3D-Printed In Just 24 Hours For Less Than $11k
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