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Ingenious Creations: 50 Times People Leveraged 3D Printing To Make Stunning Objects (New Pics)
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Many of us imagined our own versions of the future when we were young. You could have thought that you’d be zipping around in flying cars like in The Jetsons. Or that every household would have a humanoid robot to help with our daily chores. While some of these things are either in the making or still not possible, one thing that has surely turned into reality is 3D printing.
This technology is not just being used by experts; many enthusiasts have also tried their hand at it. And some users of 3D printing are sharing their innovative creations on the 3Dprinting subreddit, where “makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing.” Check out these 3D-printed items to witness the remarkable strides technology has made. And don't forget to check out our conversation with Sricharan Chiruvolu, a computer vision engineer based in Germany.This post may include affiliate links.
#1
I Recently Had A Full Head Mri. Using Free Software I Was Able To Pluck My Brain Out And Turn It Into A Desk Light
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#2
A Loggerhead Turtle Got Into A Boating Accident, Resulting In The Loss Of A Majority Of Its Lower Beak. Scientists Gave It A New 3D Printed Titanium Beak. It Looks So Badass. He Is Now A Cyborg Turtle
SuperChicken 2 years ago
The titanium under the turtle's eye reminds me of Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop. Jet_Black_...8f3cbb.jpg 
#3
I Made These Spikes To Stop "Helpful" People From Grabbing Me Without Consent
Skid Marks 2 years ago
Brilliant! Never thought about this before but can totally understand not wanting someone to just assume you need their help.
#4
Was Born Without An Arm So I Built Myself My Own Eletronic 3D Printed Arm. This Is Me Holding An Egg
#5
3D Printed Clip-On Temperature Indicator For The Shower Pipe To Show When It's Warm Or Too Hot. I'm Disabled So I Can't Always Tell Temperature With My Hand, And I Didn't Want To Use One Of Those LED Showerheads Because Electricity + Water = Bad
#6
A Redditor Has Built Me A New Finger After Insurance Turned Me Down For One. They Took An Existing Design And Customized It With My Feedback And Made Me Whole Again. It Should Be Known That Limb Labs Wanted 15 To 20 Thousand Dollars For One
Maggie Fulton 2 years ago
I’m glad you found someone to help you. The American health care system really pisses me off.
#7
Who Ever Designed This Thing I Printed It... I Have Never Been So Horrified And In Love At The Same Time!!
#8
I May Have A *slight* Addiction To Printing Covers For My Bionic Arm
#9
After Three Failed Attempts, I Present To You: Invisiball In Spectrum
#10
I Made A 'Toothpaste Mover' So You Can Push Toothpaste From One Costco-Sized Tube Into A Lil Travel Tube 🦷🦷🦷
Rodney McKay 2 years ago
If you don't want to print it, glue together two old caps and drill out the center. Much easier, and you'll be guaranteed good threads (if you're careful not to damage them with the drill, anyway).
#11
Where The Sidewalk Ends
#12
(Oc) I Made The Jetpacks For My Light-Year Suit Everything Is 3D Printed!
#13
My 8 Year Old Asked For A Nintendo Switch For Christmas. Prusa I3 Mk3s To The Rescue! We Did Buy Her An Actual Switch, But She Must Endure This First
#14
Finally Finished The Wife's Fully Motorised Mk49 Rescue Suit 3D Printed On Ender 5 Plus Bondtech Ddx Direct Drive
#15
Finished Printing The Oof Stones
#16
My Step-Son’s Soccer Team Won First In A Tournament But They Didn’t Get A Trophy So I Designed And Printed Him One
#17
One Lid To Rule Them All
#18
My New Favourite 3D Print
#19
My Wife’s 10 Year Old Brother Got A 3D Printer For Christmas. I Joked That He Can Build Me A Playstation. Every Day I’ve Been Asking Him When It’ll Be Ready. Today He Brought Me This. Best Present Ever
#20
Simple Design For A 7 Year Anniversary Present. The Pennies Are Dated With Years That Are Significant To Us
#21
I Hate Flossing, But Flossers Are A Waste Of Plastic, So I 3D Printed A Reusable One!
#22
I Found A Mini Nuclear Power Plant On Thingiverse And Modified It To Fit On My Humidifier
#23
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#24
Proof That Perseverance Pays Off...my Full Iron Man Suit, Printed In Many, Many Pieces On My Tiny Up Mini Over 6 Months
#25
My Dad 3D Printed A Lever To Replace His Light Switch
#26
My Partner Keeps Buying Plants So I Have To Keep Designing Plant Pots. Here's One Of My Latest Ones
#27
Bastard Broke Into The Wrong Goddamn Rec Room
#28
I Modeled, Printed, And Painted This Little House To Express My Frustration With The Housing Market
#29
Moon Lamp
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Want! Need! Desire greatly! Will even share tuna!
#30
Broke My Arm, Got A 3D Printed Cast
#31
Just Had To Do It, I Couldn't Resist
#32
Don't Feed Spray Paint After Midnight
#33
I Made This Guitar For My Son's Birthday
I have a few small things to finish it but it's essentially finished. Printed in PETG on my X1C and I used stone coat epoxy with miraclekoo resin dye. The pickups are fender noiseless n4.
Andrei Iepure 2 years ago
You only printed the body I assume. Would be curious to hear what it sounds like :)
#34
Inserts For My Travel Tool Box
#35
When A Failed Print Is Still A Happy Little Mistake
#36
Just Finished My Arkham Knight Cosplay! Fully 3D Printed And Painted, This Was So Much Fun To Do!
#37
Me And My Son 3D Printed A Life Size Battle Droid. Turns Out They Were Quite Big
#38
Designed A Custom Duck Hunt Display For These Nerf Guns That I Printed Zapper Shells For
Minecraft_Chicken (He/Chicken) 2 years ago
I WANT THIS SO MUCH. I've sadly never been able to play duck hunt tho.
#39
Phone No Longer Overheats While Charging In The Sun
#40
Pushing The Limits Of My Multi-Material Printer
#41
I 3D Printed The City Of Denver
#42
I'm Working On A 3D Printable Model Of Bmo From Adventure Time With Accurate Internals!
#43
Everyone Needs A T-Rex Skull For Decor. 😂
#44
3D Printed Ruined Town
Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
I have that set! It was a patreon backer reward from a wargaming company.
#45
I Turned An Mri Of My Own Brain Into An Stl And Then Printed It At 1:1 Scale!
#46
I 3D Printed This Hair Pin And I Love It! So Fancy With The Gold Paint
#47
I Work In It. This Business Card Embosser Should Prevent Countless Calls! /S
#48
Only My Second Print, And I'm In Love
#49
3D Printed Pingpong Paddles
#50
Iron Man Mk3 Helmet - Neptune 4 Pro
#51
Print And Paint
#53
Dakrillith - Trench Terror Fantasy Mini! 3D Printed And Painted
#54
Tabletop Scale Diorama
#55
My 15yo Son 3D Printed Himself!
Final score:
28points
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 years ago
I'm sorry, the person on the left is FIFTEEN? ....okay, when I was a child/teenager, all my friends were boys, so I remember very well what my friends looked like at 15 years old. The few boys who could manage to grow ANY facial hair at all basically looked like they had the equivalent of "a single weed growing through a crack in the asphalt" on their chins. Most of them weren't even shaving at 15. This guy has a full beard. There's no way he's 15 XD
#56
Made Myself A Gamepad For My Phone
#59
3D Printable Shock Mount For At2020 Microphone
#60
Behold. The Glocktopus. Hes Gunnin For Your Heart
#61
Tales Of Bayun
#62
O.m.g It Turned Out Just Like I Had Designed It, No Errors
#63
I Made A 3D Printed Top
#64
Full Size Helmet And 650% LEGO Helmet
#65
The Immortalized Art Of Ever Green
#66
Working On Our First Armada Ships
#68
For A Shared Flat
#69
Deadpool Bust
#70
I Also Print The Shoes!!! 👟👟👟
justanotherweirdo 2 years ago
What you gonna do with so many tiny shoes? Eh, who am I kidding? I’d totally print out a bunch of tiny shoes, for absolutely no reason at all! 😂
#72
Sharing: I Made A Spirit Bomb Holding Goku Decor For My Home's Eyehole With Hueforge
#73
Slab Nerf Blaster - 90%-Ish Done. Prusa Mk. 4 + Mmu3
#74
Pla Grafted Great Sword
#75
Got Some Really Cool Sparkling Gold Pla....anyway Half Of That's Gone In A Day But Check Out This Sweet Sword LOL
#77
65 Hours, My Longest Print Ever
#79
I Designed And 3D Printed A Mini Dual Flag Holder For My Hitch Receiver! Take That Truck Bros
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Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Some of these are so cool, especially the ones that help with various disabilities. However, aren’t we just making more things out of plastic and putting micro and nano plastics into the atmosphere with all the filling down, etc? Or are these more easily recycled?
LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
All of these projects make me wish I could afford a 3D printer! My creative switch is flipped and I can't do anything about it. 😐
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Some of these are so cool, especially the ones that help with various disabilities. However, aren’t we just making more things out of plastic and putting micro and nano plastics into the atmosphere with all the filling down, etc? Or are these more easily recycled?
LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
All of these projects make me wish I could afford a 3D printer! My creative switch is flipped and I can't do anything about it. 😐
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