save the turtles! next they are all going to be wanting designer shells

This tortoise lost her shell in a bushfire—but thanks to 3D printing, it was soon revived. pic.twitter.com/HieTtHcoGq

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) May 26, 2016

nErD aLeRt!

Inspired by the arabesques from Islamic art, a form of surface decoration which uses elaborate flowing and overlapping lines created through geometric rules, Dillenburger and Hansmeyer used custom software and an iterative iterative folding algorithm to create a form that contains 200 million surfaces at a resolution of just 0.2 millimeters. "Shifting the design process to this abstract level has a dramatic impact, creating a complexity and richness of detail that would otherwise be almost impossible for a designer to specify or conceive of," they explain. (via)

pinkies up for tea time

those beautiful thingies are 3d printed sugar cubes. out of SUGAR.

the crazies at the sugar lab also make pretty things like this






outstanding!!