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Photos: Outrageous creations from the latest 3D printing event

By Lyndsey Gilpin April 7, 2014, 7:37 AM PDT

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Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo

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Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo

There was plenty of exciting innovation at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo in New York City. New 3D printers were released by many companies, and people were able to watch them in action.

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2014 3D Printing Expo

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2014 3D Printing Expo

The conference was held inside the Javits Center in New York City from April 2 through 4.

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3D Systems Sense

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3D Systems Sense

Sense is 3D Systems‘ scanner, which is meant for consumer use. It was launched late last year.

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Avi Reichental

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Avi Reichental

Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems, gave the keynote address Thursday morning at the conference. 3D Systems was the main sponsor.

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ChefJet

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ChefJet

A food designer for 3D Systems explains the ChefJet, which is a 3D printer for food. It will be available on the market later this year.

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Customizing music equipment

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Customizing music equipment

The keyboard was customized with a 3D printer as well.

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3D Systems Cube

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3D Systems Cube

The third generation Cube was touted at the conference. Here, it makes some type of sculpture, which took several hours.

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A range of items

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A range of items

We aren’t exactly sure the use for this, but it was definitely 3D printed.

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3D printed shoes

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3D printed shoes

3D Systems showed off a shoe made with a printer. The CEO wore a pair similar to these during his keynote on Thursday.

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3D sci-fi figures

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3D sci-fi figures

Action figures were  on display everywhere at the expo.

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3D Systems toys

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3D Systems toys

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3D printed skull and bones

3D printed skull and bones

3D Systems showed off a fake skull and bones that were made by a 3D printer.

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3D printed Darth Vader

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3D printed Darth Vader

One of the more popular displays showcased a 3D printed Darth Vader.

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3D printed cities

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3D printed cities

Sure, 3D printers can’t actually build real cities yet, but they can make models of futuristic ones.

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3D printed bobbleheads

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3D printed bobbleheads

At this booth, people could scan themselves and make a personalized 3D printed bobblehead.

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Adobe Photoshop 3D viewer

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Adobe Photoshop 3D viewer

Adobe has updated Photoshop to include 3D printing software, in which users can create, download, and send off designs to be made into physical objects.

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Bot Objects Projet

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Bot Objects Projet

At the botObjects booth, CAD software was displayed on a laptop.

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3D printed chess

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3D printed chess

Visitors to the conference could play a round of chess at the XYZ Printing booth.

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3D printing in action

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3D printing in action

An employee from Envision Tecexplains how his 3D printer works to someone at the expo.

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Learning the technology

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Learning the technology

People at the expo could watch 3D printers in action, building all kinds of baubles.

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3D printed heads

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3D printed heads

This booth offered 3D printed photos, head statues, and other semi-creepy realistic items.

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3D printed photos

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3D printed photos

Printing out photos with a 3D printer brought them to life.

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3D printing is A-ok

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3D printing is A-ok

The Afina booth had tons of plastic objects being printed all week, to show how fast a 3D printer could make them.

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3D printed headless horseman

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3D printed headless horseman

A 3D printed headless horseman was on display.

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3D printed love

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3D printed love

The famous love sign was 3D printed at the XYZ booth.

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XYZ daVinci 2.0

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XYZ daVinci 2.0

XYZ Printing just released the daVinci, which is Wi-Fi enabled and faster than its original desktop 3D printer.

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3D printed slinky

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3D printed slinky

Stratasys, which owns MakerBot, showed off 3D printed items, including a slinky.

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3D printed Yoda

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3D printed Yoda

Using a MakerBot Replicator 2, someone 3D prnted Yoda figures.

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3D printer in action

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3D printer in action

This 3D printer was humming along, working throughout the conference.

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MakerBot printer

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MakerBot printer

One of MakerBot’s larger printers built something at the booth on Thursday.

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3D printing in action

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3D printing in action

A close-up of a 3D printer making something with ABS filament.

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3D printed Ford cover

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3D printed Ford cover

A cover for the Ford, made of metal and plastic was on display at the 3D printing conference.

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Made with a 3D printer

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Made with a 3D printer

A wall of the same material was showcased as well.

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More of the 3D printed car

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More of the 3D printed car

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Plastic filament

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Plastic filament

Spools of plastic filament were for sale at the conference.

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3D printed Magic Kingdom

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3D printed Magic Kingdom

Afinia, which makes a variety of 3D printer, showed off a 3D printed statue of Magic Kingdom.

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XYZ printing

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XYZ printing

XYZ, which is the new kid on the 3D printing block, is based in Taiwan. They just released a new desktop 3D printer.

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Discussing 3D printing

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Discussing 3D printing

ToyBuilder Labs allowed visitors to design their own toys and watch the printers make them.

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ToyBuilder

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ToyBuilder

There were a seemingly infinite amount of bobbleheads and statues.

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ToyBuilder

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ToyBuilder

ToyBuilder showcased quite a few random statues made using a 3D printer.

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Up close and personal with 3D printers

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Up close and personal with 3D printers

The expo allowed visitors to get up close with a variety of 3D printers to better understand how they build objects.

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Tinkerine

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Tinkerine

Tinkerine, which offers a couple of 3D printer kits and other printers already assembled, was one of the most popular booths at the conference.

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3D printed abstract art

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3D printed abstract art

This abstract shape was designed by Ioan Florea and 3D printed using PMMA by Voxeljet.

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Dr. Anthony Atala

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Dr. Anthony Atala

Dr. Anthony Atala, who works at Wake Forest University, gave a talk about bioprinting technology.

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3D Printed Capitol

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3D Printed Capitol

The MakerBot booth had a 3D printed model of the US Capitol.

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