Photos: Outrageous creations from the latest 3D printing event

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

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

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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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3D printed candy

3D printed candy was all the rage at the conference. These delicate, sugary confections were peppermint flavored.

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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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3D Systems

At the 3D Systems booth, a band played on a drum kit made partially with a 3D printer. The guitar was customized with a 3D printer too.

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Customizing music equipment

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

A 3D printed headless horseman was on display.

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

A wall of the same material was showcased as well.

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More of the 3D printed car

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Plastic filament

Spools of plastic filament were for sale at the conference.

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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

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

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

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ToyBuilder

There were a seemingly infinite amount of bobbleheads and statues.

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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

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

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

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

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A 3D map is displayed at the Fraser Advanced Information Systems booth.

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At Afina

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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

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

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