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Although not quite ready to be available from your local CVS, 3D printed drugs are moving from the world of fantasy into reality. Talking about two articles that speculate on how 3D printing will be used in the medical field in the near or maybe not so near future. The first article discusses using 3D printer for at home prescription creation aka, 3D printed drugs. The other as a way to treat acne with a topical 3D printed "mask" made from a type of prescription filament. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Autodesk 123D software has many similar features of other CAD softwares, and while the company is one of the oldest in the CAD game, there are things that we are left wanting. It is a beginner software, great for those just diving in and wanting to learn CAD for 3D printing and 3D modelling, but if you are a more advanced user it is probably not the right fit for your skill level. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

3D Printing equity crowdfunding is a really good topic for everybody who is considering starting a business in the 3D printing industry, and needs to raise money. Defining what that means, how to use it to your advantage and if Kickstarter is the way to go. Breaking down the steps to funding your seed capital with the new regulations that have been put into effect since May 2016. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Taking a look at Swirly Celebrations and how they used mass customization 3D printing to fill a market gap. This company has used 3D printing to make different ethnic and culturally dressed cake toppers for weddings, birthdays, and all sorts of celebrations. The idea of a mass customizable world with 3D printing is possible.  To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Kate Blacklock is an artist out of Rhode Island who is doing a lot to help 3D printing advocacy as well as in 3D print ceramics.  We saw a Public Knowledge blog post about the panel discussions that have been going on for the 3D/DC 2016 event in April. It was an event designed around bringing exposure to Congress of 3D printing and what it can do. The idea was to get them excited with 3D printing by showing it, to make them aware of 3D printing as well as letting the government to allocate more resources and funds for the education of 3D printing is important.  She calls herself an unlikely spokesperson for 3D printing. I love that as an artist. We haven’t had an artist for a while. I was really looking forward in talking about her design process. She is not a technical person which makes it exciting. She is an artist and a professor teaching others Industrial Design in the Rhode Island School of Design. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Tom and Tracy share recommended criteria for deciding what to design and 3D print, and their top 12 tips for 3D print designers. The tips range from best practices for anyone starting out with 3D printing, to more advanced and technical tips that will be more useful after you have a bit more 3D printing experience.   To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Reviewing the ins and outs of Onshape, a cloud-based CAD software that claims to allow everyone on a design team to be able to work on a design from anywhere on a computer, tablet, or phone. When you first think about cloud based CAD software, you may think that you are going to sacrifice something because it is online and that so many of these are free and very inexpensive. We have reviewed a couple of them already, one of them being Sketchup and another being TinkerCAD. TinkerCAD is a beginner software, but Onshape is something that we have just come to know recently. This is a very serious CAD program. It is not what you would expect. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Bio 3D printing has been around for quite some time now, but how such a thing is possible is still surrounded by much mystery. Danny Cabrera is an expert in the field of Bio 3D printing and he sheds some light on what bio 3D printing is doing, how it works, and where he hopes to see it go as the 3D printing industry grows. Any entrepreneur can take a page from his book and find a need that needs to be filled no matter the industry. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

How do professional designers use desktop 3D printing in their work flow? We dive deep into this subject to learn how desktop 3D printers have transformed product design and development for the better, accelerating time lines and reducing costs. Out guest is Mark Palmer of MakerBot, who will share how he and his team not only design 3D printers, but how they are a critical part of their product development process. This is a model of best practices that applies to any company designing and developing products. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Calculating the strength of 3D prints can be a tricky thing to do, and is especially important when you consider your "what". Listener, Lars Ahlstedt from Sweden, wrote in asking how to do just that with calculating the strength of a 3D printed bicycle, not just for fun but for one of Sweden longest bicycle races. Using our product development background to answer his question as well as take into consideration how important the testing phase is To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Discerning which 3D Print ideas to discard can be difficult, whether it be 3D designs or 3D business ideas. How to avoid "shiny object syndrome" and keep your business balanced between all the different ideas and how to know which idea to follow through on and which to discard and move away from. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

3D Printing is being used by established fine artists to create some truly inspiring works of art. In this Design Inspiration profile, 3D printing was a critical part of the creative process, but it is not obvious. That reality makes this art even more impressive. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Nora Toure is the founder of the LinkedIn Group, Women in 3D Printing, as well as being the sales and business development manager at Sculpteo. She shares with Tom and Tracy Hazzard her experience in a male dominated industry and what she is doing to help push women into the spotlight for their efforts and achievements in 3D printing. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Part three of the Battle of the Minis (3D Printers that is). Up in the ring is MakerBots Mini 3D printer appropriately called Mini Compact.  To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

Tom Hazzard reviews a free CAD design program, Trimble SketchUp. This program can get a bad rap but it's not one that you want to ignore if you are starting out or especially if you are sending your design to others to collaborate, comment on, and view. Considering if it's worth going to the Pro version or if the basic free version of the program is all you need for creating models for 3D printing. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don’t forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!