Some of the 3D printing artists we see today have arrived at where they are from some pretty windy roots. Though, in 1991, artist Marco Valenzuela’s great uncle, David, showed him some early SLA-print…
3DPI.TV – What will LEGO do with 3D Printing
The Danish company LEGO has always proven itself capable of reinventing itself. However, 3D printing poses the biggest challenge LEGO has ever had to face. By opening up to a digital marketplace for i…
3DPI.TV – Undetectable Firearms Act Free of 3D Printing Regulation
3D printed guns have caused some US legislators to try to regulate 3D printing, but the extension of the Undetectable Firearms Act has managed to exclude the technology from any regulation. The law wa…
3DPI.TV – A Real Time Processor for 3D Printers
As many 3D printer manufacturers and users know, 3D printers can be painfully slow. Create it REAL has developed a new product meant to be universally available to the 3D printer market: the first rea…
3DPI.TV – Porsche Giving a Taste of 3D Printed Cars
If you invested early enough in 3D printing stocks and can now afford a brand new Porsche, you should probably familiarize yourself with Porsche’s online Car Configurator. It lets you chose the model …
3DPI.TV – Leap Motion's Gesture Based 3D Modelling App
The Leap Motion Controller, at $79.99, is the most affordable gesture-based controller available on the market, and the company behind it has just released a free 3D modelling app called Freeform. Fre…
3DPI.TV – 3D Printing Materials Market Report
‘Markets and Markets’ report that by 2018 the global 3D printing materials market around plastics and metals could be worth some USD$408 million. The report iterates that the 3D printing plastic mater…
3DPI.TV – 3D Hubs Releases December Trend Report
Connecting more than 2000 3D printer owners across the world gives 3D Hubs access to key statistics that comes from relying on their users to provide a snapshot representative of the larger picture. L…
3DPI.TV – 3D Systems Introduces Full Arsenal of New 3D Printers
To usher in the era of 3D Printing 2.0, Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems, introduced an onslaught of new 3D printing systems at Euromold last week. The new ProJet 5500X Multi-Material and ProJet 4500…
3DPI.TV – Mcor Doubles the Speeds of its 3D Paper Printers
Among the many breaking stories from Euromold last week, Mcor, the only company to produce a line of paper-based 3D printers, announced that it has managed to reduce the print times of both its IRIS a…