UK-based robotics company Open Bionics has announced that its 3D printed finger device has been adopted for the first time by a hand amputee from London. The new 3D printed prosthesis, called th…
BCN3D announces Supernova, a new company expanding VLM into high-volume production
Spanish 3D printer manufacturer BCN3D has announced the launch of Supernova, a carve out of its Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM) business unit. Headquartered between Austin and Barcelona,…
Materials Processing Institute leads development of new AI tool to optimize metal 3D printing material reuse
The Materials Processing Institute, a UK-based materials research and innovation center, is leading a £600,000 research project to enable greater cost-efficiencies in metal additive manufacturing thro…
New open-source Millennium Mill Milo v1.5 CNC kit for under £1,300: technical specifications and pricing
LDO Motors, a chinese electric motor manufacturer, has released a kit for the Millennium Mill Milo v1.5 open source CNC mill from Millennium Machines. Millennium Machines is an open-source commu…
Blind man develops new AI-based design workflow for vision-impaired 3D printing
A blind Reddit user with the handle Mrblindguardian has developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based workflow that allows him to design and 3D print custom models from scratch. Posting to R…
Farhad Ebrahimi acquires 5.1% of Stratasys shares, adding to stake in Desktop Metal
US billionaire Farhad “Fred” Ebrahimi and his wife Mary Wilkie Ebrahimi have acquired a 5.1% stake in 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys, worth $47 million. Both Fred and Mary Ebrahimi are …
New Carcinotech funding to expand tumor 3D printing commercialization
Edinburgh-based tumor 3D printing specialists Carcinotech has successfully raised £4.2 million in an investment round led by Eos Advisory (Eos) and the Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS). This i…
UK Critical Imports and Supply Chain strategy published, role for 3D printing highlighted
The Critical Imports and Supply Chain strategy published this month by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the UK’s first overarching initiative designed to secure access to critical goods,…
Scrona and Avantama collaboration enables sub-micron inkjet 3D printing
ETH Zurich spin-out Scrona AG and Avantama, a manufacturer of specialty materials for printed electronics, have successfully processed high-performance quantum dot (QD) ink using Scrona’s electrohydro…
Desktop metal announces staff cuts as part of latest cost reduction plan
Massachusetts-based industrial 3D printer manufacturer Desktop Metal (DM) has announced a $50 million cost-reduction plan which will see the company reduce its workforce by 20%. DM hopes that th…