Wiivv Wearables is Vancouver-based company that makes biomechanically optimized custom insoles with 3D printing. And, now, their high-tech orthotics just got a major push from global 3D printing mate…
3D Printing Metal Drone Parts with Aero Kinetics and SLM Solutions
SLM Solutions has recently teamed up with Aero Kinetics to bring advanced 3D printed metal solutions to Aero Kinetics’s latest multi-rotor vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft. Using 3…
Arduino Turns Making Mainstream with Arduino Studio
So many Maker projects use Arduino products in tandem with 3D printing and this bit of Arduino news may affect the way that Makers program the open source board for their 3D printers. Arduino.org has …
Pinshape vs Thingiverse: Showdown in 3D Model Town
What would happen if you pit similar 3D printing services against each other? Two of the most common initial questions people have when they begin to investigate the 3D printing industry as a whole ar…
Research Study Explores 3D Printing for Athletes with Disabilities
The majority of adaptive sports programs are non-profit organizations, making it difficult for them to afford to purchase high-cost equipment for sports participants with disabilities. Also, several a…
3D Printed Antennas to Lower-Cost for European Satellites
Finding new satellite antenna solutions is an area of significant growth in the space/aerospace community with a continual spike in data transfer driven by telephones, surveillance, internet, GPS and …
Project Ignite to Spark Curiosity in STEAM Students & Educators
In response to the White House’s fabrication initiative, called the National Week of Making, Autodesk, Inc. is announcing Autodesk Project Ignite According to the company Project Ignite is …
Bold Machines Boldly Pirouettes Sort of Away from Stratasys
Stratasys has spun-off Bold Machines, the incubation unit created in 2014 with a mission to create new and interesting 3D printed products over new and interesting 3D printers. Bold Machines is led by…
Lawmakers Seek $10 Million for Defense 3D Printing from Uncle Sam
Who wants $10 million to fund a 3D printing program at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base? Anybody? Any takers? Taxpayers are being petitioned. Well, not really. U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Akron) and U.S. R…
HP Turning Sprout into Carnival of 3D Technology
Recently, Hewlett Packard announced that the Sprout “immersive computer”, the first of its kind in the world, will also be equipped with scanning capabilities. With the new 3D Capture Stag…