As storage for manufacturers’ spare parts are moving away from industrial sized warehouses to big memory hard-drives, computer aided design (CAD) has been given a new lease of life, especially when pa…
3D technologies reveal secrets of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt has astounded the world for years in the sheer spectacle and ingenuity of their masonry in the pyramids and their concealed tombs. Though plenty of research and exploration has gone into…
Scholarships from Australian University open up a world of possibilities for 3D printing
Students looking to undertake a PhD in 3D printing should consider the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. Together with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organis…
WildBrain design competition to animate new children’s characters
The imagination behind some of television’s most beloved children’s shows are searching for a new star. WildBrain entertainment studios, who collaborate with companies to create new animated content o…
High school gets ‘a room of one’s own’ in which to print
When Virginia Woolf wrote ‘a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction’ she was commenting on women’s access to education. At the time, women were scarce allowed into univ…
A hand for 3D printed prosthetics from Ithaca College
What started out as an experiment in the capabilities of a new MakerBot Replicator has now given a helping-hand to those in need, and potentially launched the career of physics student Ryan Bouricius.…
Full speed ahead for Dubai’s Future Accelerators
The first cycle of Dubai’s Future Accelerators program (also known as the Dubai Future Foundation) is an unprecedented success. 19 businesses out of the 30 that started the process are going through t…
Beautiful high-definition SLA prints on DWS 3D printers
At 3DPI we are always looking for examples of 3D printing done not only with engineering precision, but also with an element of style, art, creativity or even beauty. So when our editor saw some 3D pr…
Recreating 3D Robert the Bruce and faces-in-the-wild
A new project shows how 3D imaging has many applications for helping people understand the world around them and can even be used to create an enhanced version of reality. The videogame and CGI film i…
Micron3DP & MIT 3D printing in molten glass
Competition to produce the most effective method of 3D glass printing is running high as Israeli Micron3DP announce plans to deliver its 3D printer for alpha testing at the end of 2017. Technique old…