It all starts with (or continues through) education. We just reported that in the US, Makerbot is investing in creating MakerBot Innovation Centers for college students to learn about new advanced manufacturing processes. Now in Holland, a country that (along…
DoubleMe3D offers full 3D Scan & 3D Print Services. And takes Bitcoin
You can call them 3D selfies or 3D self cloning, 3D auto-copy or maybe even the familiar 3D scan & print service: we are all a bit narcissistic and the possibility to make a miniature copy of yourself is undeniably…
With 3D Printed Sit Skis the Upcoming Winter Paralympics Are Bracing for a Show
The Paralympic Winter Games, much like the Paralympic Games in general, have been taking place regularly, right after the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, since 1988. Although the audience has been growing, through the participation of star athletes such as…
And the Golden Mousetrap Award for Innovation in (Additive) Manufacturing Goes To…
To most of us here at 3DPI there is no manufacturing other than additive manufacturing (after all, this is 3Dprintingindustry.com, not Industry.com). So, sometimes, reality hits and I have to face the fact that there are quite a few other…
MakerBot Now Getting Serious About 3D Printing in Education
Stratasys, MakerBot’s parent company, has made no secret of the fact that full blown adoption of 3D creativity at all levels will start with those who are in school today. The company launched its Makerbot Academy initiative last November with the…
History in the Re-Making, Voxeljet 3D Prints St. Lambert’s Cathedral
There are so many amazing projects going on in the 3D printing world that, as repetitive as it may get, it is always best to contextualize them. The latest project from Voxelijet (and you know that when the German company…
Can Organs Be 3D Bioprinted? A Stem Cell Trachea Will Tell
In four limbed creatures such as human beings, the trachea is the windpipe that lets the air we breath flow into the lungs: just like life, it is fragile. Without it we could not breath, nor speak, nor live. Many…
Makers of the World Unite at MakerDays — with 3D Printing
I apologize but the temptation to use Karl Marx’s famous slogan to describe the new MakerDays initiative was just too strong to resist. In fact the comparison is fitting: the aim of MakerDays is to bring together professionals from the…
Is 3D Printing and Space Travel a Match Made in… Heaven?
We are living in exciting and revolutionary times. Technologies that have been developed during the past decades are becoming mature and opening up to more and more people. This time, however, we are not talking about 3D printing. This time…
Happy Chinese Year of the (Colourful) 3D Printed Horse — from Stratasys
Astrological predictions are often a bit too approximate for accurate predictions, even when they are based on the Chinese millenary culture. However they are a great subject for conversation and, apparently, also a great inspiration for 3D printing. To celebrate…
