Organovo is a company that specialises in bioprinting – the laboratory engineering of tissue. Bioengineering is also the focus of several other universities and research instates around the world, but…
Israel Opens Its First Open-Source 3D Printing Lab
Israel has joined the ranks of countries looking to utilise 3D printing as a core part of its competitive strategy for the future – with Reut Institute’s 3D XLN (Cross-Labs Network) worksp…
Tinkering With Technology – 3D Printing Initiative For Primary Schools
3DPI has reported on numerous stories featuring the educational sector, and this trend is encouraging. The latest news with a focus on education comes out of Loughborough University in the UK. The uni…
Uformia's Advanced Solutions For 3D Modelling
Uformia is a Norwegian software company, and is one to remember when considering digital 3D modelling tools in the future. The company has announced two very interesting products, developed to overcom…
3D Printer Sales – Substantial Growth and Increasing Competition
The number of entry-level 3D printers has grown significantly in recent years – with more than 60 of this type of system now available. According to Wohlers Associates, the number of units sold in 201…
Project RE_ – Upcycled Industrial Design With a 3D Printing Twist
RE_ is a design project by Samuel N. Bernier, an award winning Canadian industrial designer, focusing on upcycling everyday things into something new, stylish and useable. Upcycling – as opposed to re…
KIDE – 3D Printing Workshops for Kids
KIDE is an educational project founded by Dejan Mitrovic in the UK in 2009 with an emphasis on 3D printing. The key premise behind the project is to apply the natural creative instincts of primary/ele…
Shapeways Building a 3D Printing Facility with 5m annual production capability in New York
On Thursday Shapeways opened its Factory of the Future, citing plans of bringing manufacturing back to the western world enabled by 3D printing. The manufacturing site located in Long Island City, NY,…
The Era of the 'Prosumer' & 3D Printing
“Prosumer” — Anyone following the 3D printing industry will have heard that term a lot lately, especially around the recent launches of MakerBot’s Replicator 2 and Formlabs’ Form 1 3D prin…
The 3D printed Art of Cosmo Wenman
Cosmo Wenman is certainly a memorable artist. What he has created is something unique — yet very familiar. In the future, his approach could enable art critics (classical or otherwise) to admire this …