Drones, the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used by governments and other officials, have been more publicly visible and debated over in the US, but are emerging (and already apparent) in the old wor…
3D Printing for Dummies – 3DP 1on1 in the Independent
Something along the lines of using CAD software to create STL files in order to create physical objects additively by fused deposition modeling OR baking a sliced load of bread backwards? For their ta…
The Future of 3D Printed Promotional T-shirts?
Garment Printing, a UK based company that is, unsurprisingly, focused on promotional printing on clothes, has quite ambitious plans for their future, which will involve the 3rd dimension in printing b…
LUXeXcel's 3D Printed Corrective Glasses Get Royal Seal of Approval
LUXeXcel, the Dutch company known for its awarded printoptical technology – and has also been featured here on 3DPI for their collaboration with the academic world – has now showed that the advanced t…
3D Printing's Potential in Smart Packaging
When you think about ‘smart’ devices – phones and maybe TV’s come to mind, but now the ‘smart’ prefix is being applied in the area of packaging – where it actually predates the first two c…
Ioan Florea's Evolving Art for Two Senses
Ioan Florea is a US artist originating from Transylvania in Romania. During his childhood he became fascinated with different materials, which were scarce to say at least – the communist regime of his…
New 1-on-1 Study on 3D Printing and its Future
Besides Wohlers, new research and future mapping of 3D printing is also released perodically from different technology-oriented institutions worldwide. The newest study comes from market and tech inte…
3D Printed Supersized Titanium Bugs
3D printing and scanning have both already been proved to be excellent additions to museums’ toolboxes. With projects such as bringing dinosaurs and other great extinct animals such as mammoths back t…
Mcor Further Expands its Global Reach
In the professional 3D printing market, Mcor continues to push out across every continent with its professional, paper-based, full colour 3D printing solutions. The company, based in Ireland has long …
Agents of the 3D Revolution – Promoting 3D Printing in South Africa
The main type of 3D printing related news from Africa has been mostly associated to the humanitarian sector, as potential innovations to provide help for those most in need – in the future. However, t…