GrabCAD, the online CAD repository and community, seems to be quite fond of challenging people to show off their skills in various ways with different types of (joint) ventures, whilst simultaneously also building a strong communal and interactive brand foundation…
Florentin Hofman’s Rubber Duck arrives in Hong Kong – With a Miniature 3D Printed Version at Hong Kong’s Toys-R-Us
Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman’s famous inflatable rubber duck has seen many continents and corners of the internet during its travels around the world of both digital and physical. It was last seen in Hong Kong as a middleweight –…
Updated version of Faro’s free SCENECT 3D scanning software
FARO, the US-based NASDAQ-listed company specializing in 3D measuring and imaging software and devices, has released a new version of its Scenect 3D scanning software, with the latest iteration being labelled as version number 5.2. As with many other non-desktop…
French Survey Copter partners up with Stratasys to create 3D Printed Drones In-house
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or as they’re more commonly called drones are not exactly a new concept – neither in the most familiar military context or in other more peace-oriented settings. However, they have, more recently, crept up to the…
3D Printing of Optical Components – A New R&D Venture in the Cross Sea of Academia and Business
Academics and privately owned companies are often considered to represent two very opposing camps, where one fundamentally strives for internationally acknowledged publications and the other for straight-forward fattening of shareholders’ wallets. This, of course, is a gross simplification and not…
3D Software Webstore from See-It-3D launched
See-It-3D is a software company based in the UK that offers professional 2D and 3D design software, Computer Graphics Imagery and VR Animation applications to a variety of different industries, ranging from films to your friendly neighborhood officer’s station and…
3D Printed Pets – The Absolute Solution for the Socially Awkward (and the Socially Conscious)
We as the members of the human race can be considered and labeled as collective animals, who tend to identify ourselves mainly by reflecting on the people around us and on other living creatures– as the existence without any interaction…
3DS & SYNNEX join forces with North American Distribution deal
3D Systems has signed a major distribution deal, which gives them a strong – though yet of course potential – foothold of the North American 3D printer market, on both professional and personal/prosumer level machinery as well. This joining of…
Design Your Personalized 3D Printable Jewellery Online – Suuz.com
Suuz is a new Dutch online service for designing personalized jewellery. The company – founded by five former Technical University of Delft students – first launched its site in a beta phase in February, but has now launched the full version…
Amazon’s CEO Doesn’t See 3D Printing As a Threat To Their Business Model
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, was issued with a question regarding the company and the potential effects of 3D printing on its business at Amazon’s annual shareholder’s meeting last week. Whilst recognizing the future potential of the tech, Bezos…
