The Finnish dental equipment manufacturer Planmeca has introduced a 3D printer to expand its product portfolio. Named Planmeca Creo™, the new 3D printer will allow dental laboratories and large…
Rice creates sintering laser from cheap Chinese cutter
We love a good hack here at 3DPrintingindustry.com, so today we’d like to salute the bright minds at Rice University that have created a budget laser sintering printer from a Chinese CO2 laser cutter.…
Reddit angry with E3D over design competition
E3D has incurred the wrath of the Reddit community by posting a competition asking designers to create a mascot for its BigBox printer. The company has offered one of its 3D printers as a prize…
TriFusion Devices Scoops $400,000 Prize Fund
3D printing company TriFusion Devices has walked away from the Rice Business Plan Competition with a massive $400,000 in prize money. The company, which is based at Texas A&M University, ai…
Students do the math with 3D printing
3D printing has a wealth of applications when it comes to education and teachers can use the technology in so many ways that it almost boggles the mind. Now a new paper has outlined a way that a 3D pr…
Desktop plastics factory Kickstarter goes live
A radical new Kickstarter project wants to bring mould making and a simplified version of 3D printing to the masses. 3D printing is a fascinating science and simple consumer printers have made it more…
Space VR closer to virtual space tourism with its fundraising
We all wanted to be astronauts when we were small and now SpaceVR has promised to make our dreams a reality with virtual space tourism. The San Francisco-based company was founded in 201…
Why should we 3D print lenses?
Optical lenses present a unique challenge when it comes to 3D printing, but Luxexcel has risen to the challenge with its patented Printoptical Technology. The question is why? We already have a…
Allforge taking advance sales for desktop 3D molder
Allforge has started taking advance orders for its desktop 3D molding machine today. Even with the 50% early-bird discount it is still a hefty $2,495 and the retail price will be $5000 when it officia…
My Mum is a 3D Printer
TED talk explains mapping human genomes Physicist Riccardo Sabatini has given an inspirational and ingenious TED talk that you just have to see. He likes his mum to the ultimate 3D printer and goes on…