My annual sojourn to Nottingham was this past week, to attend the International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (AM) and 3D Printing (3DP), hosted by the Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing …
Talking of …. 3D Printing Vernacular
My time at the Nottingham International Conference on AM and 3DP this week included not a few conversations about the general technology terminology surrounding the 3D printing industry. According to…
HEMA Wants to Scan Shoppers at its Amstelveen Store
The Scan Lounge, developed by Scanlogics BV of the Netherlands, has been on tour across its home territory recently, showcasing its professional 3D scanning and 3D printing solutions to a range of new…
A Preview of the Nottingham International Conference on AM and 3D Printing
While Ari and Eetu jet off to Melbourne next week for the latest edition of the Inside 3D Printing event, I will be driving down to Nottingham. I have no particular affinity with the place, except tha…
3DPI Editorial Round-Up: June 2014
Another month has come and gone and we are exactly half way through 2014. Where has that time gone? Blink again and it will be Christmas! At 3DPI it’s been another busy one. We continue to grow the te…
Choc Edge Unveils 2nd Gen Chocolate 3D Printer in China
From my own experience talking to non-3D printing people about 3D printing, the one thing that gets the most animated response is the potential of printing food. Home in on chocolate and their eyes po…
Metal 3D Printing and Fusion Implants Are On the Royal Agenda
UK-based industrial 3D printer manufacturer, Renishaw, recently installed two new SLM platforms in the additive manufacturing facility at the University of Liverpool, which will support a range of new…
“Re-Born in the USA” — Industrial 3DP Manufacturer Optomec Awarded $4 Million Project from America Makes
Optomec announced yesterday that it has been awarded a major project from America Makes that will see the company working with leading aerospace companies in the United States. The project, inducing p…
This IS a World First, Honest — 3D Scanning & 3D Printing The Leader of the Free World
While many US museums, most notably the National Portrait Gallery, proudly display busts of past presidents of the nation, for the first time, these traditional sculptures will be joined by a 3D print…
Ioan Florea is The Wizard of 3D Printing — Cars & Houses & Appliances!
Romanian-born, American artist and sculptor, Ioan Florea, caught the world’s attention when he 3D printed a car. He has gone on to drop more jaws with his latest project — a 3D printed house designed …