For some time I have been in touch with the team at Fripp Design and Research, a leading industrial and product design practice here in the UK, that has been developing a proprietary new 3D printing p…
PIY Optics on a Form1+
To date, the 3D printing of optics has been singularly the territory of LUXeXceL — a Dutch company that has made tremendous strides with the commercialization of it proprietary process for printed opt…
Funding for Pittsburgh Engineers Set to Enhance Computer Simulation & Qualification Standards for AM
Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering have received funding totalling $450K specifically to further research in two specific areas of their work with additive…
First America, Now Canada — Looking to Network a Nation of Makers. Who's Next?
The Maker phenomenon is spreading, directly North it seems. Not only is America making, but Canada is too, now, as Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) has launched Canada Makes. Like its sout…
Grab & Go – Stratasys Completes Acquisition of GrabCAD
Just last week Stratasys set the newswires alight when it announced it was acquiring software and content company GrabCAD. Just a week later and a statement from Stratasys confirms that the deal is co…
Geography Matters — UPS Expands its 3DPaaS Across the US
Having first announced that it was introducing 3D printing as a service (3DPaaS) just over 13 months ago, The UPS Store went ahead and placed a 3D printer in six of its key locations. Over the course …
Ricoh Formally Makes the Jump to 3D Printing — aaS, For Now
Amid speculation of when and how the big imaging companies will fully embrace 3D printing, the Japan based Ricoh Company has just announced the launch of an additive manufacturing business centered on…
Long Distance Runner Paula Radcliffe Makes Her Comeback — With 3D Printed Insoles
For her first competitive race in two years, long distance runner and world-record-holder, Paula Radcliffe, made her comeback to the sport yesterday when she took part in Worcester City’s 10k race. Ms…
The Nectarians Are Coming & They Want You to Join their 3D Printing Vision
A new, open source 3D printer has just been introduced, and before you take a deep breath and exhale slowly and click on, this one is a little different to the many other 3D printer launches from star…
Are You in the Market For Your Next Home Appliance? Crowd Source It.
FirstBuild is a new factory concept for manufacturing white goods and accessories that has been established to maximize the benefits of crowdsourcing and micro-manufacturing. And in this case, micro-m…