Anyone that has ever been to Euromold knows that the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre is a vast expanse of large halls and long, long, LONG corridors. The scale of the place is monstrous. Euromold fills th…
2BEIGH3 – Open Source Hybrid System
Following Joshua Johnson’s illuminating article focusing on developments in hybrid additive/subtractive fabrication systems another entry-level system of this nature has come to light here on 3DPI — t…
Le FabShop Expands into Paris
Following last month’s announcement from Le FabShop that it is distributing Makerbot 3D printers and ancillaries in France, it is now opening a new office and showroom in Paris. This move has been tak…
A Novel Hybrid Printer Aids R&D for Implantable 3D Cartilage Tissue
Bioprinting has seen a number of significant developments in the last 12 months, but a momentous step forward in this area has been announced recently by Tao Xu et al of the Wake Forest Institute for …
Creating A Whole Other Dimension – Enabled by 3D Printing
Researchers at MIT have used 3D printing to fabricate a three-dimensional, lightweight metamaterial lens that focuses radio waves with extreme precision. Essentially this is tech geek heaven. Metamate…
Grand Opening of MakerBot’s NY Store & Another 3D Photo Booth
Don’t know about you, but I have to say that I was under the impression that the Makerbot retail store in New York was open for business and up and running. Regardless, yesterday saw the ‘official’ gr…
Sculpteo Scoops Prestigious Best of Innovations 2013 CES Award for 3DPCase
3DPI reported on the launch of Sculpteo’s 3DPCase mobile application back in September. We liked it then and it looks as though we were not the only ones! The company and the 3DPCase app have been re…
NeoReplicants — Current Exhibition Displays 3D Printed Work of 30 Artists
Unique works of art created using 3D Design and 3D Printing equipment at the University of Exeter are on display in an exhibition at the Phoenix Gallery and showcases the diverse potential of the tech…
Euromold 2012 – A Preview
Euromold, one of the largest global manufacturing trade shows, is just a week away. So a quick preview of this annual event seems to be in order. Spread over three large halls at the Exhibition Centre…
Solidoodle Introduces 3rd Gen 3D Printer
New York based 3D printer vendor Solidoodle, has announced the third generation of its system — the Solidoodle 3. The most notable improvement to this latest release is the increase in build volume to…