On Tuesday I tweeted a link to some press coverage about the opening of a new advanced technology centre — at a high school. Well I attended said opening yesterday, having been invited to cover the event — with lots…
3D Printing Does Retro — Check Out the Bioscope
A novel 3D printing application has been highlighted by i.materialise in the last 24 hours. The Bioscope is the brainchild of independent designers Simon de Bakker and Jon Stam and it is retro cool. This application brings together photograpy, film and…
If a 3D Photo of your Unborn Baby isn’t good enough – how about a 3D printed model?
Mashable has produced a fascinating video insight into how a Japanese company has come up with the ultimate in anti-natal keepsakes — an intricate, and precise, 3D printed model of your unborn baby. Making use of other 3D tech to…
Selassi – 3D Printing “Nurtures” Amazing Consumer Products
Selassi is a bright new lighting and homeware brand that showcases unrestrained and beautiful design enabled by the production medium of 3D printing technologies. James Pryor the designer behind the quite exquisite Selassi brand works on the following premise: “Wouldn’t…
3D Printing at the Molecular Scale
One of my personal predictions for 3D printing is that the full power of this technology sector will be unleashed as and when current R&D projects into materials at the nano scale converge with it. It is currently embryonic and…
Tinkercad Excitedly Launches Shape Scripts API
Tinkercad, the company working hard to bring accessible 3D data creation to the masses, has just announced “some weekend fun” in that it is now possible to write Shape Scripts directly inside the Tinkercad editor and create shapes that are…
High Street 3D Printing Services: An Interview with Robert Feld, The Color Company
3D Printing Industry has recently reported on the growth of 3D printing services in the retail sector. One of the first organizations to recognize this potential was The Color Company, a pioneer in this area with retail space across the…
A Day at the Engineering Design Show
On Wednesday I was a visitor at the Engineering Design Show at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. This was an inaugural two-day show organised by Findlay Media, publishers of Eureka magazine. Unsurprisingly the event was targeted at Design Engineers and…
3D Printing: Bring on the Trough of Disillusionment — Please!!
Last week 3D Printing Industry published a post from Graham Tromans that focused on some serious concerns that Graham has about safety issues, specifically in terms on users of entry-level machines and materials qualification. These are such valid points that…
Le FabShop Will Distribute Replicator2 in France
Le FabShop, the French digital workshop, has announced that it will be selling Makerbot products — including the new Replicator2 — in France, through its online shop, le FabStore. Le FabShop, a community based hub for design and digital manufacturing…
