The pilot is called ‘Best of our Knowledge’ and the first episode focuses entirely on 3D printing and the ways that it is beginning to shape our future. The show was created by Steve Overmyer and Clay…
Build your Own 3D Printer that uses Powder and Ink Jet Technology
Plan B is a a new open source, powder based, inkjet 3D printer employing a process similar in nature to the original ZCorpoation tech, called “three dimensional printing”. This process uses an inkjet …
Tunapanda Brings Open Source Digital Education to Africa
Tunapanda is a charity program that launched last year aiming to bring open sourced technology education to emergent economies in Africa. Their “education on a hard drive” has helped launch multiple c…
SOLIDWORKS Makes the Fab Foundation a Solid Donation
Fab Foundation has just announced that SolidWorks has donated a premium copy of its popular 3D CAD software to each of the 350 Fab Lab facilities all over the world. Each official Fab Lab is eligible …
Shapeways Sets Fire to Five of Its 3D Printing Materials, For Science!
Duann, a community member of 3D printing marketplace Shapeways, decided to fire test five of the most popular 3D printing materials offered by the service provider. The experiment wasn’t especially em…
Super Strong 3D Printing Filament Added to Material ConneXion’s Global Materials Library
Materials and process consultants Material ConneXion has just added igus’ iglide tribo-filament to its polymer library and voted it best new material at the last monthly selection jury. Material Conne…
NHS Wales Teams with PDR and CARTIS to Promote Access to Medical 3D Scanning and 3D Printing
The public healthcare system in Wales, NHS Wales, has teamed up with two 3D printing companies to improve access to 3D scanning and 3D printing services for their patients. The funding is being provid…
Check Out This Cool Walking Robot Made Entirely of 3D Printed Parts
Over on Instructables user schu51 posted a really cool guide to 3D printing and assembling a walking robot that contains only 3D printable parts and mechanics. All you need to do you make your own is …
The US DOE is Looking to Create a New Additive Manufacturing Workforce
The US Department of Energy is sponsoring an education and training program to create a new workforce proficient in the use and application of advanced manufacturing techniques, including additive man…
3D Printing in Grayscale with High Speed Sintering
We have covered the High Speed Sintering (HSS) process being developed by researchers from Sheffield University previously on 3DPI, but recently, the team revealed further progress in their work, name…