With the upcoming release of the next installment in the Star Wars series, plenty of buzz and curiosity has circulated around The Force Awakens. At the latest Star Wars Celebration convention in Anahe…
Manufacturing Moon Cake: Chinese Startup 3D Prints Edible Treats
One of China’s most prominent delicacies, the mooncake, is a sweet cookie-like bakery product most popularly consumed at the Mid-Autumn Festival, an annual event for worship of the lunar cycle and moo…
Color, Speed, Temperature, & Age: How Do These Factors Influence the 3D Printed Outcome?
When 3D printing objects with a particular focus, one may think long and hard about which printer and filament would be ideal for their project. Higher quality 3D printers and sturdier print material …
3D Systems Textiles: 3D Printed Fashion Out-of-the-Box & into the Cube
3D Systems’ claim to fame started with the creation of the first commercial 3D printing machine, invented in 1989. Since the time of 3D Systems’ conception, the market has expanded from strictly…
Fuel3D’s SCANIFY 3D Scanners Find Distribution in Europe
It looks like Fuel3D’s SCANIFY 3D scanner is set to take off in Eastern Europe, after the announcement of a distribution deal with UFP Deutschland GmbH, a major distributor of computer and printing su…
"Moving People" Gives a Voice to the World’s Refugees with 3D Printing
In a world where nearly 60 million people have had to flee their homes due to violence, war, and oppression, it’s difficult for the luckier bunch of us to truly relate, let alone hear the brave storie…
A Collaborative Competition: Creating the 3D Printed MakerTron Robot
When trying to improve products and ideas of any nature, it seems that there are two roads that lead to better innovation, the two separated paths of collaboration and competition. Although they’re se…
China Approves Use of Fully Functioning 3D Printed Hip Replacement
For the first time in China’s 3D printing revolution, an application of the technology has been released to the masses that will potentially change bodies are repaired when they breakdown. A col…
Bioprinted Vascular Tubes Successfully Implanted in Rats
3D printing has a plethora of uses when it comes to body modification and functionality. We have seen a variety of assistive prosthetic devices, medical tools, and perhaps most excitingly, engineering…
Alcoa Invests $60 Million to Upgrade their Metal 3D Printing Center
Ranging back all the way to 1888, Alcoa has been on the forefront of engineering and manufacturing various metals for over 125 years. Starting with the development of the first aluminum tea kettle in …