Don’t Take Reviews at Face Value – Especially 3D Printing Ones!!
So Top 10 Reviews has done a feature focusing on entry-level 3D printers. And it covers 19 (not 10) of them across two very dense pages of information. I concede I have not analysed these figures clin…
3D Scanning Via Google Glass and 3D Printing the Result
Empires, it could be argued, are built upon successfully incorporating a vision as figurehead. Anyone can become as the figurehead, and one with the figurehead, by assimilating that vision. Be it Roma…
ExtrusionBot – The Fastest Filament Maker
The high (fixed?) pricing of plastic filament for an FDM/FFF 3D printer is a known issue in the industry, preventing it from being a more suitable solution for more cost-effective purposes (read: has …
Geek Dad Geek-Mad About 3D Systems Cube
Over at GeekDad, the Wired spin-off blog devoted to fathers with nerdy inclinations, one dad has written about his experience with the desktop printer from 3D Systems, the Cube. In it, the self-descri…
The Next Frontier for Stratasys is Metal
According to a report from Bloomberg yesterday, who has the information straight from the horse’s mouth, Stratasys, following its acquisition of Makerbot last week, is now looking to further consolida…
Kong in Chains Turns Realistic 3D Models into Realistic 3D Prints
Every once in a while, we’re given a project that takes us in a different direction to that which we first anticipated. That’s what happened here to Mike, but his open nature and equally open mind hav…
Layer by Layer – A New 3D Model Marketplace ……. with a Difference.
Ok, keep reading, I know, yes it’s another article about a 3D model repository, but this one appears to be a departure from what you’d expect. Founded by Max Friefeld, Oliver Ortlieb, and Jonathan …
Windows 8.1 will Feature Native Support for 3D Printing
Microsoft is equipping the next iteration of its computing standard operating system, Windows 8.1, with a new API: native support for 3D printers. As part of its ongoing unveiling of Windows 8.1, Micr…
Create it REAL Stops 3DP Guns from Becoming Real
A Danish company claims to have addressed the concern over 3D-printed guns, not by improving the skills of law enforcement, but by improving the skills of computer software. In a press release, the fi…
Could Apple be the Saviour of the 3D Printing Industry?
Matt Cildeman, investor and Seeking Alpha contributor, appears to have a thing or two to say about Apple and 3D printing. After previously having written an article recommending buying 3D Systems s…
