Top 10 3D Printing Updates from CES 2015
3D printing at International CES 2015 was big, reflecting the technology’s transition from a purely industrial and Maker tool to something for consumers, too. The 3D Printing Marketplace doubled its …
Teen Takes 3D Printing into “ORBit” with New ORB Technology
Thomas Suarez is the prototype of a teenager for the new century and not just because, at age 15, he was born right across the turn of the millennium. He is a “21st century teen” because his passions …
Breaking: Senvol Releases the First, and Only, Free Searchable Database for Industrial 3D Printing!
If you just want to read the headline and start using this groundbreaking tool already, go ahead and click here. One of the biggest questions I hear when talking to various people interested or emb…
3D Print Your Own 3D Scanner
Yes, it has come to this. The Atlas 3D is a Raspberry Pi-powered 3D laser scanner kit that you assemble yourself using parts 3D printed by your own desktop 3D printer. The low cost scanner has current…
Is the CubeJet Full-Color 3D Printer On its Way?
Within all of the hubbub surrounding CES 2015, 3D Systems has been quietly posting videos onto their CES announcements page, marketing some of their new products with sleek advertisements. While writ…
MarkOne Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Finds First Reseller
The way a Mark One printer is able to create objects in nylon, Kevlar, carbon fiber and fiberglass can be described as “symmetric”. Its “Continuous Filament Fabrication” technology uses two symmetric…
Spectrom Takes Full-Color 3D Printing to the Desktop
At CES last week, a start-up started up by a couple of University of Wisconsin students wowed attendees with their fascinating, potentially breakthrough, 3D printing device. Spectrom is in the proces…
Universal Pellet Extruder Brings Pellet 3D Printing to the Universe
Many desktop 3D printer users are accustomed to buying large rolls of filament. So far, there haven’t been a lot of innovations with regard to how raw plastic material might be fed into the extruder. …
NEA Spawns Beautiful Family of 3D Printers at CES
Launched at CES this year is one of the most elegant looking series of desktop 3D printers I’ve seen so far, more than eligible for Shane’s Sexiest 3D Printer award. The NEA family of FFF printers – …
The Eight-Armed Choctopus Chocolate 3D Printer in Action
While everyone got excited about Hans Fouche’s 3D printed lawn mower shell, followed by all of the crazy food printing at CES, it’s worth remembering that Hans actually started out in food printing. …
