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Most Read Articles from Last Week – January 4


Many 3D Printing Patents Are Expiring Soon: Here’s A Round Up & Overview of Them
I. Background 3D printing is a 30-year old technology that is currently entering the mainstream, to great fanfare. Despite the 3D printing industry’s double-digit (%) growth over the past …



3DPI Writer, Mike Molitch-Hou’s Top 5 3D Printing Applications of 2013
After a year of working with 3D Printing Industry, I’ve learned a great deal about 3D printing, human progress and myself as a writer. The readers have been so thoughtful and appreciative in their fee…



3DPI Founder, Eetu Kuneinen’s Top 5 3D Printing Apps of 2013
I remember lively the time I was undertaking this same task last year. It’s really incredible to look back and realise how much the industry has moved forward by comparing last year’s applications wit…



Another ‘Home’ Metal 3D Printer: Newton 3D
3D Printing at home with metals is now truly an emergent trend. The release of an open source welder based home 3D printer this month has caused massive ripples in the open source 3D printing communit…



Da Vinci 3D Printer: A Renaissance For High Quality but Low Cost
Da Vinci, renaissance man. From new painting materials to mirror writing to helicopters to parachutes to planes to submarines to… you name it, this profound genius could produce a strong attempt at …



3DPI Writer, Shane Taylor’s Top 5 3D Printing Apps of 2013
Over the festive season 3DPI writers and contributors have all spent some time rounding up their personal, favourite 3D printing applications/developments that have emerged during 2013. Here, it is th…



Davide Sher’s 5 Favourite 3D Printing Apps of 2013
1. The ESA’s 3D printed lunar base Of all the things that 3D printing — as it develops — will allow us as humanity to achieve is the construction of extra terrestrial habitats. It starts with space…



BotBQ New Nozzle Testing – 3D Printed Food
Have you heard of BotBQ? Who knows, maybe this time next year you will be 3D Printing your Xmas meals with this little piece of innovation. That’s right, we’re talking about 3D Printing food with BotB…



3D Printing At Ford
Ford is using additive manufacturing for prototyping all kinds of parts from engine to transmission. 3D Printing allows creating multiple iterations at the same time, so the actual testing c…



3D Printing – It’s Evolutionary: Julie Friedman Steele TEDx Talk
Julie Friedman, the CEO of The MetaSpace, is passionate about 3D Printing. She used to be a stand-up comedian, but now, instead of (just) being funny, she has opened the first 3-D printing ret…