Siemens launches its new AI-powered assistant for industrial engineering
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Industrial manufacturing firm Siemens has unv…
Optimizing 3D printing performance with Bondtech’s Core Heating Technology
Core Heating Technology (CHT) from Bondtech, the Swedish manufacturer of world-leading filament feeders, increases 3D printing speeds by over 30%. CHT…
Materialise adds novel AM materials to its portfolio
Belgian 3D printing company Materialise has introduced three new materials to its AM portfolio. These materials include Polyamide 12S (PA 12S), Polyamide 11 (PA 11) for Multi Jet Fusion, and Carbon Fi…
Holus Kicks Off Consumer Holographic Era with 3D Printing and Gaming in Mind
While I have always been somewhat skeptical about the consumer applications of augmented reality and virtual reality, I love the idea of holographic systems and all that comes with it. I believe that …
Popular Science Brings the SR-72 Spyplane to Life with 3D Printing
Don Foley is the artist behind this June’s vibrant Popular Science covers. He grew up near the space program in Cocoa Beach and from a young age was interested in space and flight. He makes his …
Local Motors to Kick Off Car 3D Printing Summer This Week
Local Motors is prepping to take their car printing model – labelled by the company as Direct Digital Fabrication – from proof of concept to road-racing reality. With the construction of …
Bionic Arm Helps Restore a Sense of Touch
Prosthetic and even bionic limbs, for all the good they do, largely tend to provide mechanical solutions to the problem of a missing arm or leg. Bionic arms extend the consciousness of movement, by de…
Stratasys Folds MakerBot into Asia Pacific Operations with MakerBot APJ
Despite recent lay-offs, Stratasys-owned MakerBot continues to expand its network and, today, the subsidiary has established MakerBot Asia Pacific & Japan, a division devoted to strengthen and exp…
MyMiniFactory Wants You to Own a Piece of Their 3D Printing Community
MyMiniFactory, the printables community of 3D printing retailer iMakr, has been growing rapidly in the two years since it was founded, publishing some of the most popular 3D printable designs on the w…
Strap a Structure Sensor to Your Face for Immersive, 3D Sensing VR & AR
Occipital has been making headway into the mixed reality space with their low-cost, high-resolution Structure Sensor. Though its 3D scanning ability makes for a perfect tool for creating 3D printed r…
America Makes & YBI Announce $100K 3D Printing Start-Up Competition
The USA’s pioneer 3D printing institute, America Makes, was conceived to push the country’s 3D printing capabilities across new frontiers. To do so, the organization has typically relied on forging p…
Bespoke “Rotruder” Machine Makes 3D Food Using 3D Printed Replaceable Parts
Although it does make food in 3D shapes, it cannot strictly be considered a 3D printer, as it does not work via an additive process (but as a Formative process). However, the Rotruder is possible only…
3D LifePrints Achieves Many Firsts in Africa with 3D Printed Prosthetics
While there are many projects that have contributed to raising awareness about the possibilities that low cost 3D printing can offer to amputees in developing and poor countries, nothing is like being…
Formfutura Raises Its Wooden Stakes with New 3D Printing Filaments
Wood seems to be the sexiest material in 3D printing lately. After Materialise’s announcement regarding its new laser sinterable wood materials, the large Netherlands based filament retailer, Formfutu…
Embedding Electronics into 3D Prints Yields Kick Ass Kickstarter
As we move from a consumer vs. producer society, in which skills are specialized and compartmentalized to individual manufacturing businesses, to a prosumer society, in which empowered individuals exp…