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…
Maker Media Seeks to Conquer Internet with MakerSpace Social Network
If it weren’t for Maker Media and all of its associated products – Maker Faire, MakerCon, MakerShed, and Make Magazine – I probably wouldn’t have a job. Beginning with a bimon…
Polyforge Sub-$20,000 SLS 3D Printer to Be Unveiled at Maker Faire
The SLS race is literally on fire as new models and projects are announced based on the, now open, original SLS patent. The goal is to reduce the price of an SLS system by a factor of 10 and the first…
Pembient to 3D Print Rhino Horns in Laissez-Faire Conservation Attempt
Currently genuine rhino horns go for up to $60,000 per kilogram and have a variety of uses including being used for Chinese Medicine, aphrodisiacs, some cancer treatments, and as a kind of status symb…
UL and University of Louisville to Open Advanced 3D Printing Training Center
Global safety sciences company UL LLC has steadily been growing its additive manufacturing division and, now, via a partnership with the University of Louisville to launch a 3D printing training facil…
Majority of Businesses Plan to Increase 3D Printing Spending, Sculpteo Study Reveals
International 3D printing service Sculpteo has made batch 3D printing productivity one of its main features for professional customers. To understand where 3D printing adoption is heading, the company…
3D Printing Enters Australian Office Supply Chain Officeworks
While US office supply chain Staples has been providing 3D printing services for some time in the US and Europe, the Australian equivalent, Officeworks, is just beginning to offer its own such service…
Queensland Government Drops 3D Printed Gun Bill
Last year, Queensland came close becoming the first Australian state to formally ban 3D printed guns. In May, 2014, former LNP parliamentarian Carl Judge, from the PUP Party, introduced legislation a…
3D Printing Industry Awarded Best Website for 3D Printing News by CGTrader Community
Founded in 2011, 3D model marketplace CGTrader has become a massive community of 180,000 members sharing and selling countless models for computer graphics and 3D printing. With seed funding from Prac…
3D Printer Jailbreaking: the Age-old Open/Closed Dilemma
Two questions plague many 3D printer makers as they grow: (1) can we make our materials proprietary; and (2) what should we do when customers jailbreak our machines or pressure us to open our machines…
Polymaker Remakes Itself with $3 Million Funding Round Led by Lenovo's Legend Star
As the 3D printing arena moves from hype to the edification of a substantial industry, the wheat will be separated from the chaff via genuine innovation, solid business strategy, and conscious marketi…
Cannybots to Kickstart 3D Printed Racing Robots in the Classroom
Expected to hit crowd funding soon, Cannybots are open source, 3D printable toy robots that can be printed on any desktop system and programmed using simple (and less simple) programming interfaces su…
3D Printed Retinal Imaging Device to Revolutionize Eye-Care Worldwide
According to the World Health Organization, 285 million people across the world are visually impaired. Their eyes have defects caused largely by refractive errors, cataract, or glaucoma. They don̵…