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…
Free 3D Printable of the Week: a Mug from Microsoft
The following mug, available for download or direct 3D printing through 3D Hubs, represents the growing convergence of disparate technologies and the emergence of a new 3D ecosystem. To most consumer…
Disney's Fabric 3D Printing – It's Not Just Soft, It's Smart
Over the last few years, we have seen a wide range of materials that can be used in 3D printing, from food to metals, ceramics, and living tissue. Curiously enough, in that time, 3D printing hasn̵…
Nanotronics Brings VR to the Microscopic Level with nVisible
In October of last year, an interesting company came onto the scene with the most unique-looking microscopes ever released. Nanotronics Imaging specializes in 3D scanning at the microscopic level, bu…
Biz Eyes' 3D Printed Eyewear is Going from Behance to Big Biz
One of the concepts we most often repeat in the industry is that 3D printing lets designers go from idea to finished products in a few, streamlined steps. What this means is that sites like Adobe̵…
Apple Acquires LinX to Bring 3D Scanning to its Devices
While other companies, like Intel and Google, are rushing into the 3D camera space to put depth sensors into their tablets, computers, and smart phones, Apple has been making no announcements about an…
Leading IT Distributor Launches into the European 3D Printing Market
ABC Data is one of the market leaders in the distribution of IT hardware and consumer electronics in Poland and the only entity acting directly in the nine countries of Central and Eastern Europe (wit…
3D Printing Upholds Fiat Chrysler’s Powertrain Strategy
The Chrysler Technology Center is showing off its latest tech advances at this week’s SAE World Congress in Detroit. One of the innovative ways Fiat Chrysler is using new technology is 3D printing a …
3D Printing Surgeons Reconstruct Man in His Son's Image
Being here, right now, at the advent of 3D printing technology is exciting. 3D printing capabilities are slowly changing the way we experience the world around us, with 3D scanners on mobile devices, …
NASA 3D Prints the First Full-Scale Copper Engine Part
Only a small handful of copper rocket parts have been produced using additive manufacturing, but NASA has managed to 3D print the first full-scale copper component for a rocket engine. This is big new…
Ben & Jerry's Teams with Filabot to Upcycle Spoons into 3D Printing Filament
Yesterday, for Earth Day, filament manufacturers began to announce the development of certain eco-friendly feedstocks for 3D printing, including the reShootz recycled filaments and Algae Fuel filament…
Coming Soon: a $5,000 SLS 3D Printer From Sinterit
Sinterit is creating an affordable SLS printer, which seems like a contradiction, but they are doing it. They’ve been working out bugs, adding new functionality, and creating a very sleek, new i…
3D Hubs & Sketchfab Launch 3D Scanning Parties Worldwide
3D Hubs has been growing its worldwide series of 3D printing meet-ups this past year since it’s inception. In addition their original “unlocking” events and global get-togethers mea…