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…
Organovo Signs Multi-Year 3D Bioprinting Deal with Pharma Giant Merck
After signing a groundbreaking deal with cosmetics company L’Oreal for the development of 3D printed skin for cosmetics testing, Organovo continues to make partners in powerful places. On April…
3D Printing a Baby-Proof Home
While 3D printing has already become the prototyping and product development tool of choice in a variety of industries, it hasn’t had quite the same effect when it comes to making ready-to-use p…
Time for a Re-Revolution as Precious Metal 3D Printing Set to Grow to $4.1 Billion by 2024
Considering that the market for 3D printed parts made with precious metal powders has just recently come into existence, the new report recently compiled by SmarTech’s Scott Dunham draws quite a glitt…
ACES and UOW Developing 3D Printing Materials with a Fourth Dimension
4D printing? Is such a thing even possible? According to ARC Center of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) and the University of Wollongong (UOW), it is…kind of. They claim that they are wo…
3D Printed ActionMe Action Figures Are Living on Their Own Terms
DannyChoo probably had it right again. His vision of robotic 3D printed fully articulated dolls seems to have been on point: not in the robotic part (that will come in a few years) as much as for the …
ALGIX and 3D Fuel Partner for Sustainable Algae 3D Printing Filament
As the Earth slowly implodes due to massive man-made destruction, the human race is rushing to find sustainable solutions to prop up this once beautiful ecosystem. Though it may be near impossible to…
Re-Play Your Old DVDs as 3D Printing Filament
It’s Earth Day! You know what that means: time to sit in front of an energy-sucking computer and write-up an article on an eco-friendly company! There is a growing number of companies that are t…
3D Printing Insane Toys with Insanitoy's Mark Trageser
If you catch Mark Trageser’s presentation or get a chance to speak with him at 3D printing events, such as New York’s 3D Print Week, you’re in for a treat. I had a chance to to meet…
London Designer's 3D Printed, High-Fashion Heels are Fully-Customizable
While advancements in 3D printer capabilities and printing technology continue to dominate industry headlines, artists of all sorts are quietly embodying the sentiment of Pixar’s John Lasseter: “The a…
Welcome to the Nano Dimension of 3D Printing Circuit Boards
Israeli company Nano Dimension recently burst into the 3D printing world by offering the first working prototype of their 3D Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Printer at a special presentation in Tel Aviv a…
3D Printed Bottle Used as Evidence in Plymouth Murder Trial
We’ve seen 3D printing used to create weapons. We’ve also seen 3D printing used to create bottles. But we had not yet seen 3D printing used in a court of law to replicate a bottle used as a mur…
Synthesis Vs Arthesis, 3D Printing and the World of Design One Year Later
Last year, in April 2014, my partners and I organized the Synthesis event during Milan Design Week. It was the first event I had ever organized, but I knew I wanted to share what I had learned as well…