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…
UMaine unveils its largest next-generation polymer 3D printer
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! The University of Maine (UMaine) has demonstr…
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…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – April 19th
Diamond Hotend for Full-Color 3D Printing Funded in Two Days On April 1st, RepRap.me launched a new Kickstarter campaign for their Diamond Hotend for 3D printers, and were 100% funded in two days. Wha…
3D Design Show Opens 3D Printing to the Public
What set 3D Print Week apart from past Inside 3D Printing New York events was the addition of the 3D Design Show, which introduced a completely new element to what is otherwise a 3D printing trade sho…
Modular, 3D Bioprinted Beating Heart Made from Skin Cells
The risk, when writing about 3D bioprinting is that the “over-simplification” that is necessary to convey the news article’s message in the title gives an over-hyped idea of what has…
MakerBot Lays Off 20% of Staff, Closes Retail Locations
As 3D Print Week was booming, it seems that other, less joyous events were taking place behind the scenes. Motherboard reports that Stratasys subsidiary MakerBot has laid off 20% of its workforce, wh…
Improve the 3D Printed ELF Drone and Win Your Own
In celebration of the launch of ElecFreak’s new ELF VRDrone (now live and thriving on Indiegogo), YouMagine is challenging you to improve their ELF design. The ELF is a small drone that streams …
XYZprinting to Offer 3D Printers to Every Primary School in China
3D Printing Industry recently reported on the story of XYZ Printing teaming up with FabLab in San Diego to try to boost 1:1 3D printing education for the general public. Now, it seems that the New Kin…
3D Scanning Goes Mainstream with Mass Scanify Distribution
On 3DPI, we have often found ourselves writing about new distribution deals for desktop 3D printers. These deals often mean that the market is getting larger and more people want (and can obtain) acce…
NanoSun's 3D Printed Membrane Takes on the Waste of Nations
NanoSun, a two–year-old start-up from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU), has developed a unique 3D printed membrane to clean waste water and the company has already found its fi…
3D Printing More Than a Helping Hand for a Wounded War Veteran
While serving in the military in Afghanistan, Taylor was an unfortunate victim of an IED blast that led to the loss of all four of his limbs. From then on, the quadruple amputee had to make do with th…
Just Draw, Click & 3D Print with MakerBot's New Shape Maker
When introducing the MakerBot’s PrintShop app for the iPad in early summer last year, Bre Pettis, then CEO of MakerBot, believed that they had “finally provided a piece of software that he…
3D Print Week Engulfs New York City (Pt. 1)
Last year, the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo in New York City was just the beginning of what would become, one year later, 3D Print Week, a week-long series of lectures, workshops, and exhibi…
Ultimate TestrBot Machine Can Tell You Just How Strong You're 3D Printing
While many software companies are working on making it easier for you to do everything you need before you 3D print new creations, increasingly we are seeing initiatives that focus on what happens aft…