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…
Adafruit's Dronie Awards Have Landed with a 3D Printed Drone Trophy
“Do you think that 3D printer’s sexy? How did that 3D printer ever get in here? Do you see it? After we set this build….can we go get some filament? But first…let me take a #DR…
Creation Factory in Korea – Designers Empowered through 3D Printing
The 3D printer, such a revolutionary machine… many say that it will empower and free designers. But, seriously, what is going to really happen if a whole bunch of professional designers and highly dex…
Wevolver is "Wevolving" with OS +Racecars, ROV's and Huge 3D Printers
Yesterday, at the Autodesk conference at Makerversity, there were, along with Autodesk’s Ember, a few other interesting Maker projects on display. One of the ones that I found most fascinating a…
3D Printing with Sustainable Filaments in Mind
Why 3D print circularly? I love shooting pictures. This summer, I went to Amsterdam with a friend to do a photo shoot. We always decide to make pictures based on a specific subject or theme. There is …
Prodways Becomes Major 3D Printing Player with Two Acquisitions
French industrial 3D printer manufacturer Prodways has been growing quickly since its acquisition by publicly traded Groupe Gorgé. Last year, the company announced, in addition to the release of 14 ma…
Software Giant NTT Data Is Testing Internal 3D Printing Makerspaces
Collaborations between large companies and makerspaces are becoming more common, with NTT Data Italy being the latest software giant to exhibit a direct interest in 3D printing technologies. Senior ma…
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass Talks 3D Printing and Parametric Design at London's Makerversity
Carl Bass is an unconventional CEO. Exactly how unconventional he is fully emerged during the Q&A session for the event that Autodesk organised at Makerversity in London, when he said that his pro…
Katamari Rolls Over Thingiverse, Absorbing 3D Printables in its Path
As far as I’m concerned: No one knows how to make a video game like the Japanese gaming industry, thinking far outside of the box of typical tropes of killing soldiers and zombies and, more ofte…
MakerBot Expands Sales with UMass Innovation Center & WYNIT Distribution
Falling dramatically short of their original Q4 estimates, Stratasys attributed the missed projections to issues with the sale of its MakerBot 3D printers. Since then, the company has taken a number …
China's 1st 3D Printed Car Hits the Road
Last year, 3DPI got an on-the-ground look at the Strati 3D printed car as it took its first test drive around the IMTS trade show in Chicago. While not the first 3D printed car, Local Motors’ S…
Leaders of the 3D Printing World Come Together at Materialise Conference
If you want to know about 3D printing technologies and their applications, who better to get insights from than Europe’s largest 3D printing service? Sponsored by leading 3D printing and 3D scan…
MakersCAFE is Going Global with 3D Printing Franchise Program
While in London, I figured I would stop by some of the most interesting 3D printing activities around the city. It turns out that most of them are (unsurprisingly) located around Shoreditch, probably …