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…
SolidWorks in the Cloud? Onshape CAD Modeling Launches Public Beta
I received an email today from Nancy Yi Liang, of Amazon (née MixeeLabs), with the subject line “Onshape Launches, SolidWorks in the cloud?” The link she directed me to was for a new cloud…
3D Hubs Launches Special Filament Workshop Worldwide
For the past two years, 3D Hubs, the world’s largest distributed network of 3D printers, has been growing its community through meet-ups in countries all over the world. At these events, 3D pri…
Brisbane’s Mutating Creatures Designer Products Evolve Through 3D Printing
Mutating Creatures is a Brisbane, Australia, design studio which focuses on environmentally conscious, locally made products. Its founders, German Designer Caroline Kaup and Dutch Designer Michel Corn…
The Ultimate Pregame Guide to 3D Printing at SXSW
Downtown Austin is very crowded during SXSW. It gets so bad that people take pedicabs to get around because traffic is so insane that pedicabs are actually faster. In general, SXSW Interactive occurs …
3D Printing & Policy: Public Knowledge Announces 4th Annual 3D/DC Event
DC-based public interest group, Public Knowledge announced yesterday that it will be hosting the Fourth Annual 3D/DC event on Capitol Hill on April 29. Policymakers, members of the public, and 3D prin…
Low-Cost Metal 3D Printing for $2K on Indiegogo
The Mini Metal Maker is a desktop 3D printer which extrudes a metallic clay to make “green” 3D objects that need to get fired up in a kiln to become fully solid, metal objects. 3DPI covered its releas…
REAL Interview: Katherine Crawford on UNYQ's 3D Printed Prosthetics
At REAL 2015 last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Katherine Crawford who joined UNYQ founder Ethyor Bender on stage to talk about her experience with UNYQ’s 3D printed prosthetic c…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – March 8th
Home Manufacturing and Food Production Combined to Create 3D Printable Mini-Farm While 3D printing technologies remain under constant heavy development, we continue to see more and more applications t…
LinkBits: 3D Printing News for the Week of March 7
Another week, another round of LinkBits: your source for brief bits of news from the 3D printing industry. The industry is booming and so are we, so here is a list of stories that we couldn’t quite fi…
3D Printing an Open-Source Trumpet
A lot of craftsmanship and fine materials go into making musical instruments, and this is why they can be extremely expensive. For example, a beginner trumpet can cost anywhere from $300-$1,000. Unive…
ExOne Unveils Massive 3D Printer for Serial Production
ExOne, which already manufactures some pretty big industrial 3D printers, has just announced their largest 3D printing system to date, the Exerial™. With an eye on end-production parts, ExOne’s …
Project Anywhere: 3D Printing & VR to Take Your Avatar Anywhere
After coming back from REAL 2015, I’ve been looking out for DIY innovations that incorporate as many emerging technologies to create a cost effective new experience or process that others can bu…