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…
Breaking News! Amazon Expands 3D Printing Team with Mixee Labs!
In the beginning of the year, I wrote that 2015 will be the year of materials and acquisitions, and first up is Mixee Labs, whose team members were just acquired by Amazon! On their blog, they posted:…
Don't Burst My Bubble: 3D Printed Chewing Gum Is Coming
Sometimes – actually many times – I get contacted by people who make the most incredible things with 3D printing. Other times, I get contacted by people who make the most obvious things an…
Free 3D Printable of the Week: Love is in Air
Valentine’s Day is here. Or, as my dirty uncle used to call it “V.D. Day”. Clearly he hasn’t been to health class since they changed it to “STI Day”. For you, an…
In NYC? My Mini Factory's 10-Week Intensive 3D Printing Workshop is Too
Earlier this year, iMakr’s 3D printables community, My Mini Factory, rolled out its first My Mini Factory Academy in London, introducing small classes to the world of 3D printing through an inte…
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing is Heading to Space with Crucial Antenna Array
Stratasys is increasingly present in every segment of manufacturing. So much so, in fact, that Stratasys Direct Manufacturing just signed an agreement with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)…
3D Modeling Given Depth with HoloCube Holographic Display
Anyone who knows me outside of the world of 3D printing knows that I love holograms and what they represent for the meaning of life and reality. Through a holography course at CalArts, I learned of t…
Autodesk Ember 3D Printer Opens Up for Public Purchase Tomorrow
Now that qualified customers have been able to place orders for the Autodesk Ember 3D printer, through the Ember™ Explorer Program, the DLP 3D printer is officially going to be made available to the r…
Spotlight on REAL 2015: Mixing the Real and the Virtual with Metaio
If 3D scanning is a method to digitize physical objects and 3D printing is a way to make digital items real, augmented reality is one way for virtual and digital objects to interact and complement eac…
CRP Brings the First 3D Printed Ski Boot Prototype to the ISPO Fair
Each year, more than 2,560 international exhibitors and more than 81,000 visitors attend the ISPO fair in Munich to show and view the latest products for outdoor activities, skiing, health and fitness…
DYNAMO3D Brings Ultra Fast Evo 3D Printer to the US
A new partnership has formed to bring to the US market a desktop 3D printer that its manufacturer believes is faster than all others on the market. Designed by Italian 3D printing manufacturer DYNAMO3…
BioBots Low-Cost BioPrinter Heads to SXSW as Accelerator Finalist
BioBots is a 3D bioprinting startup located right in the heart of Philadelphia. After working to push BioBots out of their University of Pennsylvania dorm rooms and into hands of researchers, the fir…
Spotlight On REAL 2015: Chris Anderson and the Rise of the Drones
REAL 2015 is about creating a phenomenal pit stop at the crossroads of the sensing and making industries around the globe. Guests there will be exchanging ideas, and giving presentations and demonstra…