Endeavor 3D integrates CO-AM software in its powerful HP printer fleet
Additive contract manufacturer Endeavor 3D has partnered with HP and Materialise to leverage the Materialise CO-AM software platform for improving its…
Boston Micro Fabrication launches new dual-resolution, high-precision 3D printer
US-based 3D printer manufacturer Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has launched the microArch D1025, a new 3D printer for the production of micro-scale p…
American companies to make and sell NASA’s GRX-810 superalloy
NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has announced that it has licensed its GRX-810 superalloy to five US-based companies. Unveiled last year, GRX-810 is an Oxide Dispersi…
Ginormous 3D Printed Rolex for the Giant in Your Life
At seven inches wide, you would need really, really big wrists to fool anyone into thinking this 3D printed Rolex is the real deal. But, hey, a fake Rolex is a fake Rolex, right? It doesn’t matter if …
A Hypnotic 3D Printed Zoetrope Inspired by Nature's Sacred Geometry
Objectively speaking, there is absolutely no 3D printed art that is better than a 3D printed zoetrope. This fact was first proven (to me, at least) by Nervous System, which 3D printed some elaborate …
3Doodler 2.0 Becomes 1st Hardware Sequel to Pass $1 Million on Kickstarter
The 3Doodler was one of Kickstarter’s most successful crowdfunding campaigns, raising over $1 million in one day when it was launched. In tandem with CES, the company behind the 3Doodler, Wobbl…
Sculptor Richard Loffler Uses 3D Printing for His Latest Massive Creation
Sculptor Richard Loffler has been creating breathtaking works of art from cast bronze for three decades now. Some of his work sit in museums, national parks and have been featured in exhibitions all o…
NIH Festival Showcases Breakthrough Medical 3D Printing Technology
Last year the the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the NIH 3D Print Exchange, an open platform for sharing 3D printable medical models to encourage access to medical research and collabora…
Unexpected 3D Printing Partnership Leads to Tactile Sheet Music for Blind Musicians
In 2012 when the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Mechanical Engineering Department was gifted a new Sinterstation 2500 selective laser sintering 3D printer it didn’t take long for the machine to …
3D Printed Pavilion Uses Solar Energy to Light Up the Night
Built by Design Lab, an inter-disciplinary design studio based in Kent, Ohio, the Solar Byte Pavilion is an experiment in 3D printed architecture. The Pavilion, made possible by different applications…
Designer Cristina Franceschini Looks to 3D Printing for the Future of Italian Shoe Making
Italian shoe craft is known throughout the world and its myth is made up both of high fashion designers and experienced shoe makers, who have passed their craft on for generations. Now, both have to t…
4-Year-Old’s Complex Heart Anomaly Surgically Repaired with 3D Printing
Adaenelie Gonzalez was born with a complex heart anomaly. By the time she was 4 years old, she had had two open-heartsurgeries. Unfortunately, her condition was only temporarily relieved by these ma…
Photon Elephant Wants to Turn Your 3D printer into a Smartprinter with New Kickstarter
A few days ago, an interesting company named Photon Elephant (best name of the year) announced the launch of its Kickstarter campaign. The campaign is funding Raspberry Pi-based 3D printing software …
3D Hubs Kicks Off 2015 with its January 3D Printing Trends Report
At the start of the new year, distributed 3D printing network 3D Hubs has released its first monthly trend report. The 3D Hubs trend reports analyzes the uses and opinions of both desktop and industr…
Free 3D Printable Model of the Week: 500-Million-Year-Old Starfish
The free 3D printed model for this week comes from SketchFab user 3D Fossils,who uploaded an extremely detailed model of a 500-million-year-old starfish last week. It was found in the Kataoua Formatio…