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…
FELIX v3.0 3D Printers Now Bundled with Materialise Builder
Last week, some of the biggest news coming from 3D printer manufacturer Leapfrog 3D was that 3D printing software developer and service provider Materialise would be powering the manufacturer’s …
Kitten Pulling a 3D Printed Barbie Chariot… You Know You Want.
Last year our good friend Jim “Zheng3” Rodda broke the internet just a bit with his full suit of 3D printed, medieval, battle armor perfectly sized for Barbie. His first crowdfunding campa…
Heart Disease Treated Using 3D Printed Models
An interesting medical 3D printing story popped up in Arizona. Researchers from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix presented some intriguing news at the 2014 Radiological Society of North American…
MyMiniFactory's Universe of 3D Models at Robox 3D Printer Users' Fingertips
In the first partnership of this kind, CEL, the company behind the Robox 3D printer, has integrated MyMiniFactory’s extensive and curated library of 3D printable models into version 1.01 of its free A…
3D Printing is Key to Cresco's DIY Meccano Furniture
First conceived by Frank Hornby, in Liverpool, in 1898, the Meccano construction set dates back long before Lego or any other “additive” construction systems. It is still manufactured to this day, in …
Syrian Soldier Successfully Fitted with Titanium 3D Printed Jaw
At Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel, doctors completed a Patient Specific Implant (PSI) of a fighter from Syria whose was hit by a bullet directly in his lower jaw. Prof. Adi Rachmiel, director of Ra…
PYOD Stands for 3D Print Your Own [Richard]
A new Dutch startup, PYOD (pronounced “pie-odd”), is developing a smartphone app for iPhone and Android devices that will allow users to create their own custom 3D printed sex toys. PYOD is crowdfundi…
Adafruit Upgrades Gameboy with 3D Printable, Handheld Super Nintendo
Last year, the Ruiz Brothers at Adafruit celebrated the 25th birthday of the Gameboy with a complete tutorial for 3D printing and assembling your own Gameboy. The Raspberry Pi-powered project, dubbed…
Kai Parthy Releases Clear, Flexible 3D Printing Filament
3D printing materials inventor Kai Parthy has had one small niche missing from his every-growing line of filaments. He may have invented Laywood and Laybrick, resulting in a number of other manufactur…
Turbomeca Opens 3D Printing Facility for Helicopter Engine Parts
If there was any doubt that 3D printing has made it into mainstream industrial manufacturing, manufacturer of helicopter parts Turbomeca has proven it once again with a new 3D printing facility, where…
New, Free, Experimental: 3D Printed Bitcoin Payment System Avoids Banks Charges
Serial entrepreneur Ricardo Rivero is based in Hanover, Germany, where most shops and businesses deal only in cash. Why do they only deal in cash? Because, in Hanover, there are high fees for merchan…
Spectrom Takes Full-Color 3D Printing to the Desktop
At CES last week, a start-up started up by a couple of University of Wisconsin students wowed attendees with their fascinating, potentially breakthrough, 3D printing device. Spectrom is in the proces…