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…
Endangered Species Gain Protection from 3D Printed UAVs
Kruger National Park is the flagship of national parks in South Africa. The park was established way back in 1898, to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld. The Kruger park covers almost 2…
Curing Cancer with 3D Printing
If you were to ask me yesterday how you would use 3D printing to cure cancer I probably would have guessed that you would 3D print heavy objects and throw them at cancer patients hoping it would spont…
Vauen’s 3D Printed Pipe Receives Special Award at InterTabac Show
While I was running through Euromold this past November, my attention was captured by a very interesting looking, clearly 3D printed, tobacco pipe. What attracted me was not so much that it was 3D pri…
Super Successful Flux 3D Printer Shows that KickStarter Loves All-in-One Systems
Only a few months ago, in an effort to reach out to the mass market, many Kickstarter projects were competing in a race to fund 3D printers with the lowest possible costs. Now, the tide has shifted an…
University of Stuttgart Team Adds 3D Printing Elemental Control to Hygroscopic Structures
‘Hygroscopic’ means to react to the presence of moisture in the air by attracting and holding water molecules from the environment. This property allows biological systems, such as plant cones, to bet…
Chorogenesis To Disrupt The Construction Industry With Its ”6D” 3D Printers
A new mysterious construction grade digital fabrication start-up company has openly declared its intention to “disrupt” the construction industry and claims to have developed a new approach to 3D prin…
3D Printing LEDs Onto Contact Lenses at Princeton: An In-Depth Look
As we reported, Princeton researchers have “embedded tiny light-emitting diodes into a standard contact lens, allowing the device to project beams of colored light.” A few more details have come to l…
Learning About Government Contracts: Autodesk Names Carahsoft as MGR
Some interesting news came out of Reston, Virginia earlier this week. Carahsoft Technology Corp., a well-known government IT solutions provider, announced that it has been named master government rese…
The Worlds Largest Electronics Wholesaler Now Carries German RepRap 3D Printers
Electronics and information technology wholesale distributor Ingram Micro has just announced that it will begin distributing the line of 3D printing products from German RepRap throughout the European…
3D Printing an Opening Soft Robot Flower with NinjaFlex
Soft robots are objects created with specialized geometry that allow for complex movements, without the necessity of mechanized components. Typically they are given motion via controlled air pressure …
Research Shows Sustainable PLA Filament Production with 17x Greater Profit
What if it were possible to produce filament for 3D printing – at personal / prosumer desktop production andprofessional prototyping levels – that was recyclable, biodegradable, and source…
XYZ Da Vinci 3D Printer Extrudes New Life into New Zealand Museum Exhibit
When the Internet arrived and all things turned virtual, the Museum has certainly lost some of that sense of wonder that it inspired in younger generations. Now that 3D printing is diverting coolness …