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…
MTC leverages AMCM’s unique multi-laser beam shaping system
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has acquired the AMCM M 290-2 FLX, an industrial 3D printing system from AMCM, a company affiliated with EOS…
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…
The Luna: Unique Nylon Printed Hexagon Bike Now Available
A quick search on Instagram will reveal a trend among photographers to set their bike, the main means of conveyance, in a setting for a picture to post. The juxtaposition illustrates the presence of t…
New Desktop Grinder, Plastic Recycler and Filament Extruder Launches on Indiegogo
A new startup called ReDeTec has just launched an Indiegogo campaign hoping to crowdsource funds to begin production on the ProtoCycler. The desktop filament extruder can be fed with raw material pell…
Recycling at the Heart of Bolivian Student’s 3D Printer
3D printing has the potential to change the way that consumers acquire and dispose of goods, hinting at a future in which people produce many of the items they use on a home 3D printer using materials…
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…