Amazemet scaling metal 3D printing with Siemens’ Xcelerator software
Polish metal 3D printing company Amazemet has adopted industrial manufacturing firm Siemens’ Xcelerator software portfolio. The Warsaw Universit…
Formlabs launches new 3D printers Form 4 and Form 4B
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! 3D printer OEM Formlabs has launched its new desktop re…
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…
3DPI.TV – 3D Printing Objects from Video Games
Angus Deveson, the creator of the 3D printing video channel Makers Muse, has posted a video to demonstrate how to extract 3D models from the video game Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. Because the game is …
3DPI.TV – 3D Print Your Own Wearable Activity Tracker
A group of Korean developers have uploaded an Arduino-based fitness tracker in a 3D printed case to Instructables that you can connect to your phone via Bluetooth. The Activity Tracker Instructable is…
Hack Louis XIV's 18th Century Commode to 3D Printable Bits
What do you think of when you think of 3D printing? Louis XIV’s commode, designed by famous 17th/18th Century French designer André-Charles Boulle? Me too! As if to read our minds, the Chateau d…
Sesame Street's True 3D Printable Protagonists Arrive on MakerBot Digital Store
MakerBot made news earlier this year with its first big brand partnership, adding 3D printable Sesame Street characters to its Digital Store. I’m going out on a limb, but the world’s reac…
Vrije Universiteit Brussel Published Customer and Business 3D Printing Surveys
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel, a Dutch speaking university located in Brussels, Belgium, has released a series of 3D printing surveys. The surveys were composed by Wesly Jacobs. Jacobs has featured p…
Researchers at NC State Set Out to Reduce Cost of Nanolithography 3D Printing
I imagine developing a new lithography technique that uses nanoscale spheres to create three-dimensional (3D) structures with biomedical, electronic and photonic applications while lowering the cost i…
Is 3D Printing Priced Out of Reach of 60% of Businesses Who Want It?
According to IT research and advisory company Gartner, 60% of surveyed organisations said that the start up costs of implementing 3D printing strategies into their business are prohibitively high. Alt…
Acquisitions Push Facebook-Owned Oculus to 3D Printing's Edge
Yesterday, according to The Verge, Oculus VR announced the acquisition of two companies and the addition of a new team member that indicate the company’s expansion into 3D modeling technology. …
Researchers at UCLA Create New 3D Printed Lattice To Help Protect NFL Players from Concussions, CET, Dementia & Suicide
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head trauma. Playing certain professional sports such as soccer, boxing or football increases the risk of deve…
Replicating the MakerBot Digitizer with a Cheap Webcam and Laser Level
The MakerBot Digitizer is, essentially, a webcam, motorized turntable and some lasers. Of course it’s a lot more sophisticated than that, right? Well, sort of. Maker Will Forfang was curious how close…
3DPI.TV – Hello Kitty Celebrates With MakerBot
Hello Kitty is 40! As the media reflects on the prominence of arguably the world’s most famous cat in light of her four decades of fame, MakerBot is bringing the cuteness of catness to a 3D printer ne…
3DPI.TV – 3D Printed Selfies with Just One Photo
A new startup, Ustatue, is offering an easy-to-use service to create quick 3D printed selfie statues and bobbleheads, using only a single, high quality picture. The 3D printed selfie is becoming a com…