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…
Challenging Engineers to Bring Electricity to the Impoverished with 3D Printing
It is now obvious to most of the world that life is not good for everyone, that basic needs aren’t being met for a large portion of the human population. For instance, about 4.3 billion people …
Is Graphene A Viable Material for 3D Printing?
By using adhesive tape to lift a layer of carbon from a block of graphite (commonly used for pencil lead) and placing it on a silicone wafer, Manchester University scientists Andre Geim and Kostya Nov…
Autodesk to Spark HP's Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printing System
Up until this year, the tranquil 3D printing pond had its own fish drama. More recently, bigger fish like 3D Systems (Market Cap: 3.81B) might try to devour little fish like Formlabs, Stratasys (Mark…
Avante Technology Releases Automatic STL File Repair Software
3D printing technology development company Avante Technology has announced the release of the Emendo Automated STL File Repair and Validation Software. Emendo will make sure that your models are manif…
Organovo & Yale to Begin 3D Bioprinted Organ Research
Organovo has already made breakthroughs in 3D bioprinting, releasing the first commercial array of liver cells for pharmaceutical testing just last month. With each advancement, we write something li…
The 3D Printed Hand-Cranked Vinyl Record Player Is Kind of Awesome
3D designer Oana Croitoru created an amazing hand cranked 3D printable vinyl record player for MakerBots recent Ghostly Vinyl Design Challenge. Thingiverse designers were asked to design novel, person…
Ilios3D Breaks The Mould For Stereolithography
“The entire 3D printing experience has been rethought and redesigned from the ground up. Providing the tools and capabilities any engineer, artist, architect or general DIY’er would ever want or…
Screwing Around with Formlabs
3D printer manufacturer Formlabs posted a guide for using their stereolithography 3D printer to create parts with screw threads. Obviously plastics and resins are not an optimal material to create thr…
3D Prototyped Underwater Robot To Solve Pipe Problem
Last December the European Union launched a project called TRACT. The project, which now encompasses a number of companies and research centres, has been initiated to develop the robotic inspection of…
DWS Adds NAUTA+ Parametric Editor to Its Manufacturing Solutions
When working with extremely high resolution SLA technologies such as the ones that Digital Wax Systems develops primarily for the dental and jewelry industries, precise and minimal supports become an …
UConn Researchers Use 3D Printing to Bring Out the Song in Antique Instruments
Playing for the first time in hundreds of years, antique musical instruments sing with the aid of 3D printing. We have written about the development before during its gestation period. Now, researcher…
Autodesk Opens Ember™ Explorer Program, Teams with 3D Industries for 3D Printing Search
Since the unveiling of the Ember 3D printer and Spark 3D printing platform at Inside 3D Printing in Santa Clara this year, we’ve been waiting for the time when Autodesk’s 3D printing techn…