CADchat’s cloud-based platform offers a better way to manage product development projects
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Software development firm CADchat has launche…
UltiMaker Factor 4, a new industrial 3D printer for the factory floor: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Netherlands-based 3D printer manufacturer UltiMaker has launched Factor 4, its new FDM 3D printer for the industrial market. The new 3D printer supp…
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…
Patient’s Jaw Lost to Cancer and Surgery Is Replaced with 3D Printing
A man from Bangalore who lost much of his upper jaw to cancer — and his subsequent surgery — found solace and remarkable recovery thanks to 3D printing. The process appeared highly unlikely with tradi…
Touch & Sculpt – A New Design Bundle from 3DS
3D Systems has just announced that as of today it is making its Geomagic® Sculpt 3D modeling software available along with its TouchTM haptic 3D stylus as a bundle for $3,900 USD. Geomagic Sculpt repo…
MisterCloner Launches New InstaTwin 3D Cloning Service
A few days ago I visited SMAU, a once extremely popular technology exhibition that takes place in many cities throughout Italy. Perhaps it is because I am now used to the colours, fun and incredible o…
Pinshape Teams with LA Band Walla in a 3D Printing Music Merch Contest!
We’ve covered Pinshape before, this is a company that is making a name for itself with innovative contests that draw designers, makers and consumers to their interactive 3D printing community marketpl…
3DPI.TV Interview with Lynn Rothschild, NASA
At the recent Inside 3D Printing Conference in Santa Clara, 3DPI.TV Interviewed Lynn Rothschild, the Chief Scientist of Synthetic Biology at NASA’s Ames Research Center. We talked about her proj…
3D Printing and the Rise of the Almost Personal Supercars
Do you remember reading throughout the 1980’s that Ferrari produced, on average, about one and a half cars a day? I do. Many of the parts were manufactured almost entirely by hand, while some major c…
Manufacturer of Large-Scale 3D Printer Finds New CEO
Machine tool manufacturer Cincinnati Incorporated, partly responsible for the Big Area Additive Manufacturing machine that 3D printed the Local Motors electric car, has just announced the appointment …
Two Extruders, One 3D Print Head from E3D
3D printer hardware company E3D is testing their new extruder with dual hotends for multi- color and material printing and they’ve shared the results of their first print. The all-metal, high-temperat…
Solid Concepts Employee 3D Prints Personalized Pistol
After having created the first firearm 3D printed in metal, in November of last year, 3D printing service bureau and recently acquired Stratasys subsidiary Solid Concepts has created a sequel. Followi…
Formlabs’ New 3D Printing Materials Make for a Functional Resin Family
Last week stereolithography 3D printer manufacturer Formlabs announced the release of two new functional resin materials, a flexible resin and a clean burning castable resin. I was able to get a brief…
Full Color 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, with only a single, high quality picture. Currently they offer over fifty body sty…
3D Print the Navy's Beach Storming Behemoth at Home
Popular Science asked 3D modeler extraordinaire Don Foley to design a 3D printable model of the US Navy’s new concept-heavy equipment lander, the Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC), and they…