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…
This Year Educational 3D Printing Contracts Averaged almost $32,000
According to Onvia – a business that monitors and tracks government agency budgets – spending on 3D printing technology in education is almost $32,000 per contract awarded. Additionally th…
M3D Opens High Capacity Micro 3D Printer Factory
Further to the awesome level of success of its Micro 3D Printer’s crowd funding campaign, which notched up an amazing $3,401,361 of a £50,000 pledge target via some 11,855 backers, M3D opened it…
Land vs. Sea: Kitesurf Boards with 3D Printed Parts Race a Honda Civic to the Finish
3D printing has been used to make the extreme sport of windsurfing a bit more extreme in the lead up to a land vs. sea challenge this week. As five kite-surfers cross the Bristol Channel, competing a…
Shapeways Discounts & Scholarships to Aid 3D Printing Education
3D printing service bureau Shapeways is big into education and they’ve just published a blog post detailing exactly how so. The company’s education program is dedicated to aiding students…
German 3D Printing Service Trinckle Introducing Free Automatic File Repair
Trinckle, a leading online consumer and prosumer oriented 3D printing service based in Berlin was launched in early 2013 offering a wide range of 3D printing technologies (including SLS, FMD and inkje…
Sigma Labs to 3D Print Metal Parts Commercially
Sigma Labs, Inc. (SGLB), has announced plans to move beyond their previous business of developing quality inspection systems for metal 3D printing, to commercial 3D printing itself. This month, the c…
3D Printed Heel Bone Saves Man from Amputation
Australia continues to be a happening place for 3D printing in medicine. Not only does the nation offer the world’s first Masters in Bioprinting program, but doctors there are continually in th…
Stratasys Emphasises 3D Printing Tech on Capitol Hill
The Capital of the Free World saw a 3D printing related event this year in the form of the first Whitehouse MakerFaire in June. Now, Stratasys – one of the leaders for additive manufacturing tec…
3D Printed Eyewear Collection by MORGENROT EYEWEAR Wins Innovation Award at SILMO D’OR
At SILMO 2014, MORGENROT EYEWEAR presented an innovative application of 3D Printing technology in the field of spectacle frame making. The laser-sintered eyewear collection from MORGENROT EYEWEAR incl…
Japanese 3D Printed Gun Maker Sentenced to Two Years
In May, a 28-year-old Japanese man, Yoshitomo Imura, was arrested for 3D printing two guns and publishing videos of the process online. The verdict on Imura has now been decided by the Yokohama Distr…
Bioprinting Start-up To Test Drugs with 3D Printed Human Tissue
Vancouver’s Aspect Biosystems has created a 3D printer that will bioprint human tissue capable of developing full biological functions. The bioprinted tissue can be used to test dangerous or experimen…
Ultimaker and Joris Laarman Lab 3D Print a Chair to Solve the Ultimate Design Puzzle
Top notch designer Philippe Starck said the furniture of the future will be 3D printed to fulfil one’s personal desires. Ultimaker and Joris Laarman lab have gone a step further to show that future fu…