Spare Parts 3D launches new AI-powered 2D-to-3D model digitization tool
French software start-up Spare Parts 3D (SP3D) has launched the beta program of Théia, its new digital tool that can automatically create 3D models fr…
EOS enables serial production with the new M 290 1kW metal 3D printer
Munich-based 3D printer manufacturer EOS has announced the launch of the EOS M 290 1kW laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printer. An upgraded ve…
AM Forum Berlin 2024 to see HP debut its new material
After announcing its partnerships with DyeMansion and Accel Digital Solutions (ADS), HP is set to exhibit 3D printed parts made from a new material tailored for its industrial 3D polymer solutions, at…
Olaf Diegel Adds a Sax to his 3D Printed Orchestra
At the end of last year, I was admiring the increasing array of 3D printed instruments, by Olag Diegel, on the vast 3D Systems stand at Euromold. The guitars were increasing in number, and had been jo…
3D Hubs Is Going to 3D Print Using Only the Power of Windmill
Just imagine that all you need is a mild breeze to create something from scratch: 3D printing can be the most sustainable manufacturing method ever invented – especially if production is effecti…
3DPI.TV – 3D Printing for Kids
When i was a kid, i had silly puddy. Kids today can have a 3D printer?! Mission Street Manufacturing in Santa Barbara, Calif has created a 3D printer marketed toward grade school children. You can lea…
Customised 3D Printed Bras Sound Good in Principle ….BUT ….
As you might imagine, I come across rather a lot of 3D printing stories on a daily basis. You really would imagine that I would be immune to extreme reactions by now, but one of the recent stories bas…
PieceMaker’s 3D Printing Kiosk Lands in the Worlds Coolest Toy Store Plaything Etc
A giant stealth bomber shaped toy store called Playthings Etc. located in Butler Pennsylvania is the second retail store to bring the first 3D printing kiosk to their customers. The PieceMaker is esse…
MIT Creates Smart 3D Printer Capable of Detecting and Restarting Interrupted Prints
A group of MIT researchers have devised a 3D printer addon that can be attached to any standard 3D printer and detect and then print on a different object on the print bed using a laser scanner and so…
Google’s DevArt Exhibit Features Interactive 3D Printing Installation Co(de) Factory
The purpose of Google’s DevArt exhibit is to feature art created with code by developers using technology as their canvas. Artist Karsten Schmidt designed Co(de)Factory as an installation that allows …
Concept Laser Is Building the Future Now in a New (Huge) Assembly Facility
The companies I visited during my trip through the Netherlands showed me the possible paths 3D printing may develop along in the future: consumer 3D printing and 3D bioprinting. These are real possibi…
Legacy Recycled Plastic Extruder Hits Goal on Kickstarter in 2 Days
When we covered Liz Havlin’s recycled plastic desktop extruder last May she was just testing the Kickstarter platform to find out whether her idea of a machine capable of extruding FDM filament from r…
The 3D Printing VDK6000 Robotic Work Center Can Do Just About Everything, Including Making the Kitchen Sink
Metal 3D printing is an impressive capability, but it is just the start of what the VDK6000 can do, it is also a CNC machine and can grind, polish, drill, 3D laser scan, and even use ultrasonics to in…
Meditation by Design: Sloris 3D Prints Embody The Spirit of Their Artist
Anyone watching the 3D printing industry regularly can attest to the global and artistic influence at play in every aspect of production. As if answering the call for an archetype representing such a …
New ASTM Standards Include Metal Powders Used in AM
The new ASTM standards will be useful to users interested in the properties of metal 3D printing powders but are unsure how to apply existing metal powder and similar material standards to them. ATSM …