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…
New Online Marketplace Threediz Has Everything It Takes to Grow. Is It Enough?
Exploring and writing about all the new 3D model marketplace options out there, it has become clear, to me at least, that most of the platforms either have too many models or too few to choose from. T…
3DPI.TV – 3D Printing on Disney's Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6 is coming and it is going to feature, based on the trailer at least, a pudgy, cute robot and 3D printing. In the trailer you can see the film’s protagonist, Hiro Hamada designing armour for…
3D Printed Vascular Tree Aids Smart Catheter Project
According to the Center for Disease Control, more than half a million people die from heart disease in the United States every year. To diagnose these cardiac conditions and treat them before the wor…
Mota the 99$ 3D Printer Launches on Kickstarter Only to be Cancelled As it Nears Its Funding Goal
The race to the bottom continued this week as the Mota 3D Printer Kickstarter offered early supporters a 3D printer for only $99. But after quickly selling out of all 50 $99 printers the campaign was …
Customizable 3D Printed Hard Drives with a Special Discount & Contest Just for You
Christopher Campbell and Mary Munoz started out as two San Francisco Art Institute students who simply enjoyed 3D printing knick-knacks around the house. With a bit of a push from their friends and f…
3D Printed Mysterabbit Interrogates Life's Mystery
My wife just sent me a Huffington Post article titled “14 Ways 3D Printing Has Changed The Art World”. Running down the list, I saw the 3D printed Van Gogh flowers (and ear), Ioan Florea&…
Chinese Lighting Company Starts Offering Custom 3D Printed Light Fixtures
In addition to announcing their new 3D printed light fixture service, Artworth, a Chinese company held a design contest where 30 of the most interesting 3D lighting designs were chosen as winners. Art…
Review: Inside 3D Printing Melbourne Day 1
The much-anticipated first edition of the popular Inside 3D Printing conference series Down Under landed in Melbourne this week. Despite images of Australian cities being full of palm trees, beaches a…
The Kora Alpha is the Newest 3D Printer on the Block
UK 3DP company Kora just announced that they are releasing their first 3D printer, called the Alpha, and they are claiming that it will have the biggest build ratio in its class. Unfortunately, they f…
Artist 3D Prints Chess Pieces to Teach Regional Variations of the Game
In her art installation Orthogonal/Diagonal ,Los Angeles artist Nova Jiang uses 3D printed game pieces that have been designed to help new players intuitively understand several historical chess varia…
3D Printing In The Philippines
In the beautiful Republic of the Philippines 3D printing is nascent and progressively emergent. There are a small but growing number of3D printing service providers, most of which are using desktop 3D…
FAB10 Showed Me How 3D Printers Can Give Impulse to Future Generations
When I was in Sicily last month I met with Carmen Russo as she was just opening up her Fab Lab in Catania. We immediately found we had many things in common, first and foremost our enthusiasm for 3D p…