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…
Skeletal 3D Printed Rock Crawler Climbs Onto Shapeways
Buckminster once said, “How many times do I have to tell you people? Do more with less!” Maybe not in those exact words or in that tone, but he definitely said something along those lines …
Greentoken Is Converting the Digital World to 3D Printing
Sometimes the most interesting insights come from the least likely places. Looking at Greentoken, an online app developed by 22 year old German computer science student Alexander Gessler, all I initia…
4D Printing – A Paradigm Shift in Additive Manufacture
A Programmable World In “Mission: Impossible III”, agent Ethan Hunt played by Tom Cruise is called to duty to confront an arms dealer. One of the most memorable scenes shows a machine that duplicates …
Itseez Turns your iPad into a Powerful 3D Scanner
Using the Structure Sensor the new Itseez3d app promises to turn your iPad into a high-powered consumer 3D scanner. The Structure 3D scanner from Occipital is a great personal 3D scanner, however it’s…
New 3D Printing Material Mimics Light Weight Balsa Wood for use in Wind Turbine Construction
Balsa wood isn’t just for building models and crafts, it also has many industrial uses, including being an essential part of the construction of wind turbine blades for wind farms. That may seem to be…
The Homemade Filament Race Heats Up with the EWE
Italians do it better! At least, so said Madonna’s shirt in the 1980’s. For sure Italians have a habit of making things look better. From fashion to sport cars, food and furniture design, Italians jus…
Opportunity For A 3D Printing Internship & To Make A Difference In Africa
There are so very many things that people in richer nations take for granted in their daily lives that people in poorer parts of the world so desperately need. Clean water. Shoes. Kids playing without…
Audiowings Internet Connected Wireless Headphones Made Possible with 3DP
Rapid prototyping continues to be the secret to conceiving and launching new products quickly and successfully. Audiowings wireless headphones are among the first wearable tech products that are takin…
3D Paper Printing For Speedy Slot Cars
Bruce Paterson is the proprietor of Pattos Place, a world leading source for model cars – both slot cars and model replicas. The company has crafted detailed models of legendary cars such as Fer…
Dinosaur 3D Printing Done Right in This Video Tutorial
Paleontology is the study of ancient life and for many years, ever since it became an established science in the 18th century, it was hardly associated in the public’s minds with high-tech activities.…
3D Printed Model Aids Tumor Surgery in China
Though there is a great deal of excitement surrounding new bioprinting breakthroughs, such as the 3D printed vascular network covered by Scott recently, that could lead to 3D printed organs in the fut…
Adapting 3D Printing for Blow Mold Production
3D printing packaging containers and bottles is still impractical and costly, but 3D printing the molds used to create the plastic containers is proving to be a viable alternative to traditional proto…