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…
3DPI.TV – Teen Crime Solvers Use 3D Scanning and 3D Printing
CSI has kids (and adults) excited about hi-tech crime solving. And, although there are schools teaching such crime solving to older students, Richmond County School in North Carolina is the first to u…
3DPI.TV – Nervous System's 3D Printed Bodice
Following Nervous System’s launch of its Kinematics app towards the end of last year, the design studio has introduced a beautiful proof-of-concept in the form of a 3D-printed nylon bodice. Enduring q…
How the European Elections in Italy Relate to 3D Printing
In Italy, like many other member state nations, European elections have traditionally not been considered as important as National and local elections by Italian parties. However, this weekend the uni…
3D Printing + Crowd Sourcing = Injection Moulded Wave Hooks
Sometimes equations yield some surprising results. We like to think of 3D printing and crowd sourcing as potential alternatives to mass production, but what happens when something that you crowd sourc…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – May 25
The Autodesk 3D Printer As our Editor Rachel said to me, “This is HUGE news!” CEO of Autodesk, Carl Bass, has announced that the company is releasing its own 3D printer, along with its own…
Nadya Peek at Solid Conference 2014: Making Machines that Make
Nadya Peek, a phd student at MIT Center for Bits and Atoms gave a keynote speech at the Solid Conference 2014. In her speech Nadya talks about small scale automation and making digital fabrication equ…
Paraplegic with Exoskeleton to Kick First Ball at World Cup Thanks to 3D Printing
At the World Cup in São Paulo this year, the world will come together, not just to compete in the most popular sporting event across the globe, but to give a young, Brazilian paraplegic the ability to…
3DPI.TV – Turn Your Smartphone Into a Microscope
Dr. Steve Lee, at the Australian National University Research School of Engineering, along with Dr. Tri Phan, of Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research, have developed a novel method for fabric…
3D Printing Piracy Keeps Hitting 3DP Designers
The most discussed concerns surrounding IP and 3D printing come from manufacturers, mostly because they have the loudest voices in the room. The piracy of physical objects could stand to cost huge sum…
Could the Braille OwnFone Become a Killer App for 3D Printing?
Ever since Google presented Project Ara in collaboration with 3D Systems I have started to think about what a killer app for 3D printing could look like and how it will probably be linked to mobile co…
Stunning Sights: 3D Printing Improves Rig for Time Lapse Photography
Doug Urquhart knows a beautiful world, a stunning perception he shares with time-lapse photography, and 3D printing makes his vision appear with newfound ease. After tinkering and experimenting with 3…
The Return of the Ferrari 312P
The refurbishment of classic racing car engines is extremely time-consuming and costly. Needless to say it is also very challenging technically. But what used to take a year can now be done in weeks t…