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…
3DLT & PieceMaker: In-store 3D Printing
John Hauer and the 3DLT team have a head for business. We have seen manifold 3D printing marketplaces emerge recently, some better than others. The ones doing well aren’t necessarily the best. They ar…
Mamba3D Printer Has Just 6 Days to Go on Kickstarter
In March of this year, we covered the Mamba3D printer. Back then, we weren’t really able to see the printer in all of its glory, as the company behind it, MyMatics, prepared for its Kickstarter launch…
Thousand Hand Bodhisattva Reincarnated with 3D Printing in China
3D scanning and 3D printing technology have begun to play an extremely important role in preserving historical artefacts and my guess is that it won’t stop any time soon. In China, they’re using the t…
MatterHackers Release 1st MatterControl Update
MatterHackers just released the first update for its simple to use 3D printing management software MatterControl. Among the multiple new features is the ability to effortlessly turn 2D images into 3D …
Sculptify’s FLEX Flees Filament in Favour of Pellets
There’s an image in the mind of most people introduced to desktop 3D printing of a long tube of plastic filament going into one end of a printer and coming out as a 3D object at the other. Sculptify, …
Modio Is Going to Make 3D Printable Action Figures Really “App-en”
It took me a while to write this article because I was trying to figure out all the implications that this new App could have and it was not easy. I know I tend to get carried away with the implicatio…
XYZ’s Da Vinci 3D Printer Jailbroken to Run Open Source Firmware (& Any Filament)
Last week Michael wrote a very interesting piece about the multibillion dollar question on everyone’s mind: how to deal with IP protection in the age of downloadable objects. The issue is also relevan…
Free Form 3D Metal Printer Yields Giant 3D Printed Bench
If you had a robot arm capable of 3D printing long strands of metal, what’s the first thing you would make? (That’s a serious question that you can answer in the comments below.) It looks like Joris L…
Paracosm 3D Scanner Starter Kit Officially for Sale
3D scanning is slowly becoming an actual thing! And by 3D scanning I mean low-cost, consumer-friendly, and, most importantly, mobile 3D scanning. The Structure 3D scanning sensor killed it on Kickstar…
3D Printing Global Learning Partnerships by 3D Systems & LUV
Level Up Village (LUV) is 3D Systems newest partner in its recently announced MAKE.DIGITAL education initiative. 3D Systems has announced the partnership with LUV, which will provide 8 to 12 year old …
Kast: The Fastest Desktop 3D Printer?
Most desktop 3D printers sold are made by 3D printing giants Stratasys (as MakerBot), and 3D Systems, plus Ultimaker, then far behind are Solidoodle, Leapfrog and about 200 other printers thanks to th…
Student Filmmaker Feasts on 3D Printing for his Film with Amazing Results
Aron Bothman used multiple mediums to create his beautiful student film ‘Feast in a Fallen City’, including traditional 2D animation CGI, and 3D printing. He recruited 3D printing company Cokreeate to…