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…
The Body as an Interface, Body Labs’ Project Takes Form At Solid 2014
I first reported on the New York based Body Labs’ project to use 3D models of the human body as an interface for a wide range of applications last March. A couple of months later the Kinect and softwa…
Smith|Allen’s Latest 3D Printing Installation “Endograft” Shifts The Experience of A Wall
The newest 3D printing installation from Smith|Allen studios is an undulating pentagram design providing a unique spatial experience. With 222 custom 3D printed pieces, the design is a wall conjuring …
EOS Upgrade Metal Additive Machine: The M 290
Leading additive manufacturing brand EOS has announced an upgrade to its industrial metal 3D printer range in the form of the EOS M 290, which will replace the EOS M 280. With an onus upon application…
Kazzata: The First Marketplace for 3D Printed Spare Parts
One of the most practical applications for 3D printing touted by advocates is the use of the technology to replace spare parts. Whether obsolete, expensive, or just too far away, a replacement compon…
M.I.A.'s New Video Features 3D Printed Guns, Drones
M.I.A. is still relevant. See? She’s proven it with her latest music video for that song that’s in the Captain Morgan White Rum commercial, “Double Bubble Trouble” off of her 2013 LP Matan…
Zeus Has Arrived — All-in-One 3D Printer is Go
Zeus was introduced (via Kickstarter) as the first 3D printer that incorporates 3D scanning, 3D copying and even the ability to receive 3D files via a fax signal into one machine. With its simple UI a…
3DPI Publishes A New Comprehensive Resource: 3D Printing Basics The Free Beginner’s Guide
As part of its growing portfolio of 3D printing media products and to support its strong coverage of news across the 3D printing industry, 3DPI has just published a beginners guide to 3D printing. Com…
Human Insecurity in 3D Printed Robot Form
Artist Sean Hottois seems to have a fascination with human psychological quirks and, maybe, robots. And maybe robots with human psychological quirks. Some might even go as far as to call those quirks …
3D Printing A 3D Spot of the Future in Beautiful, Decadent Lisbon
The way I found out about 3D Spot, the actual first 3D printing retail space in Portugal, is typical of my experiences in the 3D printing industry. I was scheduled to go to Lisbon for a holiday weeken…
3D Print Your Brand New DARwIn Mini Robot
Danielle and I were pretty impressed by Jimmy, the open source 3D printable robot from Intel, but, after watching a NOVA special on robots, Danielle fell in love with an even cuter bot named DARwIn (S…
Making Perfume Even More Unique with a Hint of 3D Printing
Direct glass 3D printing may still be a mirage but the Stölzle Glass Group, a large European company specializing in the production of high end glass bottles and containers for the Perfumery & Cos…
Skating to Success — 3D Print A Skateboard
Solid Concepts is one of North America’s large additive manufacturing service bureaus and fulfills prototyping and manufacturing for aerospace, architectural model making, automotive, firearms and med…