I grew up in the 1980’s when the PC first made its appearance, but I was too young and inexperienced to appreciate the disruptive influence that that contraption would bring. I watched as the computer…
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Stratasys’ 3D Printed Tribute to American Independence
For the American national holiday to celebrate its independence on 4th of July, Stratasys paid tribute by 3D printing an iconic symbol of freedom – the Statue of Liberty. The original was a gift from …
Most Read Articles from Last Week – July 6
Don’t Take Reviews at Face Value – Especially 3D Printing Ones!! So Top 10 Reviews has done a feature focusing on entry-level 3D printers. And it covers 19 (not 10) of them across two very…
Asia’s Mixed Signals on 3D Printing
Ask anybody at your job or any of your friends and family to tell you which country makes most of the stuff that they use on a daily basis, and the answer you will most likely receive is “China.” For …
Comparing Comparisons: THRE3D Enters 3DP Directory Space
THRE3D is a new directory for 3D printing and a pleasant surprise. I don’t often offer a wholesale good / bad rating when I review, just observations and conclusions, but, well, I’ll come …
Maryland’s Towson University Object Lab Prepares Art Students for the Real World
Towson University’s Center for the Arts gives its students a valuable skill not always found at the college level: experience. Through the school’s Object Lab, individuals pursuing a Bachelor of…
LUXeXcel's 3D Printed Corrective Glasses Get Royal Seal of Approval
LUXeXcel, the Dutch company known for its awarded printoptical technology – and has also been featured here on 3DPI for their collaboration with the academic world – has now showed that the advanced t…
Additive Manufacturing and Industrial Tooling (Part 1)
The global tooling industry runs into hundreds of billions of dollars. In fact, I believe it is the single largest ‘horizontal’ industry that effectively caters to all of the major ‘vertical’ industri…
Buttercup the Duck Walks Again Thanks to 3D Printed Prosthetic Foot
Better writers than I have touched on the connection between man and animal, how we are drawn to them, how they illicit our deepest sympathies and millions of views on Youtube. NovaCopy Inc. has given…
3D Printing's Potential in Smart Packaging
When you think about ‘smart’ devices – phones and maybe TV’s come to mind, but now the ‘smart’ prefix is being applied in the area of packaging – where it actually predates the first two c…