Amazemet scaling metal 3D printing with Siemens’ Xcelerator software
Polish metal 3D printing company Amazemet has adopted industrial manufacturing firm Siemens’ Xcelerator software portfolio. The Warsaw Universit…
Formlabs launches new 3D printers Form 4 and Form 4B
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! 3D printer OEM Formlabs has launched its new desktop re…
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…
3D Print Expo Makes its Way from Russia to Kazakhstan
In February, Russia held its first 3D printing expo, titled the 3D Print Expo. After the success of the event, the 3D Print Expo organizers are taking the show on the road to neighbouring Kazakhstan, …
Nokia Pimps 3D Printing for Easter Marketing
Located at a chop-shop in Finland, the once largest manufacturer of cell phones slowly hocks its remaining technology divisions to the largest software developer. Perhaps in the fever dreams of cellul…
3D Print the Birds Back to the City with Printed Nest
For bird lovers and lovers of 3D printing there is a new application that combines the two and uses 3D printing to give birds new homes, attracting them back into the cities. A team of architects and …
rp+m Promotes 3D Printing In the Classroom — Competition Winners Get Their Own
The Rapid Prototype and Manufacturing (rp+m) company has announced the winners of the inaugural South-Western Conference (SWC) Design Contest, which they have sponsored. Students in the SWC were chall…
SCADpad Uses 3D Printing to Make Living in a Parking Lot Awesome
All I need is a… 3D printer. SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) Atlanta students are taking this concept to new heights through the SCADpad project. It has been ongoing for the last 10 months a…
Researchers at Stanford Can See Your Heart and They Like What They See
From Stanford Research, Dr. Paul Wong and associates have developed a 3D printed replica of the heart that is specific to the patient in need. It is fascinating to see the detail possible with the 3D …
Toshiba's Colourful 3D Printed Anime Characters
Double Circle, an anime collaboration between electronics giant and household name Toshiba and the city of Kawasaki in the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan can boast a following large enough to accumulate s…
Two New Branded 3D Printing Sites Aim to Fill Small Scale Manufacturing Niches
We’ve seen small-scale 3D Design and 3D Printing businesses flourish with sites like Shapeways who use an eBay- or Etsy-like model that allows users to upload their 3D models and sell them, with the m…
SimpSymm: An Algorithm to Render 3D Printing Artists Obsolete?
I remember, when I was pursuing my MFA in writing, coming across a robot poet. It was an algorithm that used some rules of syntax and grammar, choosing words randomly, to generate prose and poetry. …
3D Printed Fantasy Football Figures: Mythology! Monsters! Minotaurs! Marauders!
Sport. Often something to do with running around and balls. Hitting them with sticks (golf), hitting them with wider sticks (cricket), hitting each other to kick a ball (football), hitting each other …
Sugar High: Dutch Designer Develops His Own 3D Sugar Printer
Just as the technology behind television was invented by different individuals around the world simultaneously, the unfolding of 3D printed sugar proves that humanity has no main characters, but, inst…
Osteoid Concept Adds Ultrasound to 3D Printed Cast
The Cortex cast concept for broken upper limbs presented in mid-2013 by Jake Evill was a demonstrative example of 3D printing’s potential shown to the wider global public. Soon it may also be used as …