Endeavor 3D integrates CO-AM software in its powerful HP printer fleet
Additive contract manufacturer Endeavor 3D has partnered with HP and Materialise to leverage the Materialise CO-AM software platform for improving its…
Boston Micro Fabrication launches new dual-resolution, high-precision 3D printer
US-based 3D printer manufacturer Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has launched the microArch D1025, a new 3D printer for the production of micro-scale p…
American companies to make and sell NASA’s GRX-810 superalloy
NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has announced that it has licensed its GRX-810 superalloy to five US-based companies. Unveiled last year, GRX-810 is an Oxide Dispersi…
Solid Concepts Helped Scanadu 3D Print a Working Tricorder (and Secure $12M in Financing)
You know it, we know it: the 3D printer is the forefather of the replicator, not MakerBot’s Replicator but Star Trek’s replicator, the incredible machine on the Enterprise’s deck that could compress e…
Why-to 3D print:
To best explore the reasons for why anyone does anything, I developed a format called the “why-to”. I assembled a number of why-to guides, devoted to a variety of activities, into a single collection…
3D Printed Robot Gets Mad, Confused, Sleepy and Parties!
Queen’s University’s School of Computing in Ontario, Canada seems like one of the funnest places to earn a degree. Every year, students put on an expo titled Creative Computing: Arts, Games, and Resea…
Gillette Files Patent to 3D Print Functional Razor Blades
As 3DPI editor Rachel Park, a long-time commentator on the 3D printing industry, tells me, Gillette was one of the earliest consumer company’s to use 3D printing technology. Since the 90’s, the compan…
Studio Fathom Talks 3D Scanning, Replicating and Repairing Ancient Artifacts using 3D Printing
Studio Fathom commemorated the 151st anniversary of the discovery of The Winged Victory of Samothrace with a stunningly detailed replica 3D printed using the Objet500 Connex3. They also used the oppor…
The Art Of Making: From STEM to STEAM
The Arts. To some this subject raises ideas of leisure activities for the retired, something that infants do with crayons, and modern Art installations that they find to be both a waste of money and t…
A New DLP 3D Printer Hits Indiegogo
I hate to admit, but, often times, I find the design aspects of Indiegogo campaigns to leave a little to be desired. It’s a superficial thing because good aesthetics may not reveal much about t…
MyMiniFactory.com 3D Printables Relaunch Party in NYC
New York City has quickly become the US capital for 3D printing. It may be for that reason that iMakr, the world’s largest 3D printing retail store, will be hosting a relaunch party for its 3D …
3DPI.TV – Sense 3D Scanner Adds Mac OS Compatibility
The Sense handheld scanner from 3D Systems released last year could originally only be used with PCs. Though the 3D scanner was only US$399, Mac users probably wouldn’t have any use for one. Now 3D S…
Laura Martinez’s Traditional Textile Designs Are Perfected by 3D Printing (and Vice versa)
On 3Dprintingindustry.com we love 3D printing and we think it has a big future, but we are not blind to the fact that, especially in the present, 3D printing applications can be valorized by combining…
Printoo Printed Electronics Make 3D Printed Projects Stay Afloat
Arduino-style microcontrollers have, in part, galvanized the Maker movement. With low-cost boards, it’s become easy for anyone with less than $100 and computer access to start creating their own progr…
The Future Looks Bright For 3D Printing R&D Company Sigma Labs
Shares of 3D printing R&D company Sigma Labs Inc. (SGLB) have vastly outperformed the well-known 3D printer manufacturers over the last three months. I believe the positive trend for shares in Sig…