Spare Parts 3D launches new AI-powered 2D-to-3D model digitization tool
French software start-up Spare Parts 3D (SP3D) has launched the beta program of Théia, its new digital tool that can automatically create 3D models fr…
EOS enables serial production with the new M 290 1kW metal 3D printer
Munich-based 3D printer manufacturer EOS has announced the launch of the EOS M 290 1kW laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printer. An upgraded ve…
AM Forum Berlin 2024 to see HP debut its new material
After announcing its partnerships with DyeMansion and Accel Digital Solutions (ADS), HP is set to exhibit 3D printed parts made from a new material tailored for its industrial 3D polymer solutions, at…
3D Printing The 10 Circles of Life
The creativity and innovation of digital art has long inspired me. Traditionally, my artistic pursuits have seen me print on various mediums including glass, plexiglass, metal and fabric and my work c…
3D Prints From 2D Photos Of A Moving Subject
When Mark Dahmke found that Autodesk’s otherwise excellent 2D-to-3D app 123D Catch was limited outside of his needs to digitally capture a moving subject – his cute cats – he decided to pursue h…
Uformit Shows the Future of Design Looks Like… U
One word that we are starting to hear more often and that we are likely to hear much more in the future is “parametric”, especially with respect to anything related to design software and the individu…
S3D Innovations Reduces, Recycles and Closes the Loop with New Thermoplastic FilaSoy
S3D Innovations brings soy to the filament table and plans to become a permanent fixture in the industry after winning the top prize in the 2014 Student Soybean Product Innovation Contest sponsored by…
Endur is a New 3D Printing Polypropylene Material From Stratasys
Stratasys has introduced an innovative new material to their range of industrial feedstock. The material is called Endur, and is being positioned as an advanced simulated polypropylene material, which…
Fuel 3D Returns to Medical Imaging with $1.1 Million Contract
You may know Fuel 3D Technologies Ltd. for its low-cost, high resolution handheld 3D scanner that blew up on Kickstarter last year. What you may not have known is that Fuel 3D actually began as a com…
3D Systems' Sense 3D Scanner Adds Mac OS Compatibility
To be honest, when I wrote about the Sense handheld scanner from 3D Systems last year, I was a little disappointed that it could only be used with PCs. Though the 3D scanner was only $399 (substantia…
Dragonbite 3D Printed Stylus Aids Pens in Digital Design
When I first read the email from Dinos Costanti about the work that he and his partner, Vangelis Hadjiloizou, were doing with their studio Lab02, I confused them for the Vangelis, Evangelos Odysseas P…
Who Will Hold the Coveted Title of Most 3D Printers Operating in Unison?
A rivalry ensues! Just as a Texas University claims the Guinness World Record for the most 3D printers to run simultaneously, Colorado-based Aleph Objects is in the process of breaking that record, as…
Tiles 3D Print CAD: Simply The Best
3D printing and lego-style construction bricks are a pertinent, increasingly applied combination. IKOS, the 3D printed spherical building block enterprise, is not the only such project that is current…
FATHOM and North Design Labs 3D Print Movie Prop for Terry Gilliam’s New Movie “The Zero Theorem”
Could 3D printing play a role in solving the existential crisis of humanity? Terry Gilliam seems to think so as his new film employed FATHOM and North Design Labs for a unique movie prop with a short …
Meeting Mr. Obama: Mini Makers Make Mini Movie Stars
There is perhaps nothing more inspiring that seeing young children engaging in progressive education with enthusiasm and accomplishing great things. Take Gabrielle Nafie and Miles Pilchik for example,…