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…
SME and America Makes Welcome Former FBI Agent Aboard
The additive manufacturing community is getting cozier with the US government, these days. In addition to the White House’s own interest in the technology, 3D Systems recently added a former member of…
3D Printed Super Cane to Aid Those with Low Vision
While researching the concept of voxel 3D printing, I accidentally found my way to a unique device made to aid the visually impaired. It just so happened to be called Voxel and involve 3D printing, th…
Inside 3D Printing New York 2014 – A Review in Pictures
Take a trip with us through the Inside 3D Printing event in New York City. If you missed the event, may these photos act as a surrogate (along with all of our other supplemental material). If you di…
I Designed My Own 3D Printed Replacement Leg
Courageous 24-year-old Natasha Hope-Simpson was the victim of a cowardly hit-and-run that horrendously left her, literally, pinned between two vehicles last November. The result of the incident was th…
The 3D Printed Micro-house Of The Future. Today.
We humans are productive critters. Indeed the most productive trait of our species seems to be reproduction. There are now more than seven billion of us habiting this beautiful, but increasingly small…
MakerBot Launches Exquisite Houseware Collection
The MakerBot Retail Store in New York City has launched ‘Cloud Collection,’ a decorative housewares line by the Francis Bitonti Studio that can be purchased digitally, downloaded and 3D pr…
RP Marketplace Provides Online Conduit to Industrial RP Services
There has been a number of 3D printing service marketplaces springing up over the past year or so. Some, such as Additer, focus specifically on service providers with desktop, consumer-grade 3D print…
Say Yes to Drugs: DIA to Address 3D Printing in Healthcare Session
The Drug Information Association will hold its annual conference in San Diego on June 17th 2014 and 3D printing will be a hotbed issue addressed. Leaders of the DIA acknowledge that the relatively new…
This May, Taiwan Will Launch its Own 3D Printing Program
Not long after Taiwan held the first symposium of its Additive Manufacturing of Taiwan (AMAT) institute, the country’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has announced in a recent report …
Autodesk & 3D Hubs Collaborate to Make 3D Design & Print More Accessible and Local
When I spoke with Bram de Zwart of 3D Hubs in New York last week, he told me that they had been working on a new API to connect creators and users of 3D content to its global network of 3D printers an…
Cambrian Genomics 3D Printing DNA — Sets its Sights on Space Dinosaurs
It is a well-known fact that everything is better when you add lasers, and apparently lasers make 3D printing DNA hover dangerously close to what you would call affordable thanks to San Francisco biot…
The Micro 3D Printers' Massive Million Dollar Crowdfunding Campaign
M3D’s Kickstarter for their Micro 3D printer surpassed it’s USD$50,000 goal in a phenomenal 11 minutes. Why? For one the price, at USD$199 for early birds and a regular price of $299. For …