3DPrinterOS announces sponsorship of Octoprint to ease 3D printer integration
Software developer 3D Control Systems, the parent company of 3DPrinterOS, has become a corporate sponsor of open source interface OctoPrint to help ea…
Zmorph releases industrial-grade i500 3D printer – technical specifications and pricing
After first unveiling its latest 3D printer earlier this month, Desktop 3D printer manufacturer Zmorph has officially launched its large-format indust…
DOE announces $6M R&D funding to process coal waste into 3D printable materials
The US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Fossil Energy has announced $6 million in federal funding for various research and development projects focused on the advanced processing of coal waste i…
Visualize Your 3D Printed Designs With Augmented Reality
Sometimes it is all too easy to lose track of the desired outcome after spending several hours 3D modelling in front of a computer screen. Now there is an App available to overcome this; the new Augme…
3D Printed Music for Fisher Price
Those of us who grew up in the 1970s or were parents at that time will surely remember the Fisher Price record player, essentially a plastic toy that can play 12.1cm discs of your choice. As the ghett…
Art Steps into the 3D Printing Arena
The majority of the most recent news regarding 3D printing has predominantly covered the raw technological aspects of the industry, but lately the applications, particularly for artforms, are beginnin…
3D Printed Spine
Spinal cord injuries are often permanent and life changing injuries with limited options available for treatment. With the aid of the latest 3D printing technology, a Cambridge (MA) based company InVi…
Custom Bracelets: Latest Addition to the Cubify Family
A new product for 3D printing has been added to the Cubify product catalog: customized bracelets. Now anyone can create and 3D print their own individualized wrist bangles at home. This news is poten…
3D Printing Vending Machine
Virginia Tech has come up with a new way to teach their mechanical engineering students about future technologies while allowing the students wider access to 3D printing machines. They placed a Dream …
World’s First 3D Printed Formula Race Car Tested in Hockenheim
For those who have doubted 3D printing durability and what could be built with the technology, the news about 3D printed formula car might come as a shock. 16 student engineers from a Belgium based Gr…
Regathering of Silicon Valley’s design hardware troops
In a time where especially mobile computing has driven the entire technology industry into a ecosystem type of broad thinking, the general focus seems to have been shifted – quite naturally – fr…
3D Printing – A Global Game Changer
We are witnessing a rise of new technology that can have disruptive implications on the global geopolitical, demographic, social, economic, security and environmental landscape. 3D printing technology…
New Autodesk SketchBook Pro Promises the Ideal Digital Toolkit for Artists
SketchBook Pro 6 that runs in Windows and Mac and features a streamlined interface, multi-touch navigation, French curves, synthetic paint and much more. SketchBook Pro is a professional level sketchi…
Interview with Additive Manufacturing Specialist: Terry Wohlers
Terry Wohlers, the Principal Consultant and President of the Wohlers Associates is one of the most respected commentators and analysts within the 3D printing industry. He is known for his work on the…
Kitplane building ascends to a new level with MakerPlane
Following in the footsteps of da Vinci, the Wright brothers et al. a new chapter in the history of aviation could be emerging from the 3D-printing scene. Meet the MakerPlane, an open-source project fo…
