Siemens launches its new AI-powered assistant for industrial engineering
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Industrial manufacturing firm Siemens has unv…
Optimizing 3D printing performance with Bondtech’s Core Heating Technology
Core Heating Technology (CHT) from Bondtech, the Swedish manufacturer of world-leading filament feeders, increases 3D printing speeds by over 30%. CHT…
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…
Renishaw Strives to Raise Young Engineers
Due to the decreasing cost in electronics and the increasing spread of knowledge via the Internet, building cool stuff hasn’t ever been easier. Given the right push, young people have the ability to g…
A 3D Printing Stock with a PE of 40: Meet MGI
Investors in 3D printing stocks looking for a 3D printer manufacturer with high growth, cutting-edge patented technology and strong fundamentals may want to consider adding MGI Digital Graphic Technol…
The Big, the Small and the Beast of 3D Printers Take Over NYC
Almost like one of those monster movies, or perhaps a Sergio Leone spaghetti western, a few new 3D printers squared off at New York City’s first 3D PrintShow last week. Among them were the largest FFF…
Leapfrog Launches New 3D Printer, a New 3D Printing Education Store and Printer Bundle
Dutch 3D printer manufacturer Leapfrog has just released a massive new 3D printer that they’ve dubbed the Creatr XL. Less an upgrade of Leapfrog’s previous printer it’s more like the Creatr’s big brot…
A Filament Fill As Fine Restaurant Explores the Aesthetic of 3D Printing
Riding high on the crest (cress?) of the wave of new food 3D printers such as the chocolate, vanilla sugar, mint, sour apple, cherry and watermelon flavoured output of the Chefjet Pro by 3D Systems th…
Them Crazy (Japanese) Cowboys Have Gone and Done It Again
Why do we — as a global society — have such a morbid fascination with guns? It is not only about shooting them, that is just a part of it that we leave to hunters, soldiers, criminals (and a few too m…
Pinterest + Shapeways = Pinshape? A New 3D Printing Model Library in Beta
The 3D printables marketplace is getting a wee bit crowded, as start-ups take advantage of global interest in 3D printing by pushing their own version of 3D model libraries onto the net and asserting …
The Copycat and the 3D Printer Wolf
Whether you feel Damien Hirst is a revolutionary artist, deserving of his estimated net worth (circa $300 million), or a hack capitalist who’s an easy target for critics who lack the nerve to go after…
Lewis Jewelers 3D Prints its Own Post-Tornado Reconstruction
The American Midwest is notorious for its devastating tornadoes, possibly made even worse in recent years due to extreme weather arguably brought on by climate change. And, though we might associate d…
Dutch Artist Offers 3D Model Repair Services for 3D Printing
Maybe he was inspired by my lack of 3D model repair skills, as detailed in my quest to 3D print a drag queen. Or, more likely, artist Eric van Straaten simply realized that, after six years of prepari…
3D Scanning and 3D Printing to Understand the Physics of Bourges Cathedral
So, you’re sitting in an ancient church, let’s say the Bourges Cathedral in France. You’re admiring the historical richness of the stained glass depicting the Last Judgment, the spandrels featuring ta…
UK Represented By Ion Core and the Zinter PRO 3D Printer In The Third Industrial Olympiad
In the 18th century a small collection of some 6000 islands in the northern proximity of the Atlantic ocean was the unlikely location of possibly human history’s most important first technologic…