CADchat’s cloud-based platform offers a better way to manage product development projects
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Software development firm CADchat has launche…
UltiMaker Factor 4, a new industrial 3D printer for the factory floor: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Netherlands-based 3D printer manufacturer UltiMaker has launched Factor 4, its new FDM 3D printer for the industrial market. The new 3D printer supp…
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…
3D Printed Eyewear Design Workshop
Eyewear Designer Jeffrey Leung partnered up with SizeChina, a 3D anthropometric research project at the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, for a 3 day weekend workshop on 3D Pr…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – February 8
Continuous Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Unveiled at SolidWorks World When we wrote about the SolidWorks World expo – devoted to 3D modeling and its applications – last week, I mentioned that “a…
So what is 3D Printing Anyway? Reflections for the Un-initiated…..
Over the last year or more the buzz word in the media as the next big thing for the future has to be “3D Printing”. But if you ask people what they know about 3D printing, as I have been doing, many r…
More Animal Skulls from Scott Camazine
After funding his first Kickstarter campaign, Dr. Scott Camazine has hit the crowdfunding site again with another installation of his 3D printed animal skulls. The first campaign allowed Scott to dig…
3DOrthotics’ Launch Party Promotes 3D Printing With Demos and More
Three weeks ago, Mike introduced 3D Orthotics, an Australian company using 3D printing to make custom, medical-grade insoles. As Mike indicated then, the three young profressionals who have founded th…
Youngstown State University Opens 3D Printing Center as US Manufacturing Hubs Take Root
New news comes out of Youngstown, Ohio this week. The city is home to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, now America Makes, and is making strides in establishing the town as a …
German Scientists 3D Print Lightweight Material Stronger than Steel
Innovation in the 3D printing industry is coming from all sides now, with some of the most important developments occurring in material science. The more materials we can print, the more useful the te…
With 3D Printed Sit Skis the Upcoming Winter Paralympics Are Bracing for a Show
The Paralympic Winter Games, much like the Paralympic Games in general, have been taking place regularly, right after the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, since 1988. Although the audience has been gr…
Reality, “Reality”, and the 3D Printed Worlds of Philip K. Dick
John Hornick just contributed an article to 3DPI about forgeries, determining the real from the false. As he discussed counterfeiting in a 3D printed world, I thought: who better to address the topic …
And the Golden Mousetrap Award for Innovation in (Additive) Manufacturing Goes To…
To most of us here at 3DPI there is no manufacturing other than additive manufacturing (after all, this is 3Dprintingindustry.com, not Industry.com). So, sometimes, reality hits and I have to face the…
Gilded iPhone: Because You Deserve It
Calling all millionaires and billionaires! Remember that gold rucksack you bought awhile back? We both know it’s been gathering dust hanging there next to your tuxedo collection in your walk-in closet…
MakerBot Now Getting Serious About 3D Printing in Education
Stratasys, MakerBot’s parent company, has made no secret of the fact that full blown adoption of 3D creativity at all levels will start with those who are in school today. The company launched i…