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…
Australian Architects Take Home Top Prize in 3D Printing Fashion Contest
Singapore is quickly making a comfortable home for 3D printing with institutions such as Nanyang Technological University approaching the technology at full steam. In conjunction with the opening of t…
Adapting Your 3D Scanner with a 3D Printable Grip
Since being exposed to the ideas of Adrian Bowyer, the RepRap founder’s description of 3D printers’ symbiotic relationship with humans has stuck with me. And, now, any development in the world of 3D …
3D Printed Triumph Rocket III Custom Trike Sets Land Speed Record
3D printing is the best possible way to produce personalized objects, and there are very few industries that get more “personal” than custom motorcycles. Adopting additive manufacturing techniques, ex…
RAF Test Flights With Some 3D Printed Parts
RAF Tornado fighter jets, built by UK aerospace and defence company BAE Systems, have, for the first time ever, flown with end-use parts produced on a 3D printer. The parts in question are metallic bu…
3D Systems Goes Early with the Cube 3
One of 3D Systems’s 12+ CES launches is the new, 3rd iteration of the Cube consumer 3D printer, which has been revealed today — one assumes to get in ahead of the rumoured Makerbot Replicator 3 and ge…
Shining “Light” On 3D Printing In Las Vegas
Ahead of International CES this week, where 3D printing is going to feature heavily, New Years Eve patrons of Cirque Du Soleil’s Las Vegas Nightclub “Light” got a rather stunning preview of the capabi…
Could Secured3D be the missing link in 3D printing evolution?
Based in Talinn, Estonia, Secured3D was a mystery to me. It is a start-up offering a secure cloud 3D printing service and their products were on show by Makerbot’s huge stand at the last Euromold. Wha…
Geoweaver Roaming 3D Printer Walks the Walk and Caulks the Caulk
Although Hollywood would have us believe that college is a place where people go to get drunk and get laid, Jia Wu, Mary Sek and Jeff Maeshiro at the California College of the Arts have proven that hi…
Gartner Predicts IP Crime, Super-Organs, and Revolution
In preparation for 2014, Gartner released a report outlining its top predictions for the next six years or so titled “Gartner Top Predictions 2014: Plan for a Disruptive, but Constructive Future”. Th…
PRINT3R 3D Prints From Your Droid
Just when you thought that only South African teens could create a mobile app for 3D printing from your phone, 3DP retailer Terawatt Industries has launched their own Android app for smartphone printi…
Materialise Highlights 2013
Looking back at the year 2013, Materialise has compiled a great collection of the year’s 3D Printing highlights. You might remember i.Materialise’s Andy Warhol Competition (check ou…
3D Scanning & 3D Printing Wows Shoppers in Mexico
Ideaz 3D , the first 3D Printer Store in Mexico, showcased 3D Printing and 3D Scanning technologies by making figurines at a mall in Hermosillo. The public seemed enthusiastic and interested, but go a…