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…
TEDx Talk by Sugar Lab Couple
Liz and Kyle von Hasseln, the couple behind Sugar Lab (recently acquired by 3D Systems), visited TEDxManhattan Beach to showcase their 3D Printed desserts and to share how the Sugar Lab got sta…
All Metal Extruder – Micron 3DP
When 3D Printing, have you experienced material getting stuck inside the filament guide or the nozzle? Micron E.M.E Ltd has created an extruder that promises to make this problem the stuff of p…
3DPI.TV – 3D Systems Acquires Gentle Giant Studios
In line with its now established strategy over recent years, 3D Systems Corp is throwing its net even further afield at the start of 2014, announcing the acquisition of Gentle Giant Studios, the leadi…
3D Systems’ Consumer Focus on 3D Printing Includes Acquisition of Gentle Giant Studios
You don’t even get one guess at who made the first acquisition of 2014 in the 3D printing industry. In line with its now established strategy over recent years, 3D Systems Corp is throwing its net eve…
Ben Heck Gives 3D Scanning a Good Go
The Ben Heck Show is a look at all things tech and hack, with Ben himself taking on fun and interesting projects each week. He has done episodes on 3D Design programs, quadcopters and even glue…
Wireless Energy – A 3D Printed AtmoMotor HV
Laserhacker.com has been experimenting with Atmospheric Electricity Motors – getting energy wirelessly. How it works is that there’s an antenna that receives atmospheric electricity which …
Cobra Beer and Prototyping Other Things Impossibly Smooth
Cobra Beer has launched an interesting marketing campaign titled the Cobra Diversification Division. They already created an impossibly smooth beer, so the question was “what else is possible?…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – January 4
Many 3D Printing Patents Are Expiring Soon: Here’s A Round Up & Overview of Them I. Background 3D printing is a 30-year old technology that is currently entering the mainstream, to great fanfare. …
Restoring Art, Culture & Peace in Afghanistan with 3D Systems' Tech
Crawl back through history 1,500 years to the Valley of Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, in the 6th Century. You’d see Buddhist monks laboriously and meticulously etching two large statues of Buddha fro…
Afinia Puts Up Its Dukes to Defend Against Stratasys Lawsuit
This should make CES a bit awkward next week… After Stratasys stunned the 3D printing community by filing a lawsuit against Afinia, makers of the H-Series FFF 3D printer, at the end of last year, the …
3DPI.TV – 3D Printing with Meta SpaceGlasses
2014 is already looking like a great year for 3D creativity. Assembled 3D printers are coming out priced at under 500 euros, new low-cost high-quality 3D scanners are launching and, if that weren’t en…
3DPI.TV – Put on your Sweet, 3D Printed Chocolate Face
One of the current drivers for mass 3D printing adoption is self-replication. We have covered the subject quite a few times on 3dprintingindustry.com, from iMakr’s “Selfies at Selfridges” to home deli…