nTopology set to bolster generative design platform with new and improved DfAM tools
Engineering software developer nTopology is currently working on a whole slew of new developments for its topology optimization platform. Commercializ…
Anycubic and JBD J1 MicroLED 3D printer: technical specifications and pricing
Desktop 3D printer manufacturer Anycubic is working with display panel specialist Jade Bird Display (JBD) to develop a new consumer-grade MicroLED 3D …
Low-cost titanium alloys for additive manufacturing targetted by IperionX and Oak Ridge National Laboratory collaboration
IperionX, a North Carolina-based advanced materials enterprise, has announced a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The work concerns …
The New US Patent Trolling Executive Order & Freeing IP for 3DP
The White House today introduced a study for an executive order intended to combat patent trolling. Patents have been a significant obstacle to progress and innovation in the 3D printing sector for so…
XYZ Shoes – Custom Footwear by Earl Stewart
Recently, I was watching an episode of the Colbert Report in which the guest was Daniel Lieberman, professor of Evolutionary Biology at Harvard. Lieberman explained that the use of shoes in most of mo…
3DS & SYNNEX join forces with North American Distribution deal
3D Systems has signed a major distribution deal, which gives them a strong – though yet of course potential – foothold of the North American 3D printer market, on both professional and personal/…
Innovation at Upcoming Mackay 3D Printing Expo
Australia’s first 3D printing expo is forthcoming this month. It is due to witness the innovative Bajtech Positional Control System, which promises to combine additive and subtractive manufacturing pr…
Beautiful 3D Printing With Worms at MIT
3D printing has become one of the key tech trends of the moment. But, in turn, 3D printing is far from only one technology. Which technologies maintain their place within 3D printing is something that…
Pirate3D Share the 3D Printing Happy and Reveal Their Own Pirate Code — Corporate Social Responsibility
The pledges just keep on coming for the Buccaneer 3D printer on Kickstarter. As I write, the total no of pledges stand at 1385, with a total fund of $532,140. Having passed the $500k mark, Pirate3D ha…
The Living Wall Bridge and Platige Bring Art to Life
Man, I love the world. It’s always been really beautiful, but sometimes we humans actually realize that it is and respond accordingly. And, to me at least, that’s the sign of good abstract…
Potential Cost, Eco & Functional Benefits of 3D Printing Mobile Device Antennae
Optomec Inc, an often overlooked OEM of industrial 3D printers, recently announced the development of a digital production solution that enables the direct printing of mobile device antennae. This sol…
Design Your Personalized 3D Printable Jewellery Online – Suuz.com
Suuz is a new Dutch online service for designing personalized jewellery. The company – founded by five former Technical University of Delft students – first launched its site in a beta phase in Februa…
Insider Insight — Fighting the 3D Printing Patent Applications
I’m Kit Walsh, an attorney at the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. We have been working with the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help prevent overly …
3D Printing Perspectives — Aesthetics of Failure and Automatism
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what constitutes progress within the field of 3D printing. The thought was sparked after Google searching the phrase “3D printed art” and finding that despite being in…
Reprap Morgan in its Natural Habitat
There’s this popular belief, at least where I’m from, that competition and economic incentive drive diversity in the marketplace. What the open source and RepRap movements have continuousl…
