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 Printing – It's Evolutionary: Julie Friedman Steele TEDx Talk
Julie Friedman, the CEO of The MetaSpace, is passionate about 3D Printing. She used to be a stand-up comedian, but now, instead of (just) being funny, she has opened the first 3-D printing reta…
Davide Sher’s 5 Favourite 3D Printing Apps of 2013
1. The ESA’s 3D printed lunar base Of all the things that 3D printing — as it develops — will allow us as humanity to achieve is the construction of extra terrestrial habitats. It starts with space st…
Singapore International Fashion 3D Printing Competition 2013
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore opened two 3D Printing design competitions on the second of August (read our coverage here). Now the winners for both categories – fash…
3DPI Writer, Shane Taylor’s Top 5 3D Printing Apps of 2013
Over the festive season 3DPI writers and contributors have all spent some time rounding up their personal, favourite 3D printing applications/developments that have emerged during 2013. Here, it is th…
BotBQ New Nozzle Testing – 3D Printed Food
Have you heard of BotBQ? Who knows, maybe this time next year you will be 3D Printing your Xmas meals with this little piece of innovation. That’s right, we’re talking about 3D Printing fo…
3D Printing At Ford
Ford is using additive manufacturing for prototyping all kinds of parts from engine to transmission. 3D Printing allows creating multiple iterations at the same time, so the actual testing can …
3DPI.TV – Roundup of Many Expiring 3D Printing Patents
3D printing is a 30-year old technology that is currently entering the mainstream, to great fanfare. Conventional wisdom is that intellectual property has driven innovation by creating competition, wh…
3D Printed Loudspeaker Part 1 – Cornell Research
This Sunday’s double video feature is about 3D Printed Loudspeakers. The first to get their video out to the public was Cornell researchers in Hod Lipson’s Creative Machines Lab. Their goa…
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. Despite the 3D printing industry’s double-digit (%) growth over the past y…
The Environmental Impact of 3D Printing
Feeling good and content after your Christmas celebrations? While you’re gearing up for New Year’s Eve, it might be good to slow down a bit and do some intellectual activities – say,…
3D Printed Speaker Part 2 – Josef Prusa
The second part of our 3D Printed Loudspeaker Video Feature is brought to you by Josef Prusa, the guy behind one of the most popular Open Source 3D printer Prusa Mendel. He is a bit disappointe…
3DPI Writer, Evan Chavez’s Top 5 3D Printing Applications of 2013: A Biased View
As I formed this list, I noticed a trend or a thread that might not be apparent at first glance. Those looking for more commentary on 3D printed firearms will be disappointed, but it is a hot button i…