Endeavor 3D integrates CO-AM software in its powerful HP printer fleet
Additive contract manufacturer Endeavor 3D has partnered with HP and Materialise to leverage the Materialise CO-AM software platform for improving its…
MTC leverages AMCM’s unique multi-laser beam shaping system
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has acquired the AMCM M 290-2 FLX, an industrial 3D printing system from AMCM, a company affiliated with EOS…
American companies to make and sell NASA’s GRX-810 superalloy
NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has announced that it has licensed its GRX-810 superalloy to five US-based companies. Unveiled last year, GRX-810 is an Oxide Dispersi…
Design Firm Matsys Utilizes 3D Printing to Explore the Mathematics of Reality
3D printing has time and again proven a preferred method for artists, architects and designers who wish to incorporate science and mathematics into the production of physical objects. Due to the abili…
Harvard Award for 3D Printed Battery
The printed electronics industry has given recognition to materials scientists at Harvard University for their work on novel 3D printed lithium-ion microbatteries — batteries no bigger than a grain of…
Styrolution’s Plastics Panel Sums the Future Up in One Word: Plastics
Imagine a room where people gather to talk plastics: magic, malleable but strong, materials for shaping anything you can think of. People discussing the polymer age. People determing the future of the…
GE Invents 3D Printing Holiday Featuring Anti-NSA Commentary
GE has come to embrace the potential of additive manufacturing and crowd sourcing: previously hosting a design competition for 3D printed jet engine brackets as well as using AM to produce its LEAP en…
3Dagogo 3D Model Repository a Go or No?
With 3D printing now in the public’s eye, it’s no surprise that we continue to see significant numbers of start-ups emerge to see if they can get a piece of the action. So, naturally, there will be a …
Colour and Multi-Materials — 3D Systems Pre-Euromold Announcements
Ahead of their physical unveiling at Euromold this week 3D Systems has revealed two of its new 3D printing developments — the ProJet® 4500 3D printer and the ProJet® 5500X. The company claims that th…
Mass Production using Additive Manufacturing? Yes, Says a New Research Collaboration.
Inside the factory of world’s largest manufacturer of aircraft engines in the fossilized outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, GE Aviation is now producing new fuel nozzles using additive manufacturing techn…
Focusing on the Growthobject(ive) with 3D Printing
Founded in 2009, Growthobjects is a digital manufacturing design studio headed by Xavier Tutó and Katia Glossmann (designers), and Jordi Bayer (engineer). They specialize in creating amazing 3D design…
Solidoodle Rolls out V4: A Sleek 3D Printer under $1000
Just as the consumer season reaches fever pitch, Solidoodle has unveiled its new 3D printer, Solidoodle 4, for the consumer market. The fully encased printer can be purchased through the Solidoodle we…
German RepRap’s New Open Source Electronics
For some, releasing an open source version 1.0 is a strategy for a paid version later. For others, it is a way to ensure that in a world where the rate of change of technology is increasing at an expo…
Fun Innovation Undergoes Serious Development — 3D Printing Fusion
The early 90’s rave music phenomenon orientated around all night dances to hard dance music and included the now legendary ‘glow stick’ and other glow-in-the-dark paraphernalia. The …
Eaton’s Venus of Cupertino Docks iPad and Possesses Most Accurate Name in Industry
Plump and fertile, the docking station for an iPad, by Scott Eaton, is the aptly named Venus of Cupertino. For those unfamiliar with California corporate geography, the city of Cupertino houses a base…