Siemens launches its new AI-powered assistant for industrial engineering
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Industrial manufacturing firm Siemens has unv…
UMaine unveils its largest next-generation polymer 3D printer
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! The University of Maine (UMaine) has demonstr…
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…
colorFabb Releases its Own Brand of Wood Filament
For awhile there, the mysterious Kai Parthy held the title for most innovative filament developer for FFF 3D printing, first making waves with his LAYWOO-D3 wood filament, then his pseudo concrete LAY…
3DPI Interview with Project Runway Finalist Justin LeBlanc
My wife, Danielle, and I just got finished watching the most recent, 12th, season of Project Runway. When you take away the product placement and Heidi Klum, the show displays some great fashion and t…
ArmyCoCreate and the US Military’s Make-a-Thon
We’ve already covered the army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF), mobile fablabs that the military can use to 3D print mission critical parts in the heat of warfare. The REF has taken the Maker spirit one…
Alabama’s Auburn University Prototypes Transplant for Yorkie
Coming off of the heels of the North Carolina State’s multi-million dollar 3D printing lab, which made headlines by fabricating prostheses for animals, is another story about a US college helping wild…
3D Printing Wants to Spice Up Your Shower Spray
Certain objects in our lives can be taken for granted or assumed to be limited to particular designs and colours. The showerhead fits into this taken-for-granted category. Yet with 3D printing, it is …
An Event Dedicated to the Social and Cultural Trajectories of 3D Printing
The Swinburne Institute for Social Research is running a one-day symposium on 5th December entitled 3D Printing: Social and Cultural Trajectories. I met Angela Daly, who is on the organizing committee…
USC Professor 3D Prints Multi-Material Objects Faster
For 3D printing to reach its true potential, there are a number of hurdles yet to be fully overcome, including the ability to cohesively — and cost-effectively — 3D print multi-material objects. The l…
From the Moon to Meta-materials, Wide-scale Industry Adoption of 3D Printing has but Begun
The first 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing – Industrial Applications Global Summit, that took place at ExCel London on November 19th and 20th offered an in-depth window into industry adopt…
Cubik Full Colour 3D Scanner
Chester, a beautiful walled city lying on the River Dee, in the North West of England, was founded in AD79 by the Romans and is loaded with well preserved archaeological and architectural treasures. T…
Theo Jansen’s 3D Printed Strandbeest Family is Expanding
Meet the newest members of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest 3D Printed Animal Family, Gracilis and Larva! Be sure and watch the video of Theo talking about these “animals” and how they surv…
Get Loaded on 3D: Casketstrength Unveils Whiskey with 3D Motif
Deciding to take the 3D motif to its inebriated apex, CaskStrength announces its 3D whiskey as part of its latest installment in its Alphabet Of Whiskey. Three distilleries combined forces for the pun…
The First Printathon Ever(?) Starts Tomorrow at NUMA
Have you ever been to a Printathon? Me neither. Now’s our chance to go to what Sculpteo is calling the “first Printathon ever”! And it starts tomorrow! I’ll give you a minute to try to imagine what a …