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…
Optimizing 3D printing performance with Bondtech’s Core Heating Technology
Core Heating Technology (CHT) from Bondtech, the Swedish manufacturer of world-leading filament feeders, increases 3D printing speeds by over 30%. CHT…
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…
The F-Word at Industry City in Brooklyn
Since shoppers have abandoned the shopping malls their forefathers built in favour of online retail, Michigan Avenue has become a barren wasteland during the holidays (I’m assuming). To bring consumer…
MAD Honour for Wilfried Vancraen
The Museum of Art and Design has chosen Wilfried Vancraen as one of this year’s honourees. The distinguished award is for the decades that Materialise has been working with designers and scientists to…
Smithsonian 3D Scans Bring Museum to Your Files and 3D Printer.
It may start with a few dedicated individuals, but the trail now blazed at the Smithsonian will lead to a proliferation of data, culture and history with its new X 3D project. The project currently wo…
Philadelphia Becomes First City to Grandstand with Banning of 3D Printing Guns
In what is most likely an act of paranoia or a strange sort of marketing campaign for the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia has become the first city to ban the practice of 3D printing guns. This c…
Mediabistro Gains Momentum in the 3D Printing Industry
Nasdaq listed Mediabistro Inc. (MBIS) has made an early and swift move into the leadership position of the 3D printing business-to-business trade show market and it’s beginning to pay off in the…
Let’s 3D Print our World Differently!
Guest author Sadaf Atarod picks up another thread in the conversation about sustainable materials for home 3D printing, as started by Richard Horne last week on 3DPI. Both of these guest authors were …
Stratasys Throws a Curve Ball & Smacks Afinia with Lawsuit
Never nice when things get ‘icky’ but that’s what is happening Stateside in the 3D printing industry. Today, Stratasys Inc., the North American-based subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd. has released a press …
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 …