Amazemet scaling metal 3D printing with Siemens’ Xcelerator software
Polish metal 3D printing company Amazemet has adopted industrial manufacturing firm Siemens’ Xcelerator software portfolio. The Warsaw Universit…
Formlabs launches new 3D printers Form 4 and Form 4B
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! 3D printer OEM Formlabs has launched its new desktop re…
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…
Click Here for A 3D Content and 3D Printing Partnership
We received a note from Alex Levchenko at CGTrader to let us know about a new partnership between the online 3D models marketplace and Sculpteo. And no, before you think it, it is not a design challen…
Bringing 3D Printing of Biomodels In-House Aids Patient Care
As a dentist practicing Periodontics and Implantology in the US, my personal history with 3D printing goes back some twelve years or so, when I first started experimenting with 3D printed surgical gui…
The Possibilities of Nanoscale Additive Manufacturing
The medical research fraternity is imagining a future where nanoelectronic devicescould detect the concentrations of biomolecules in real time for use as medical diagnostics or interact with single ce…
3D Printing Claims a Place in Fashion Olympus at “Materials” Themed Holon Fashion Week
3D printed dresses by Iris Van Herpen stole the spotlight during Paris Fashion Week last January. The incredible outfits were part of a collaboration between the dutch designer and Neri Oxman, artist,…
UK’s CAM Is Part of CERN’s Business Incubation Centre
You know when someone throws a party and they don’t bother to invite you? That’s how I feel about CERN. Over in Switzerland, all of these scientists are having a big get-together to understand the mys…
Matter Remix Remixes Itself with Updates and Business Plan
Last month saw the release of a free online app aiming to be the Instagram of 3D printing with a set of easy-to-use tools to modify a given 3D model. Matter Remix has since developed some important u…
UK Launches Precious Metal Printing Initiative
3D printed plastic jewellery has its appeal; ornate shapes in purple PLA has a certain cyberpunk look that could become popular with teens and tweens alike. And plated steel from Shapeways might work …
Maker Mud Guard for a Custom World
Sebastian Schuster of Zipfelmaus.com spends a lot of his time Making, so much so that everything he owns seems to be a custom job. This means that, even his bicycle requires specially designed compone…
3D Printing Cross Platform Adoption & A Mindset Change in Prototyping at Hyphen
The latest customer story from Stratasys tells a nice story but also throws up a couple of interesting trends in cross platform applications when it comes to 3D printing. The story comes from Christie…
With Young People Like Carson Engaging with 3D Printing — The Future is, Indeed, Bright
Inspiring individuals are nothing new across the 3D printing community. But the latest one, who made contact with me last week, is a young man called Carson Madsen. Aged 14, Carson is using his enthus…
Tales of 3D Printing and Retail from Russia
Across Europe, the United States and indeed the entire globe retail outlets for 3D printing products, accessories and services are burgeoning at an increasing rate. Mike has covered a similar story in…
3D Printing with Bitcoins from London’s 3Distributed
At about the same time that 3D printing began to rise in popularity, Bitcoin started making its way into the zeitgeist. The digital currency, almost free from government control, has been heralded as …